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The Fin
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Access Issue: MM 23-29.5 - now ended daily CO 7 highway closure/delays
Details
Per Climbing Puerto Rico: the daily CO 7 highway closure/delay access issue is no longer a problem according to CDOT the construction finished as of Nov. 11, 2022.
From CDOT: Colorado Highway 7 is closed daily from MP 23-29.5. Motorists can only travel through the area between 6-8 am and 4-7 pm. During these timeframes, pilot cars will lead alternating one-way travel. Drivers should plan for delays, and this schedule will remain in place through Memorial Day 2022.
During the closure, motorists need to take US 36 to CO 7.
The Fin is the tower found uphill and to the SW from P. Mosh Wall and Whistler's Mother. It faces NE and gets shade about mid-morning.
Getting There
We took the trail towards P. Mosh Wall, then bushwhacked up and left when possible. The hillside is steep and loose with some of cactus and poison ivy thrown in!