A couple of purposely Unnamed locations in RMNP
Dates: August 2020 (Loc #1); July 2021 (Loc #2); July 2021 (Loc#1)Partners: Nate Arganbright, Rob Scrivner
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Unnamed Location #1
Unnamed Location #2
Climbers flock to Rocky Mountain National Park for its great climbing in a spectacular location. Over the years, regulations and crowds have begun to detract from the alpine experience. But there are still a few locations of good rock in the park that most climbers do not know about. Best to keep them that way.
This page features some photos from climbing in a few of these undiscovered gems in Rocky Mountain National Park. These areas will remain unnamed and the photos will not reveal their locations.
Unnamed Location #1
(First Trip to Unnamed Location #1)
Date: August 2, 2020 (Sun) Partner: Nate ArganbrightClimbed about 5 single pitch routes ranging from 5.8 to 5.10. Excellent granite.
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After cragging on a couple of pitches and seeing what the weather looked like it was doing, we climbed Astropocket, a 5-pitch 5.12 route up a 600-foot section of the wall. Astropocket is a phenomenal route on great rock, pretty sustained at the 5.10 grade with several 5.11+/12 cruxes. Pitch difficulties (approx): 5.11+/12, 5.10+, 5.11+/12, 5.9, 5.11+/12. Rob led all of the cruxes beautifully! Thanks Rob for climbing this route with me!
Unnamed Location #2
(First Trip to Unnamed Location #2)
Date: July 10, 2021 (Sat) Partner: Nate ArganbrightClimbed a 5-pitch 5.10+ route we called "Hackmandy". This was likely the second ascent. Nate had done the first ascent with Scott Kimball in 2011. Pitch difficulties: 5.7, 5.10+, 5.9, 5.9, 5.8.
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