The Klettergarden 

You can find it all in the Colorado bouldering book.

This place is the best bouldering area for the Vail Valley. A lot of great granite to go and get shredded apart on. The climbs are hard and super fun.

Has anyone been up here recently? Just wondering how early in the season it's possible to climb here.

Sean, when I lived in the area, I would head up there as early as possible, depending on the snow conditions of course. Usually there is a lot of snow, and it sticks around longer up there due to shade and elevation. Summer kicks ass up here, but right now should be late enough to go check it out. Wolcott is a good substitute until The Garden dries out.

If you camp here, please be sure to extinguish your campfire thoroughly. A fire broke out on the afternoon of July 6, 2010. I cannot say for sure how it started, but I meet a group of 4 people breaking down camp the day before the fire. The fire originated from that fire pit. Please be firewise and prevent climbing closures!

Anyone want to give a little bit more specific directions? Is the parking area on the left? Right? My friends and I went up there last week and had an extremely frustrating time trying (and failing) to find this area. Any help is appreciated!

Thanks,
Mike

Take US Highway 24 south from I-70 through the town of Red Cliff. About 0.5 mile after crossing the Red Cliff bridge, US Highway 24 forms a Y intersection with Water Street, which heads back to Red Cliff under the bridge

The parking is on your right in the dirt pullout/median between Water Street and US Highway 24. Study a Google map of the area, and you will see what I am talking about.

On the map, you will see a road across from the pullout called "Powerline Road". This is the old 4x4 trail to the Kluttergarden.

You can even do a street view on Google Maps of this area and get a great idea of what it looks like from the road. You can even look down the path to the boulders from US Highway 24. Pretty sweet.

The total mileage from I-70 to the parking area is approximately 11 miles.

Hope this helps,

Bob

Bob, that helps a ton! Thank you for making that detailed and easy to understand; just what I was asking for!

Can you camp here? If not, is there any good camping nearby? Maybe something away fom road noise and other campsites??
Thanks

Adam-

I've seen lots of people camping amongst the boulders. The 4x4 road in is a little gnarly, so you may have to hike your stuff in from the road if you have a low clearance vehicle. Otherwise, check out the dispersed camping on Homestake Road a couple miles away (The Aircraft Carrier Boulder is right there, check it out on this site).

If you go 3/4 mile south down the road, Hornsilver Campground is on the east side of the road just south of roof rock. Good place to camp, with lots of climbing really close. Hornsilver climbs are just above the campground, Roof Rock is 1/4 mile north, and Klettergarden 1/2 mile north. Talked to some locals when we were at the Klettergarden, and they mentioned a spot near Roof Rock called Fraggle Rock, but I didn't find it and haven't found any info on it either. If anyone knows the exacts of Fraggle Rock, please share.

Fraggle Rock is between Roof Rock and the Klettergarden, who renamed this garden to Klutter? Who discovered this place and named it in the first place? Find the Plaque in the Garden for a clue! The new name must be from of all the Geeks that come from elsewhere and Klutter our garden. Good luck!