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Mt. Meeker Rock Climbing

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Routes in Mt. Meeker

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	Bands and Brothers T 5.10a 6a 18 VI+ 18 E1 5a
	Dragon's Egg Couloir T Steep Snow R
	Flying Buttress, The T 5.10 6b 20 VII- 19 E2 5b
	Heat Seeker T 5.10 6b 20 VII- 19 E2 5b
	Iron Finger, The S 5.12c 7b+ 27 IX- 27 E6 6b
	Iron Gates to Meeker Ridge T 3rd 1- 1 I 1 M 1a
	Main Vein T 5.11b/c 6c+ 23 VIII- 24 E4 6a
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Access Issue: Closures Details

Seasonal closures Feb. 15-July 31. Per the Denver Post:, the Cathedral Wall and all areas above the Loch Vale-Sky Pond Trail are closed to off-trail travel! Per this RMNP website, "Initial closures now occur in Feb. 15 and April, when raptors return to the region and scout for nesting sites. Areas containing general habitat preferred by raptors are closed during this time. Once raptors have selected nesting spots, the initial closures are lifted or adjusted. The specific areas which raptors choose for nesting sites are closed."

For additional information about raptor closures, please visit the Rocky Mountain National Parks area closures website.

General NPS climbing regulations for RMNP posted here.

Description

Mount Meeker is Longs Peak's neighbor to the SE-the second highest peak in Rocky Mountain National Park! Not nearly as well known as Longs, it yet houses a classic alpine rock route, the Flying Buttress, and a classic alpine ice route, the Dream Weaver Couloir. A number of other seldom-traveled routes exist which have an appealing look. The rock varies between granite and schist, excellent in both cases. All of the climbing is on the North Face, which is steep and quite wide. The 3rd-class route to the summit is a peak-bagging classic.

Getting There

The approach is easy: take the trail from the Longs Peak trailhead as for the east face of Longs (i.e. staying left at all the trail junctions). When just below Chasm Lake (east face of Longs visible directly west), near a ranger cabin and open-air privy, turn SE and scramble up talus and possibly snow to the base of the now obvious North Face. The North Face is partially visible for the last 2 miles of the approach.

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Classic Climbing Routes at Mt. Meeker

Mountain Project's determination of the classic, most popular, highest rated climbing routes in this area.

Steep Snow R 8 ● Dragon's Egg Couloir Trad, Snow, Alpine 3 pitches
3rd 1- 1 I 1 M 1a 4 ● Iron Gates to Meeker Ridge Trad, Alpine
5.10 6b 20 VII- 19 E2 5b 198 ● The Flying Buttress Trad, Alpine 6 pitches
5.10 6b 20 VII- 19 E2 5b 7 ● Heat Seeker Trad, Alpine 5 pitches
5.11b/c 6c+ 23 VIII- 24 E4 6a 15 ● Main Vein Trad, Alpine 4 pitches