Need flatirons beta
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I'm flying into DEN this afternoon for a week of work, but I brought a (very) light rack to run up the 3rd Flatiron one day. Couple questions: |
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Raptor Closure, sorry man. Try the 1st instead but it might be very cold and/or covered in ice. Takes a couple days of warm sun to dry. |
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I have one you can borrow, PM me. |
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3rd is closed. You could do the 1st which is a couple grades harder. You could probably get up with a single set of cams as well. Weather is going to be your hurdle. It's covered in snow and ice right now. By the time it dries out by Thursday or Friday it looks like it's going to snow again. |
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Gotcha. Bummer to hear. |
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Weather is still gonna be your biggest hassle, it sounds like. But if it cooperates, there are many, many climbs in the Flatirons area that are super-enjoyable, they're just obscure. You'll need some navigational skills to find them, and perhaps footwear with outstanding traction, but you're likely to have the whole rock to yourself. Check into Gerry Roach's book, Flatiron Classics (or whatever the newest version is titled) for all the info you could need. Nothing in there is over 5.8; 90+% of it is way easier than that, so no tweakage is possible; and you won't get a lot of pro on any of these climbs anyway, so a light rack won't be a problem. Good luck and have fun. |
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Sounds good, thanks for the info. I've got the MP app and I'll swing by boulder library and photocopy a couple pages out of the Flatirons and BoCan guidebooks. |
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There are lots of shorter, low angle Flatiron routes to possibly do with a very light rack. Flatirons Central has quite a few 2-4 pitch lines. Admittedly, I would want some cams. |