Kenny Mountain Crags CLIMBING

Category: Colorado (Estes Park Area)Elev: ~7,600 ft Rock Type: Granite
Dates: 2020(x2 days), 2021(x1 day), 2022(x2 days), 2023(x3 days), 2024(x1 day)Partners: Nate Arganbright, Scott Kimball, Bernard Gillett, Paul Bodnar
Trip Report #: 509(this trip report number corresponds to the third time I climbed at Kenny Mountain area and established this page on my website; usually I establish a page the first time I climb at a crag, and if I had the trip report number would have been 398)

List of Climbs I've Done & Some Photos

Just some granite on a hillside between Lyons and Estes Park.

On this page, I keep a list (no route names yet since I don't know them) of the climbs I've done at Kenny Mountain. Below the list, I have random photos from cragging at Kenny Mountain.

List of Climbs I've Done at the Kenny Mountain Area

Kenny Mountain

photos

Some random photos from cragging at Kenny Mountain Area.

Color coded by area:
Lower Crag     Upper Crag     Even higher Upper Crag

(First Trip to Kenny Mountain Area)

Date: March 8, 2020 (Sun)      Partner: Nate Arganbright     Climbed at: Lower Crag

A day enjoying the late winter sun and lack of crowds.

1. Granite.
2. A trad route and a bolted route.
3. Some bighorn sheep. It is nice when a climbing area has more wildlife than climbers.
Date: December 5, 2020 (Sat)      Partner: Nate Arganbright, Scott Kimball, Bernard Gillet, Paul Bodnar     Climbed at: Upper Crag

Enjoying a warm December day on the rock. This was one of my first times carrying a full pack since a knee surgery (ACL+meniscus) three months previous. It felt great to be out and back on the rock.

4. Wearing a knee brace on the approach to protect my healing ACL and meniscus repairs.
5. A fun climb.
6. Scott enjoying the December sun.
7. Some nice rock up here.
Date: December 5, 2021 (Sun)      Partner: Nate Arganbright, Scott Kimball    Climbed at: Upper Crag

Exactly a year later, we (Nate, Scott, and I) returned for another pleasant day of cragging in the December sun. Bernard and Paul showed up later in the afternoon, so the whole crew was there for a bit. It was a bit of a high gravity day on the rock, but still an enjoyable day out!

8. Nate leading a 5.11+.
9. Sunny granite on a fun bolted 5.8 I led.
10. Hiking out after a pleasant day of climbing. Just 3pm and sun already set below the ridge.
Date: February 20, 2022 (Sun)      Partner: Nate Arganbright, Scott Kimball, Paul Bodnar     Climbed at: Upper Crag

Back for another glorious winter day climbing on sunny warm granite. Was a great day of climbing: 9 pitches from 5.9 to 5.11.

11. Crossing the creek near the start of the hike.
12. Looking up our first route of the day, a bolted 10c on excellent rock. Ah, sunny granite.
13. Another great climb. 5.10.
14. A classic bolted arete climb. 5.10.
15. This 5.9 route climbs the flake.
16. A small patch of poison ivy on one of the routes.
17. The first pitch (5.10) of a nice 2-pitch route we did.
18. Nate stemming a 10b water groove.
19. A great 5.10+ bolted arete.
20. Hiking out in the winter afternoon light after a fun day of climbing.
Date: March 13, 2022 (Sun)      Partner: Nate Arganbright     Climbed at: Upper Crag

Another fun day cragging witn Nate. Eight pitches in a few hours before we hiked out so I could get back to studying.

21. My favorite route of the day was this 10b/c corner.
Date: March 18, 2023 (Sat)      Partner: Nate Arganbright     Climbed at: Lower Crag, Even higher Upper Crag

Exploring some new routes that had been added to the area.

22. Scoping out some new routes at the Lower Crag.
23. A fun 5.10 route.
Date: April 8, 2023 (Sat)      Partner: Nate Arganbright     Climbed at: Upper Crag, Even higher Upper Crag

Exploring a couple of really nice 5.11c routes that have recently been added to the area.

24. A warm up 5.10 at the Upper Crag. This route is one of the oldest routes at the crag.
25. Nate belaying Bernard (who showed up for a pitch of climbing) on the 11c at the Upper Crag. This is my new favorite route at Kenny Mountain.
Date: November 19, 2023 (Sun)      Partner: Nate Arganbright     Climbed at: Upper Crag

We climbed two pitches before deciding it was too cold and hiked out to make plans for finding sun over Thanksgiving.

26. A new 5.10 at Upper Crag. 
Date: Feburary 25, 2024 (Sun)      Partner: Nate Arganbright     Climbed at: Lower Crag, Upper Crag

A pleasant 50 degree winter day. 8 pitches of climbing from 5.9 to 5.11. Like most routes I've climbed at Kenny Mountain, I don't know the names or given grades of most of the pitches.

27. The appraoch to the rock climbing. The routes get a star just for nice location.
28. A fun corner crack on the Upper Crag. 
29. A nice bolted face climb on the Upper Crag. 
30. A fun corner crack on the Upper Crag. 
31. A nice bolted 5.11 face climb on the Upper Crag. 
32. Short but steep and fun crack at the Lower Crag.
33. Fun balancy climb at the Lower Crag.

previous and next adventures

(March 2020: First time cragging at Kenny Mountain area)