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Gruel Shoes 
Reach for the Sky... Cafe 
Rock Lobster 
Stone Soup 
Stonefish 
Thanks a Latte' 

The Stone Cafe 


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Administrators: Ben Mottinger, Leo Paik, John McNamee, Frances Fierst, Monomaniac, Tom Erickson
Submitted By: George Bracksieck on Jan 4, 2013

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BETA PHOTO: Stone Soup is the lefthand crack. Thanks a Latte' ...

Description 

Secluded outcrop that faces west-northwest. Lies just downhill to the northwest of of the left side of Sky Cafe.

L-R:

A. Stone Soup, 9+, 1p, 55', gear.
B. Thanks a Latte', 6, 1p, 45', gear.
C. Rock Lobster, 10-, 1p, 65', gear & bolts.
D. Reach for the Sky... Cafe, 10+, 1p, 80', gear.
E. Stonefish, 10+, 1p, 80', bolts.
F. Gruel Shoes, 8, 1p, 65', bolts +/- gear.


Getting There 

Approach as for the Sky Cafe. Go left, down vegetated north-facing slope that is just west of the Sky Cafe.


The Classics

Mountain Project's determination of some of the classic, most popular, highest rated routes for The Stone Cafe:
Thanks a Latte'   5.6     Trad, 1 pitch, 45 feet   
Gruel Shoes   5.8     Sport, 1 pitch, 65 feet   
Stone Soup   5.9+     Trad, 1 pitch, 55 feet   
Rock Lobster   5.10a     Trad, 1 pitch, 65 feet   
Stonefish   5.10d     Sport, 1 pitch, 80 feet   
Reach for the Sky... Cafe   5.10d     Trad, 1 pitch, 80 feet   
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Featured Route For The Stone Cafe

Rock Lobster 5.10a  CO : Boulder Canyon : ... : The Stone Cafe
Rock Lobster climbs a left-facing dihedral just right of Thanks a Latte'. After the angle decreases, place a #2 C4 (or #4 C4 higher) and reach far right to a bolt. A long reach to a sidepull and a hard crank (5.10) placed me on an insecure slab and the second bolt. I diagonaled up and right across heavily lichened slab (green Alien), then reached right to a crack, then climbed straight up very heavily lichened rock to the top, where I slung a block and placed a yellow Al...[more]   Browse More Classics in CO


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Rock Lobster climbs the indistinct dihedral/gully on the left for 15 feet, then moves right to a bolt by a seam that is followed up and right to a blonde undercling in the upper part of photo. (I'm not talking about the long undercling that goes right and up, across the middle of the photo.) From the right end of the high, short undercling, climb up through a lichen-infested break to the rim. Build an anchor. Walk off.

BETA PHOTO: Rock Lobster climbs the indistinct dihedral/gully ...

Reach for the Sky climbs the nice crack in the left of the photo, then underclings right along the obvious flake that begins horizontal and eventually curves up to the overhang. At its right end, crank left and up to a horizontal, then attempt to beach your whale up over the overhang below and to the left of the small pine visible on the skyline. Stonefish climbs the up an "elephant's trunk" by a wrinkle visible at lower center, then up slab to the righthand (biggest) part of the overhang and over it (below and right of the small pine visible on the skyline). <br />

BETA PHOTO: Reach for the Sky climbs the nice crack in the lef...


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By George Bracksieck
Jan 4, 2013

In spring 2012, I did a bunch of routes at the Sky Cafe with Mike Endicott. From near its NW corner, I noticed a bolted anchor just below. Further investigation revealed a nice outcrop displaying bolts, anchors, and clean splitters. On June 12, 2012, I returned with my wife, Jeana, and Mike and led six routes on what I will call the Stone Cafe.

Thanks a Latte' and Gruel Shoes are the only routes lacking big areas of slippery lichen encrustations. Although countless bolted lines have been heavily brushed in Boulder Canyon and elsewhere, lichen is part of the rock's beauty, is natural, and doesn't have to be removed.

By George Bracksieck
Jan 4, 2013

Whoever opened this area and routes is welcome to provide names and details. Your work is appreciated. If you are disappointed that it is publicized, I suggest that advertising it with bolts is counterproductive. At least the bolts are painted gray and are relatively unobtrusive.