Latest Photos |
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| Psychatomic...so good. | CO : Estes Park Valley : ... : Psychatomic (5.12d) | sesser125 | Nov 4, 2009 |
| Looking down the Vestibule. | CO : Estes Park Valley : ... : Psychatomic (5.12d) | sesser125 | Nov 4, 2009 |
| Up high on Psychatomic. | CO : Estes Park Valley : ... : Psychatomic (5.12d) | sesser125 | Nov 4, 2009 |
| Sam Coffin on the Alter. | CO : Estes Park Valley : ... : Tabula Rasa (5.10c) | sesser125 | Nov 4, 2009 |
| Amos belaying Brent up The Steeple. | CO : Estes Park Valley : ... : The Steeple (5.8) | goatboywonder | Oct 27, 2009 |
| Brent cruising up Monastic Groove. | CO : Estes Park Valley : ... : Monastic Groove (5.8) | goatboywonder | Oct 27, 2009 |
| EJ at the anchors, Sept. 2009. | CO : Estes Park Valley : ... : CCD (5.1) | Wes B. | Oct 15, 2009 |
| This is Tabula Rasa, but the climber to the right is at the top of The Hot Zone. This might be useful when trying to find this climb, as Tabula Rasa is super easy to recognize. | CO : Estes Park Valley : ... : The Hot Zone (5.9-) | Jake Carroll | Oct 11, 2009 |
| You can see the top of Tabula Rasa, but also somebody nearing the top of the Hot Zone in the Catacombs. | CO : Estes Park Valley : ... : Tabula Rasa (5.10c) | Jake Carroll | Oct 11, 2009 |
| I didn't climb it but I couldn't resist taking a picture of these people who did. | CO : Estes Park Valley : ... : Tabula Rasa (5.10c) | Katie Rockwood | Sep 9, 2009 |
| Monastery from Mt. Crosier. | CO : Estes Park Valley : ... : The Monastery | Tom Merkt | Sep 7, 2009 |
Latest Comments |
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Location: CO : Estes Park Valley : Big Thompson Canyon : The Monastery : Photo
By: JasonT When: Nov 13, 2009 | view comment >> |
Comments: Nothing like a good ole Dales to get you going up a tough climb.
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Location: CO : Estes Park Valley : Big Thompson Canyon : The Monastery : Photo
By: Andrew C When: Nov 8, 2009 | view comment >> |
Comments: Ahhhh... good ole Dale's :)
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Location: CO : Estes Park Valley : Big Thompson Canyon : The Monastery
By: Tony Davis When: Oct 5, 2009 | view comment >> |
Comments: I agree with Matthew about camping at the Monastery. It can be a mess. The problem stems from non-local kids from Loveland that come up and party.
I have lived up there for 7 years and every year the "Locals" clean up the entire access road and Monastery campground at our own cost,(Kent Mt Adv's/Access Fund also does a cleanup at the campground later in the year). Also keep in mind that Storm Mountain Road is a privately maintained road and any improvements/maintainance are paid for by the comm... more >>
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Location: CO : Estes Park Valley : Big Thompson Canyon : The Monastery : The Catacomb : Crack a Smile (5.12a)
By: Steven Lucarelli When: Sep 21, 2009 | view comment >> |
Comments: Still only one fixed nut, there are good stances to place gear from though.
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Location: CO : Estes Park Valley : Big Thompson Canyon : The Monastery : The Vestibule
By: matthew kerr When: Sep 14, 2009 | view comment >> |
Comments: The 10c to the right of Alter Boy (not sure what it is called) could use some quick links installed (I did not have any on me). As of July it was a mess of sun bleached cord and webbing, that would be easiest to cut off. Hopefully whoever cleans it up gets the newish Petzel D biner I left at the top!
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Location: CO : Estes Park Valley : Big Thompson Canyon : The Monastery
By: matthew kerr When: Sep 14, 2009 | view comment >> |
Comments: I had a great time climbing at the Monastery in July, but I would not recommend camping there (particularly if you are in a small group).
Several things made me uneasy about the area when I was there for a three day period. One guy camping by himself (appearing and disappearing at odd hours) and traffic from binge drinking parties - this has been mentioned above. One of the parties got out of hand and was like nothing I have seen in 10 years of back-country camping. I will spare the details, b... more >>
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Location: CO : Estes Park Valley : Big Thompson Canyon : The Monastery : Outer Gates : La Maudite (5.9+)
By: Katie Rockwood When: Sep 14, 2009 | view comment >> |
Comments: Climbed with my brother thinking we were on No Mystery Here, and that it was the hardest 5.7 we'd ever seen. When it gets hardest, I think the key was reaching around on your left to some great hand holds around the bulge. The ground slopes up steep on the right, so if you rappel to the side, you're good. We found our 60m rope had us both on the ground without an inch to spare.
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Location: CO : Estes Park Valley : Big Thompson Canyon : The Monastery : Outer Gates : No Mystery Here (5.7)
By: Ben Burnett When: Sep 8, 2009 | view comment >> |
Comments: The mental crux is getting to the first bolt, or the second to last bolt - which feels hard to clip and way out there by the time you get to it. I wouldn't say this is sustained though. Lots of rests and easy climbing on this one - just stay a little left of the bolts. The bolts seemed to be oddly placed - forcing the line away from natural features. A LOT of Easy fun climbing to be had here, but nothing spectacular.
- ** A 70m Rope will get you down with about 5 ft (or less) of downclimbing *...
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Location: CO : Estes Park Valley : Big Thompson Canyon : The Monastery : Outer Gates : La Maudite (5.9+)
By: Ben Burnett When: Sep 8, 2009 | view comment >> |
Comments: The crux is tough, I'd agree 10a. But it's not a sustained route. Good and varied!
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Location: CO : Estes Park Valley : Big Thompson Canyon : The Monastery : Outer Gates : Stone Smoked Porter (5.11b/c)
By: Ben Burnett When: Sep 8, 2009 | view comment >> |
Comments: I couldn't get this one even on toprope, and while I'm not in good condition right now I'd say this has to be at least an easy 11. Bailing left below the crux will yeild a difficulty of around 8 - 10a (depending on your exit) in my book. The route was fun but the crux seemed out of character with the rest of the climb and it seemed better to go left anyways.
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