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theapollo
Jan 20, 2011, 7:11 PM
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I'll be in Boulder this weekend, I'm wanting to do some multipitch climbing as opposed to the <100 ft sport climbing I've been doing. My question for anyone who's climbed the Flatirons is, which Flatiron has the easiest approach? I hate hiking more than anything, and I can't stand it when a good climb has an hour approach to it.
I'm hoping for something 6 pitches or more, don't really care what the grade is. Could be an easy 5.3 for all I care. Also, are the flatirons even climbable this weekend? I heard there was some snow yesterday and I don't want to be climbing on ice.
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Arrogant_Bastard
Jan 20, 2011, 7:20 PM
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A lot of the Flatirons are closed for Falcon nesting as well, you might want to check into that before heading out.
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colatownkid
Jan 20, 2011, 7:20 PM
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theapollo wrote: I'll be in Boulder this weekend, I'm wanting to do some multipitch climbing as opposed to the <100 ft sport climbing I've been doing. My question for anyone who's climbed the Flatirons is, which Flatiron has the easiest approach? I hate hiking more than anything, and I can't stand it when a good climb has an hour approach to it. I'm hoping for something 6 pitches or more, don't really care what the grade is. Could be an easy 5.3 for all I care. Also, are the flatirons even climbable this weekend? I heard there was some snow yesterday and I don't want to be climbing on ice.
I'm not local so I can't speak for any snow/ice. However, I do know that a large section of the Flatirons is closed for much of the year for raptor nesting. That being said, I've climbed the first Flatiron. It was about 10 pitches. I think the approach was 30 minutes or so and the descent 45ish. Not too bad considering the volume of climbing. The first pitch is easily the crux, but be prepared for long run-outs on the whole thing.
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theapollo
Jan 20, 2011, 7:34 PM
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Arrogant_Bastard wrote: A lot of the Flatirons are closed for Falcon nesting as well, you might want to check into that before heading out.
I saw where the Third Flatiron closes on February 1st, but I didn't see about any of the others
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atg200
Jan 20, 2011, 7:37 PM
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theapollo
Jan 20, 2011, 8:15 PM
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atg200 wrote: The Flatirons don't usually have closures until February 1. They will probably be snow covered this weekend, or at least have snowy patches and snowy/icy descent trails. It snowed yesterday and there is a chance of it on Saturday as well. Be wary if you can see snow on them since the gear tends to be pretty sparse. Everything in the flatirons has at least a 30-60 minute uphill hike to approach. The first or third flatirons are around the shortest and will have the best trails. But really, an hour hike is a pretty short approach.
So is there anywhere in CO that might have decent multipitch this weekend?
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csproul
Jan 20, 2011, 8:43 PM
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Multipitch ice!!!
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theapollo
Jan 20, 2011, 9:02 PM
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If only i knew how to climb ice....
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atg200
Jan 20, 2011, 9:22 PM
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theapollo
Jan 21, 2011, 6:54 AM
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atg200 wrote: Your best bets are probably Eldo or the South Platte if you find something baking in the sun and steep enough not to collect much snow. Personally, if I were dead set on climbing something multipitch I'd bundle up and go to Turkey Rocks, but on a weekend like this i'd rather go skiing or i'd go cragging somewhere really sunny like Shelf Road or Table Mountain.
I wish I knew how to ski also. Too expensive of a sport for me.
I checked out Shelf Road on MountainProject, seems okay and warm but I'm trying to give my arms a break from sport climbing this past week with some easy trad. And easy sport doesn't really do much for me
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