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West Creek

Submitted By: John McNamee on Feb 17, 2006
Administrators: Ben Mottinger, Leo Paik, John McNamee, Frances Fierst
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Go down 126 until you reach Deckers. Keep going for a long way until 126 meets CO 67, and keep south on CO 67, turn right on 68 going to Westcreek, and take a right on Stump Road. The first formation you will see is Sheeps Nose on the right, and is a big dome looking formation (has nice boulder problems on approach!).



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Ten Years After 5.9  CO : South Platte : Sheep's Nose
An excellent, basically one-pitch climb located on the South face of Sheep's Nose. Locating the route is straightforward - it is in the massive, right-facing dihedral on the left side of Sheep's Nose as you approach. P1 - climb straight up the obvious crack in the dihedral, using a few jams, laybacks where necessary, and a couple of opportune face holds. The entire pitch is fairly sustained, but the crux probably comes in the first 25 feet, un...[more]


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By Ron Olsen
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From: Boulder, CO
Feb 19, 2006

John,

Great job on the South Platte reorg! You might want to move Thunder Ridge to West Creek as well.