This is a fun, short, slightly-overhanging sport route with huecos on a WSW buttress of Dinosaur Rock. The rock is still a bit friable at the start partly due to lack of traffic and partly due to its overhanging nature. It is the R of 2 bolted lines on the buttress. It is not listed in either of R Rossiter's Boulder Climbs North nor Flatirons guidebooks. It was shown to me by Scott Resnick. He informed me it was 5.11; however, it feels a bit easier. Some may find it easier or harder than my rating for an on-sight.
Find this route by on a small steep buttress of Dinosaur Rock access via NCAR to the Mesa Trail then either hiking up the Mallory Cave Trail until above the top of Dinosaur Rock and hiking briefly down the gully between it & Der Freischutz (between 1st & 2nd strata) or hiking S on the Mesa Trail to the Bear Canyon Trail, crossing Bear Creek, and up the gully between the 1st & 2nd strata. You can see this buttress well from the top of Rehatch or Cloudwalker on Northern Dinosaur Egg. You can scramble/climb around the back of the formation or climb the route to its left to set up a TR. You may be able to clip the first bolt without engaging the route. From there, it quickly requires crux moves to cross through traversing R with scaly rock for the feet. The second bolt is a bit hidden in a hueco. Blowing this clip may result in leg injuries but the holds are quite good here. This bolt also may leave your biner partially hanging over a ledge. It is probably best to back it up with a spectra or Kevlar sling threaded through the bolt. Power up on huecos and scoops past the 3rd bolt and move R to pull onto the ledge with the 2 bolt anchor. The chains here are also quite rusty. Longer slings may be useful to reduce rope wear for toproping. A finish more L made add to the difficulty. Perhaps 35 ft in all.
Dinosaur Rock
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