Mt. Blue Sky (formerly Mt. Evans) Climbing

This is a beautiful area of alpine rock with minimal approaches where you can climb stellar, alpine, granite climbs up to 1400 feet and be done in time for lunch or launch into a full adventure with aid climbing at 12000+ feet. Some of the best quality alpine granite in the Front Range lies here. Free routes in the area like Roofer Madness, Lincoln Lake Apron, Jabba, Cheap Date, 2nd Apron Center, 3rd Apron Left, Road Warrior, Good Evans, Cary Granite, Space Miser see little traffic. Bouldering has become quite popular in recent years with 4 star problems like The Dali Sit Down Start, Seurat, and The Ladder. There is room for much more; however, tread lightly here as the terrain tolerates less abuse than lower areas. There may even be lines to do off Guanella Pass ascending to the Sawtooth Traverse. Routes have been put up on Mt. Warren. Aid routes on the overhanging sections of the Black Wall see rare repeats. There are also routes "down valley" from the Black Wall on Mt. Spaulding. Descents can be as demanding as sticking a thumb out as the tourist drive by. Beware of the usual summer lightning storms.

Eds. per the Denver Post, the U. S. Board of Geographic Names voted 15-1 on 9/15/23 to accept the proposal for the new name for this peak. The new name carries tribal meaning: The Arapaho people are known as the "Blue Sky People", and the Cheyenne people "have an annual ceremony marking the renewal of life called "Blue Sky". The new name is backed by Cheyenne, Arapahoe, Northern Arapaho, South Ute, and Ute Mountain tribes. The Northern Cheyenne trive in Montana opposed the change, saying the name "Mount Blue Sky" could be considered sacrilegious because a Northen Cheyenne ceremony uses the "blue sky" words and concept.