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Friday's Folly

Name: Friday's Folly
Rating: 3.3

5.7 YDS 5a French 15 Ewbanks V+ UIAA 13 ZA MVS 4b British

Routes in Third Flatiron

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	1911 Gully T 5.5 4b 13 IV+ 11 MS 4a
	Blazing Biners T,S 5.10a 6a 18 VI+ 18 E1 5a
	College Drop Out aka East Face North Side T 5.6 4c 14 V 12 S 4b
	Direct West Face a/k/a Western Skyline T 5.11 6c+ 23 VIII- 23 E4 5c
	Doctor Merkwurdigliebe T 5.8 5b 16 VI- 15 HVS 4c
	Dog's Head Cutoff T 5.4 4a 12 IV 10 VD 3c R
	East Face (Standard) T 5.4 4a 12 IV 10 VD 3c
	East Face Left T 5.5 4b 13 IV+ 11 MS 4a
	Exit Through The Gift Shop V0 4
	Extra Point T 5.6 4c 14 V 12 S 4b R
	Fail Safe T 5.10b 6a+ 19 VII- 19 E2 5b
	Falcon's Fracture T 5.8+ 5b 16 VI- 15 HVS 4c
	Feathers and Stone S 5.11b 6c 23 VIII- 23 E3 5c
	Flailure (Is Not an Option) T 5.9+ 5c 17 VI 17 E1 5a R
	Friday's Folly T 5.7 5a 15 V+ 13 MVS 4b
	Friday's Folly Direct T,TR 5.7 5a 15 V+ 13 MVS 4b R
	Funny Games T,TR 5.12d 7c 28 IX 28 E6 6b R
	Greenman's Crack T,TR 5.3 3+ 10 III 9 VD 3a R
	Holier than Thou S 5.11c 6c+ 24 VIII- 24 E4 6a
	Inner Sanctum T 5.9 5c 17 VI 17 HVS 5a PG13
	Misled Youth T 5.13 8a 29 X- 30 E7 6c
	More Mellow T 5.9 5c 17 VI 17 HVS 5a
	Negative Space S 5.13a 7c+ 29 IX+ 29 E6 6c
	Negative Space (P1) S 5.12a 7a+ 25 VIII+ 25 E5 6a
	Northwest Passage T 5.10b 6a+ 19 VII- 19 E2 5b R
	Panda Rigolo S 5.11a/b 6c 23 VIII- 23 E3 5c
	Panda Scat TR 5.11 6c+ 23 VIII- 23 E4 5c
	Pandammic S 5.11b 6c 23 VIII- 23 E3 5c
	Pentaprance T 5.11b 6c 23 VIII- 23 E3 5c R
	Ph.D. Roof T 5.10a 6a 18 VI+ 18 E1 5a
	Pile In the Sky S 5.12- 7a+ 25 VIII+ 25 E5 6a
	Rite Of Spring T 5.8+ 5b 16 VI- 15 HVS 4c PG13
	Saturday's Folly T 5.8+ 5b 16 VI- 15 HVS 4c
	Sayonara T,S 5.10b 6a+ 19 VII- 19 E2 5b
	Shoyu State S 5.11a 6c 22 VII+ 22 E3 5c
	South Chimney T 5.5 4b 13 IV+ 11 MS 4a
	Southwest Chimney T 5.4 4a 12 IV 10 VD 3c
	Super Woo T 5.10a/b 6a+ 19 VI+ 19 E2 5b
	Thin Crack T 5.11c 6c+ 24 VIII- 24 E4 6a PG13
	Third Kingdom/Papillion T 5.12b 7b 26 VIII+ 26 E5 6b
	Third Millennium, The T 5.10+ 6b+ 21 VII+ 20 E3 5b
	Third World Zone T 5.4 4a 12 IV 10 VD 3c R
	Unnamed (formerly entered as Problem Child) T,TR 5.9 5c 17 VI 17 HVS 5a PG13
	Waiting For Columbus T,S 5.10 6b 20 VII- 19 E2 5b
	West Door T 5.8 5b 16 VI- 15 HVS 4c
	West Face [3rd Flatrion] T 5.10b 6a+ 19 VII- 19 E2 5b PG13
	Winky Woo T 5.4 4a 12 IV 10 VD 3c R
	Wrongs of Fall T 5.9 5c 17 VI 17 HVS 5a PG13
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Type:	Trad, 80 ft (24 m)
GPS:	39.9874, -105.29196
FA:	Hornbein and Waldrop, 1950
Page Views:	19,074 total · 63/month
Shared By:	Mike Sofranko on Dec 31, 2000
Admins:	Leo Paik, John McNamee, Frances Fierst, Monty, Monomaniac, Tyler KC Page Updates (admin only)

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Access Issue: 2024 Crag Closures & Temporary Trail and Raptor Closures Details

The usual crags are closed for climbing for raptor nesting:

See: bouldercolorado.gov/service….

Click here for the trail closures. Some are M-F, some are 24/7. These impact the Bear Canyon/Fern Canyon regions primarily:

flatironsclimbing.org/tempo…

Click here bouldercolorado.gov/service… for the latest in raptor closures.

Access Issue: Raptor nesting lifted July 26, 2023 Details

Per Ryan Kuehn, Stewardship Director, Boulder Climbing Community: the seasonal raptor closure on the Third Flatiron will be extended beyond July 31st, 2023. The reopening date is TBD. This has been lifted as of 7/26/23 from the OSMP website per Zachary Henry.

bouldercolorado.gov/service…: lifted 7/26/23: Third Flatiron, including Queen Anne’s Head, W.C Fields Pinnacle, 1911 Gully and the Ghetto, the East Bench & West Bench, the East & West Ironing Boards, The Fin, Green Thumb and Jaws.

Update from the Flatirons Climbing Council July 2021: due to late nesting of peregrine falcons this year (2021), this area is closed until ~Aug. 12, 2021.

Information on OSMP wildlife closures, which help to protect sensitive habitats, can be viewed at:

bouldercolorado.gov/service…
maps.bouldercolorado.gov/wi…

The following crags are closed 1 February to 31 July:
First Pinnacle (Gregory Canyon)
Second Pinnacle (Gregory Canyon)
Third Pinnacle (Gregory Canyon)
Third Flatiron
Queen Anne's Head
WC Fields Pinnacle
The Ghetto
East Ironing Board
West Ironing Board
The Fin
Green Thumb
Jaws

Updated details may be found here.
osmpwildlifeclosures.org.

Description

This is a great single pitch route on the backside of the Third Flatiron. Be aware that it is very close to the rappel route and it may be an unwise idea to climb this route if people are descending from the summit.

The most fun way to reach this route is to climb the East Face, and rap down the back of the Third. This will deposit you at the bottom of Friday's Folly. Climb up the obvious crack on the corner until it is possible to step around the corner to the right (after about 10 feet.) From here, follow the cracks and holds up the vertical face with great exposure. Belay at one of the two eyebolts 70 feet off the ground.