Colorado Must Do's

I keep seeing stelar climbing in Colorado on the MP homepage and want to visit soon. What are the must do easy trad routes & moderate sport climbing? Where are the must visit crags?

here are some easy classic trad routes in and around Boulder.

Eldo: The Bastille, Rewritten, Wind Ridge, Gambit, Long John Wall, Ruper, Yellow/Green Spur, Blind Faith.

Lumpy: Kor's Flake, Pear Buttress, Mainliner, J-Crack.

dude, you might as well figure on multiple trips just to get a good taste of the great climbing in the rocky mountain state. you could easily spend the rest of your life climbing there.

try a trip to one area for a couple weeks like the boulder area and hit the flat irons, eldo, boulder canyon, just to name a few

then a trip to co springs area and try the south platte, garden of the gods, shelf road.

then maybe a trip to the western slope: rifle mtn park, unaweep canyon, escalante canyon.

if you have a lot of time, no problem you could spend months in every area and 100 more. I won't even get into the ice, alpine, and mountain climbing. don't procrastinate, Colorado is truly a climbers paradise.

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Finding good climbing is the easy part. If you want to climb here, make it happen. "Soon" is not a plan.

Slightly more off of the beaten path but just as good and a great overall adventure is the Maiden. Located in the Southern region of the Flatirons it offers fun climbing to an unforgettable summit. Get on it!

Trad: Culp-Bossier on Hallett Peak
Sport: Brown Palace six pitches of bolted pleasure

Lumpy Ridge is the best rock I have ever felt on my hands. And it's incredibly gorgeous. Tons of good options there.

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You used to be able to get this list in hard or soft copy from Neptunes, but here's their alpine tick list. I do have an e-copy if you want it you can PM me.

http://thepeakmind.com/climbing-goals/neptuneslist/

Come out for summer
lumpys: conads to wolfs tooth, mainliner
RMNP:flying buttress