Located on the south face of surprising crag. Find this route by locating the obvious chimney and count 3 bolt lines to the left, just right of the arete. Climb past the first 2 bolts (careful of loose rocks, but not bad) and then into a small right facing diherdral, straight up from here. A good warm up, even at 5.8.
By Cody Munger From: Carson City, NV Jun 21, 2005 rating: 5.8+
The bolts on this route were quite badly placed. Had to clip the second one while in the middle of a jam and got my rope all twisted up. The third bolt is useless. By the time you can clip it, you're already standing on the ledge, and reaching the 4th bolt is no problem from that position.
Getting over the roof is the crux. If you're tall, just grab a huge jug off to the right, no footwork required.
The last comment is why the Sport Park is the best climbing in front range...bolted cracks...sick...z-clipping off of ledges...the sickest...the only part that they are leaving out is that route was originally rated 13a because some wanker really wanted to "climb 13" so they put their own up.
For all the negativity surrounding the Sport Park, I enjoyed the climb. A nice route with interesting moves and exposure. 5.8 seemed about right.
By Cody Munger From: Carson City, NV Oct 3, 2005 rating: 5.8+
The crux is a high stepping reachy thing if you follow the bolts. The shorter people I was with found it easier to go left where the step isn't as high.
By Ken Cangi From: Boulder, CO Aug 21, 2007 rating: 5.8
This isn't a bad route, except that the last bolt is very poorly placed. I got the impression that the bolter was trying to force the route onto the face.
South Face
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