Vagabonding around Colorado and Elsewheres
Posts tagged granite
Clear Creek and Der Zerkle Climbing
Apr 25th
Super-Fun-Awesome-Pod-Climbing
Finally the weather in Colorado turned in the right direction for the climbing season. This weekend in April, a bunch of fun dudes got together to climb the granite walls of clear creek. It was less about being hardmen, than it was about having a blast on rock. More >
Turkey Rocks: Turkey Perch
Oct 2nd
Turkey Cracks
The first Sunday in October, I finally made it up to Turkey Rocks after several failed attempts. The 4×4 road to the rock was pretty gnarly and I met Dave about halfway there.
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Eleven Mile Canyon: Arch Rock
Sep 16th
Eleven Mile Canyon
The first foray into climbing at Eleven Mile was quite fun. The goal for the day was to inspect and climb a bit at Arch Rock, which is a granite dome known for its nice and easy/moderate routes. There were three of us out to romp on the rocks that morning, Derek, Ben and Myself.
Longs Peak (14er) – Kiener’s Route
Aug 25th
Longs Peak
Kiener’s, Colorado’s most classic mountaineering route is what was described by others as we summitted Long Peak in mid-august. Kiener’s ascends the dramatic east face of Longs Peaks, involving snow climbing, ledge traverses, technical roped pitches, and classic scrambles above the sheer diamond face.
Climbing Royally 5.9
Aug 10th
Mt Royal
Now the first Saturday back from my vacation at home, Eli and I met Ben in Frisco for some multipitch granite climbing. Our goal was to climb Mt Royal, which sits right above the bustling town of Frisco. We would be climbing the royal flush, which was awesomely put up by a word class climbers but for normal people.