Contributed Photos |
| Photo |
Caption |
Location |
Great Image |
Date |
| Looking down from the 1st belay. On the bottom of the photo, you can see the gap between the large boulder and the Matron wall which you must stem/chimney up to get to the 1st pitch. | CO : Flatirons : ... : North Face (5.6) | | Sep 20, 2009 |
| Brenda on the long, vertical second rappel. | CO : Flatirons : ... : North Face (5.6) | | Sep 20, 2009 |
| This is the start of the climbers trail which splits off of the Shadow Canyon Trail. Follow this trail uphill to the southeast corner of the Matron, then east and north around the base of the Matron | CO : Flatirons : ... : North Face (5.6) | | Sep 20, 2009 |
| Access to the base of the 1st pitch is just over this large block. Stem/chimney up the left side of the boulder to get to the start of the climb on top. | CO : Flatirons : ... : North Face (5.6) | | Sep 20, 2009 |
| Looking down from the bolts on the middle route, with climbers on the other two. Looking down, the guy at the bottom on the right in this picture is belaying the lady climber on "Kansas Honey&qu | CO : South Platte : ... : Waiting for Staircase 1-3 (5.8-) | | Sep 7, 2009 |
| Pitch two. B1 is the belay ledge above pitch one. You can see the 10 feet of face climbing at the top of the P1 crack to get to the belay ledge.B2 is the belay ledge near the summit for the second p | CO : South Platte : ... : Arch Rock Route (5.8) | | Aug 22, 2009 |
| Looking down from the top of pitch two. At the top of pitch two is a squeeze chimney, shown here on the left. It can't really be protected, but it would be hard to fall out of. Near the top of the chi | CO : South Platte : ... : Arch Rock Route (5.8) | | Aug 22, 2009 |
| The first pitch. After you reach the ledge with the small bush shown in the foreground (by either the direct start or the regular start) the rest of the first pitch follows the crack above the small | CO : South Platte : ... : Arch Rock Route (5.8) | | Aug 22, 2009 |
| The regular start follows the easy crack to the right of the red backpack. It angles up and left about 15 feet to a small ledge, then you walk right along the ledge until you get to the crack for pit | CO : South Platte : ... : Arch Rock Route (5.8) | | Aug 22, 2009 |
| The vertical crack in the middle (behind and just left of the dog) is the "direct start" to the Arch Rock route. It is a tough 5.9+ start to reach the nice ledge with the small bush, but it | CO : South Platte : ... : Arch Rock Route (5.8) | | Aug 22, 2009 |
| Arch Rock route follows the crack shown with the blue line. The first belay station is labeled with a "B" and is wide and comfortable. For the top belay after the second pitch, recommend b | CO : South Platte : ... : Arch Rock Route (5.8) | | Aug 22, 2009 |
| Sarah rocks out at Shelf | Rich F. : Fun climbs and Scenic pics | | Aug 20, 2009 |
| Gorilla milk climbs the right side of the face in the picture. To set up your toprope, it's a pretty easy scramble up the "chimney" to the right in the picture. As of Aug 15, 2009, there w | CO : Denver South : ... : Gorilla Milk (5.7+) | | Aug 15, 2009 |
| Strawberry Jam follows the deep offwidth -- but most people probably use more holds on the face than the crack proper. | CO : Denver South : ... : Strawberry Jam (5.5) | | Aug 15, 2009 |
| The step across to the Banana Tower. Also, if you look closely you can see the three well-spaced bolts on the top. | CO : Denver South : ... : Banana Peel (5.8) | | Aug 15, 2009 |
| Looking at the Tricouni Nail, Super Pin, and Tent Peg from across the small gully to the east. A climber can be seen just beneath the summit of the Nail. | SD : Custer State Park : Tenpins/Switchbacks | | Jul 28, 2009 |
| Brenda starts the final push to the summit of the Tent Peg. Come on up -- there's just enough room on top for the both of us! | SD : Custer State Park : ... : Tent Peg (5.7) | | Jul 28, 2009 |
| To get to the Dam -- back side, follow this trail down the lake from the Sylvan Lake paddleboat docks towards the dam. On the left side of the dam, the trail passes underneath a chockstone, then head | SD : Custer State Park : ... : Dam - Back Side | | Jul 28, 2009 |
| Looking down to the base of the climb as my second prepares to follow. Note the gap for the "step across" from the short easy face to the crack on the main rock. | SD : Custer State Park : ... : Moby Dick Standard Routes (5.7+) | | Jul 28, 2009 |
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