The Flagstaff Amphitheatre

Pat Ament at the Flagstaff Amphitheatre.

Description 

Two large boulders that form an "amphitheatre" just uphill from The Pebble Wall and North Rocks. The top of the left side boulder is a popular party spot. The right side holds a classic John Gill problem, The Gill Direct, and the sporty 1967 Pat Ament problem the Direct Route. The left side has several sporty old highballs facing south and the classic Mongolian Cosmonaut in a small notch up and left.

Getting There 

Park as for Monkey Traverse on the left at the main Crown Rock parking area 1.2 miles up the road from the Ranger kiosk. Cross the road and walk uphill to the north on the Flagstaff Trail. Depart the Flagstaff Trail at the first hairpin turn and head off right into the woods towards the Pebble Wall.

The Classics

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Mongolian Cosmonaut V9  CO : Boulder : ... : The Flagstaff Amphitheatre

On the high left side of the amphitheater, tunnel underneath an overhang to a short very undercut bulge. This is Mongolian Cosmonaut. Start low with the right in an OK pocket/edge and the left on a pebbly cluster under the bulge. Punch up and left to a sloper then up crimps and pebbles to the top. Fun moves, solid rock,safe landing. There is supposed to be a true sit start (John Stack FA?) at V-hard....[more]   Browse More Classics in CO

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Tim on the right ampitheater slab.