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Southern Goose Egg 


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Elevation: 6,940'
Lat, Long: 39.9657, -105.2868 Map
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Submitted By: Michael Walker on Oct 13, 2001

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Description 

The Southern Goose Egg appears above the Fern Canyon Trail like a small, perfect Flatiron; with the higher pyramidal North summit and perfectly matching lower South summit split by a moderate class 4 gully. The strata is, in essence, the lowest of the Nebel Horn ridges, it position guarding the entrance to Fern Canyon.


Getting There 

Finding the Southern Goose Egg is easy, and can be accomplished from any number of trailheads that will get you on to the Fern Canyon Trail. From any trailhead the approach is long. Once past the intersection with the North Shanahan trail, the Southern Goose Egg will appear above a clearing. The Southeast ridge rises just right and above the Slab Overlook on the Fern Canyon Trail. Follow a small trail uphill to the base of the crag.


The Classics

Mountain Project's determination of some of the classic, most popular, highest rated routes for Southern Goose Egg:
Had it Rough   V3 PG13     Boulder, 15 feet   
South Ramp   5.2     Trad   
Eggsciting    5.6     Trad, 1 pitch, 50 feet   
Power Bacon   5.10a     Trad, Sport, 1 pitch, 50 feet   
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Neil on the first ascent of Eggstreme.

Eggstreme 5.4 R  CO : Flatirons : ... : Southern Goose Egg
Begin as for South Ramp. Climb the wall left of Power Bacon, following the gentle, right-angling ramp to the bolted anchors of Power Bacon. This is a good way to set a top rope for the bolted routes....[more]   Browse More Classics in CO


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By shad O'Neel
Aug 4, 2002

I took my parents up this today and we had fun, but maybe I missed the good walk down. It was a bit brushier than most, and doesn't seem to get much traffic. All in all, a grand time for them, even if you want to use a rope on this climb, you had better feel solid enough to solo it. Aside from a couple scraggly trees, there wasn't much gear to speak of on this classic paddle.

By Pinklebear
Nov 9, 2009

Power Bacon and Fruity Pebbles (lead bolts and shared anchor) have been upgraded thanks to the Anchor Replacement Initiative. Many thanks to the Flatirons Climbing Council, OSMP, and Access Fund for making this work possible.

I set the anchors higher above the finishing ledge so that the rope runs more cleanly over the lip below. They are still plenty clippable standing on the ledge, and have equalized chains-and-ring set-ups.

Volunteers: Matt Samet, Kevin Riley, Ted Lanzano