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Chockstone Tower Rock Climbing

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Routes in Chockstone Tower

Cup of Humble Tea T 5.8- 5b 16 VI- 14 VS 4c
Aloha TR 5.12a 7a+ 25 VIII+ 25 E5 6a
Bitch, The T,TR 5.8+ 5b 16 VI- 15 HVS 4c
Chockstone T,TR 5.7 5a 15 V+ 13 MVS 4b
Chockstone Express T,TR 5.7+ 5a 15 V+ 13 MVS 4b
Henry Aaron TR 5.8- 5b 16 VI- 14 VS 4c PG13
I'll Take the Lead T 5.7 5a 15 V+ 13 MVS 4b
Just a cent T 5.8 5b 16 VI- 15 HVS 4c
Little Miss Roundheels T,TR 5.10+ 6b+ 21 VII+ 20 E3 5b
No Nuts Allowed T 5.7 5a 15 V+ 13 MVS 4b
Scream, The T,TR 5.9 5c 17 VI 17 HVS 5a
Son Of A Bitch, The T,TR 5.9+ 5c 17 VI 17 E1 5a
West Slab T 5.3 3+ 10 III 9 VD 3a
Your gear is no good here T 5.8- 5b 16 VI- 14 VS 4c
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Elevation: 65 ft
GPS: 43.688, -96.522 Google Map · Climbing Area Map
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Shared By: Mike Madsen on Mar 29, 2010
Admins: Andrew Gram, Peter Gram, Greg Parker, Mike Madsen, Mark Rafferty

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Chockstone Tower is an ultra classic tower in Palisades State Park. Many fun routes up it. Routes vary from the "West Slab Route"5.3 to "Aloha" 5.12. Great Dihedral is " The Bitch " 5.8-5.9? This tower also has some fun face climbs. Split Rock Creek roars less than 20 feet away so as you climb all you can really hear is the river a fun intense climb.

Getting There [Edit]

When Entering into Palisades State Park hang a left and drive up the road a ways till you can pull off and park. Walk down the stairs and when you come to the bottom continue going straight following the path Chockstone Tower is at the far end where the trail looks like it dead ends but really keeps going up and around the corner.

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Classic Climbing Routes at Chockstone Tower

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5.8- 5b 16 VI- 14 VS 4c PG13
 11
● Henry Aaron
TR
5.8+ 5b 16 VI- 15 HVS 4c
 14
● The Bitch
Trad, TR
5.9+ 5c 17 VI 17 E1 5a
 10
● The Son Of A Bitch
Trad, TR
5.12a 7a+ 25 VIII+ 25 E5 6a
 7
● Aloha
TR
Route Name Location Star Rating Difficulty Date
● Henry Aaron
 11
5.8- 5b 16 VI- 14 VS 4c PG13 TR
● The Bitch
 14
5.8+ 5b 16 VI- 15 HVS 4c Trad, TR
● The Son Of A Bitch
 10
5.9+ 5c 17 VI 17 E1 5a Trad, TR
● Aloha
 7
5.12a 7a+ 25 VIII+ 25 E5 6a TR
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Yellow 5.7 Henry Aaron<br> Green 5.9+ The Scream<br> Red 5.11+ Aloha<br> Blue 5.9 The Bitch<br> Pink 5.9 Son of a Bitch<br> Purple 5.10a Little Miss Roundheels<br> Blue Traverse v2
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cslice
Longmont, CO
cslice   Longmont, CO
I would highly recommend your anchor building skills, not mention your free soloing ability, be at a high level before attempting to set up this tower. It requires a long piece of static cord or webbing to build a master point at the top. Some Red or Yellow BD cams are useful with your anchor if you want to back up the lone little tree (which I would recommend doing). The pay off is some pretty fun climbs. Oct 19, 2017

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