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Green Thumb Rock Climbing

Climbing Area Map

Routes in Green Thumb

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	Bazooka T 5.8 5b 16 VI- 15 HVS 4c A3 R
	Diagonal Finger Crack T 5.9 5c 17 VI 17 HVS 5a
	East Face/Green Thumb T 5.4 4a 12 IV 10 VD 3c R
	Extreme Ironing T 5.8+ 5b 16 VI- 15 HVS 4c X
	Far Niente S 5.12a 7a+ 25 VIII+ 25 E5 6a
	Green Corner T 5.9 5c 17 VI 17 HVS 5a
	Green Crack T 5.8+ 5b 16 VI- 15 HVS 4c
	Gullwing T 5.10 6b 20 VII- 19 E2 5b R
	L.A.S.T. aka Unknown Flakes T 5.8 5b 16 VI- 15 HVS 4c PG13
	Stainless Steele 'Rete T,TR 5.10c 6b 20 VII 20 E2 5b R
	Variation T 5.8 5b 16 VI- 15 HVS 4c
	Zimbra S 5.12 7b+ 27 VIII+ 26 E6 6b

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Elevation:	7,265 ft
GPS:	39.9871, -105.2949 Google Map · Climbing Area Map
Page Views:	11,383 total · 44/month
Shared By:	George Bell on Feb 7, 2002
Admins:	Leo Paik, John McNamee, Frances Fierst, Monty, Monomaniac, Tyler KC Page Updates (admin only)

Access Issue: Temporary Trail and Raptor Closures Details

Click here for the trail closures. Some are M-F, some are 24/7. These impact the Bear Canyon/Fern Canyon regions primarily:

flatironsclimbing.org/tempo…

Click here bouldercolorado.gov/service… for the latest in raptor closures.

Access Issue: Some crags in this area are closed February 1 to Aug. 12, 2021: Details

Update from the Flatirons Climbing Council July 2021: due to late nesting of peregrine falcons this year (2021), this area is projected to be closed until ~Aug. 12, 2021

Information on OSMP wildlife closures, which help to protect sensitive habitats, can be viewed at:

bouldercolorado.gov/service…
maps.bouldercolorado.gov/wi…

The following crags are closed 1 February to 31 July:
First Pinnacle (Gregory Canyon)
Second Pinnacle (Gregory Canyon)
Third Pinnacle (Gregory Canyon)
Third Flatiron
Queen Anne's Head
WC Fields Pinnacle
The Ghetto
East Ironing Board
West Ironing Board
The Fin
Green Thumb
Jaws

Updated details may be found here.
osmpwildlifeclosures.org.

Description

This is a small tower at the north end of the East Ironing Board. Here you will find several short crack routes as well as a couple of sport routes. This formation is closed Feb 1-July 31 for raptor nesting. The Green Thumb is listed separately from the East Ironing Board because it is not easy to follow the south ridge of this Ironing Board to the Green Thumb - a nasty overhang bars progress at a point about 150' north of the top of Velvet Elvis.

Getting There

The easiest way to reach the Green Thumb is from the saddle west of the Third Flatiron. Follow a faint trail west, staying north of the crest of the ridge. Soon you will see the Green Thumb to your left. Follow a gully up to the saddle west of the Green Thumb (where the above photo was taken). Most routes are on the west and south side of the rock, so you will walk around most of it.

You can also reach the Green Thumb from Bluebell Canyon by wandering up west of the East Ironing Board (past Velvet Elvis).