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Onoclea
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| Elevation: | 7,360' | | Lat, Long: | 39.9659, -105.2901 Map | | Page Views: | 1,432. Good page?   |
| Administrators: | Ben Mottinger, Leo Paik, John McNamee, Frances Fierst, Monomaniac, Tom Erickson | | Submitted By: | George Bell on Nov 30, 1999 |
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Subject to Seasonal Closures MORE INFO >>>
The following crags are typically closed 1 February to 31 July:
The Goose
Goose Eggs
East Ridge
Mars Block
Nebel Horn
Tower of the Moon
Jamcrack Spire
The Pyramid
Incognito Crag
Devil's Thumb
Shadow Fax
Isolation Rock
Sunset Wall
Devil's Wing (W. Face)
The Matron
Lost & Found
The Sibling
Toddler Rock
Sphinx
Medusa
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In addition, Mallory Cave, Harmon Cave, and Seal View Cave are permanently closed to human use to reduce the chance of introducing white-nose syndrome.
This information is a public crowdsourcing effort between the Access Fund,
and Mountain Project.
You should confirm closures, restrictions, and/or related dates.
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BETA PHOTO: From The Slab, 4/11/02.
Description This rock is on the north side of Fern Canyon, immediately north of Pellaea. Pellaea and Onoclea appear to be the same rock from many vantage points.
Getting There Leave the Fern Canyon trail in the same place as the approach to Pellaea (at present there is a wildlife closure sign and large mass of branches blocking the way where you turn off). Head up the easy gully east of Pellaea about scramble up this gully about 300 feet (watch for poison ivy).
The ClassicsMountain Project's determination of some of the classic, most popular, highest rated routes for Onoclea:
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East Face/Onoclea 5.3 CO : Flatirons : ... : Onoclea
Scramble up the gully east of Onoclea. Pellaea and Onoclea (named for two genuses of ferns) are separated by a deep notch, but this dies out into a crack at the base of the east face which is only a few inches wide. It is easy to hike too far, because it is hard to see the tops of the formations through the trees.Start the climb either up this crack, or up the face to it's right. This is the most unpleasant pitch of the climb as there are many pine needles on this face. I climbed up a scruf... [more] Browse More Classics in CO
BETA PHOTO: Onoclea is the large and more Northwardly of the t...
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By Mike Sofranko
Sep 4, 2001
| As George pointed out elsewhere... Like Pellaea, this odd word is also a species of fern. |
By Tom Wilson
Aug 15, 2002
| Some guidebooks describe this as 4 pitches.With a 50M rope it is no more than three pitches, two short and one long. It goes nicely in 2 long pitches with a 60M rope.
Carry your boots on this one. The pine-needle-carpeted descent route is no fun in rock shoes. |
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