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Bob Horan on Polygap, Kloof Alcove.
Description The Kloof Alcove is a short but very overhanging wall of nicely featured sandstone on the west side of the large gully leading up to the Yellow Spur etc. It faces due west and holds good shade until noon or one during the hotter months.
The routes here are steep and pumpy with little or no fixed protection. Though the routes often follow overhanging crack systems, the climbing takes place primarily on buckets and face holds. Fixed anchors at the top of the left side of the wall facilitate top-roping and lowering.
A new route, Iron Monkey (formerly known as Lycra Clad Donkeys), located here may be the most difficult route here in the Canyon.
Getting There Approach as for the West Face of Redgarden Wall. About halfway to the base of Yellow Spur a signed trail branches left to the Kloof Alcove. Follow it.
Total approach time: 15 minutes.
The ClassicsMountain Project's determination of some of the classic, most popular, highest rated routes for Kloof Alcove:
Kloof 5.10+ Trad, 1 pitch
Featured Route For Kloof Alcove
Superfly 5.12d CO : Eldorado Canyon SP : Kloof Alcove
Not really a one move wonder, buuuttttt. It has a burly set up with one fat reach at mid-height, then stays hard 11 all the way to the top. This a great route for the climber that's got that, "Been there, done that, 12d, kinda attitude". Definitely unique.If that's not good enough for ya, Chad Greedy has added a VERY sweet direct start to Superfly, tentatively called "Supah Dupah Fly", that kicks the whole thing to 13b or so....... [more] Browse More Classics in CO
John Baldwin, Nov. 1980 on Paligap 5.12a (aka Poly...
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John Baldwin leading Paligap. Early Free Ascent.
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The Paligap takes a bite!
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By Scott Hahn
Apr 1, 2006
| What is the route to the right of Extendogap, up the the this seam with a fixed piece on it - to a arete/or dihedral??? |
By Roy Leggett
Apr 1, 2006
| Lycra-Clad Donkeys/Iron Monkey. 14a. |
By Michael Haag
May 20, 2006
| The grade of 14a / 8a+ is correct, BUT...free name variation Iron Monkey was given by the 3rd? ascentionist who thought he was the first. First ascentionist?? (it IS an obvious line in Eldo) Raphael Daly named it Noir, after an anime series. I prefer to call it the original, Lycra Clad Donkeys (err...Asses). |
By Will Butler
From: Boulder, CO
May 16, 2008
| It's beyond me why anyone would want to change a name as sweet as Lycra Clad Donkeys. Lycra Clad Monkeys might however be a suitable compromise. I just like the image. |
By tony herr
Apr 17, 2010
| I would like to add information to the Kloof Alcove page:
Where is the Paligap listing? First Free Ascent, Skip Guerin and John Baldwin February 1981. Listed in "Rock Climbing Eldorado Canyon" page 240 #8. Old school grade 5.12a. Small Friends and wires protect steep holds. Belay at a ledge with two pins. Stem corner above to the top. |
By tony herr
Apr 17, 2010
| Lycra Clad Donkeys: First Female Aid Ascent: Marcella Baldwin, July 1995. 5.10a-C2 |
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