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Society Turn Bouldering
Climbing Area Map
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Routes in Society Turn
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Alien Traverse, The V6-7 7A+ |
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Frosted Flake V2 5+ |
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Frosted Flake (Sit Start) V5-6 6C+ |
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Jump Problem, The V1+ 5 |
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Long Traverse V0- 4- |
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No Name T 5.11c 6c+ 24 VIII- 24 E4 6a PG13 |
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Skip's Hard One V7-8 7B |
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Yarra River Eliminate V4-5 6B+ |
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| Elevation: | 9,000 ft |
| GPS: | 37.939, -107.816 Google Map · Climbing Area Map |
| Page Views: | 3,870 total · 29/month |
| Shared By: | Matthew Ver Eecke on May 30, 2007 |
| Admins: | Leo Paik, John McNamee, Frances Fierst, Monty, Monomaniac |
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Description
This is an easily-accessed area for quick climbs. It is not regarded as a great area but fun for afterwork workouts and sunny days in the winter. It is climbable almost year round. This has good sandstone that offers toproping and bouldering. It is sunny all the time.
Take the trail to the left side up and around on a short scramble to set up topropes.
Take the trail to the left side up and around on a short scramble to set up topropes.
Classic Climbing Routes at Society Turn
Mountain Project's determination of the classic, most popular, highest rated climbing routes in this area.
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Telluride, CO
Here is a video I made this winter (2012-13) featuring some of the best problems at Society Turn. (It also features problems from The Cove.) Footage from Society Turn begins at 2:26. Problems shown include: 'The Alien Traverse' (v6/7), 'Yarra River Eliminate' (v4/5) and 'Frosted Flakes Sit' (v5). Hopefully, this entices people to check this area out!
The grades of some of the problems are different than the guidebook. This is an attempt to reflect the current grade consensus.
Enjoy! May 3, 2013
Telluride, CO
However, if you put all of that aside, this area has a lot to offer the Telluride area climber. The cliff is owned by the Access Fund, so access will never be an issue. It is almost always dry, including most days in the winter. If it's nice out, this cliff will be draped in sun. It is not uncommon to be able to climb in a t-shirt in the middle of winter. The rock is very compact, skin friendly, high quality sandstone (for the most part) and there are lots of unique and interesting holds peppering the cliff. Also, the approach is about 2 minutes.
As with any area, there are pros and cons. If you know what they are, and come to the area with those expectations, you'll likely have a great time.
Also of note is that there has been lots of recent route development (both sport and trad) on the more distant cliffs. This area is locally called 'High Society' and worth checking out! May 3, 2013