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Community Service (formerly Little Flatiron Left aka West Buttress)

Name: Community Service (formerly Little Flatiron Left aka West Buttress)
Rating: 2.4

5.6 YDS 4c French 14 Ewbanks V UIAA 12 ZA S 4b British

Routes in Upper Infirmary Slabs

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	Admission Crack T,TR 5.6 4c 14 V 12 S 4b
	Air Apparent T 5.9 5c 17 VI 17 HVS 5a
	Community Service (formerly Little Flatiron Left aka West Buttress) S,TR 5.6 4c 14 V 12 S 4b
	Cracked Lens T 5.7 5a 15 V+ 13 MVS 4b
	Cyberchondrial Paranoia S 5.10d 6b+ 21 VII+ 21 E3 5b
	Emergency Entrance T,TR 5.6 4c 14 V 12 S 4b
	Haradrim T 5.11+ 7a 24 VIII 24 E4 6a
	IV League T,TR 5.7 5a 15 V+ 13 MVS 4b
	Merit Based Pay T,S 5.7 5a 15 V+ 13 MVS 4b
	Mûmakil T 5.10 6b 20 VII- 19 E2 5b
	Nocturnal Emissions TR 5.9 5c 17 VI 17 HVS 5a
	Panic in the Gray Room S,TR 5.10b/c 6b 20 VII 20 E2 5b
	Remission S,TR 5.8 5b 16 VI- 15 HVS 4c
	Submission T 5.6 4c 14 V 12 S 4b

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Type:	Sport, TR, 80 ft (24 m)
GPS:	40.18803, -105.33378
FA:	T. Davinroy, Bernard Gillett, Baker RAP students, 2002
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Shared By:	Charles Danforth on Apr 22, 2005
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Access Issue: MM 23-29.5 - now ended daily CO 7 highway closure/delays Details

Per Climbing Puerto Rico: the daily CO 7 highway closure/delay access issue is no longer a problem according to CDOT the construction finished as of Nov. 11, 2022.

From CDOT: Colorado Highway 7 is closed daily from MP 23-29.5. Motorists can only travel through the area between 6-8 am and 4-7 pm. During these timeframes, pilot cars will lead alternating one-way travel. Drivers should plan for delays, and this schedule will remain in place through Memorial Day 2022.

During the closure, motorists need to take US 36 to CO 7.

codot.gov/projects/co7-lyon…

Access Issue: CLOSED - PRIVATE PROPERTY. This entire area is on private property and is closed. Details

Per Matt B: this entire area (including Upper Infirmary Slabs) is on private property. Check USFS maps, and you'll see a rectangular chunk of private property just off the road at the beginning of Coffin Top Gulch. This unfortunately includes the beginning of the Coffintop Trail as well. As it stands, the landowner does not want climbers on his property, so these crags should be avoided.

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I haven't been able to find any info on this obvious and clearly well-established route. If anyone knows....

This is an obvious slab route up the westernmost (leftmost) buttress on the Upper Infirmary Slabs. The route is pretty moderate but sustained at the 5.6ish level. Bolts are spaced about six feet apart with the first no more than six feet off the deck making this an ideal first slab lead. Staying to the left edge yields a nice pure-slab climb while staying right allows you to use an obvious, shallow crack system. The layout and sheer number of bolts suggests that there may even be two lines here. Seems strange given that the buttress is less than ten feet wide!