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West of Rustic Climbing

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Areas in West of Rustic

420s 0 / 0 / 0 / 62 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 62

Big Bend 0 / 0 / 0 / 9 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 9

Black Boulder Area 0 / 0 / 0 / 2 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 2

Bog, The 0 / 0 / 0 / 5 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 5

Bone Caves 0 / 0 / 0 / 2 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 2

Boston Peak 5 / 24 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 1 / 0 / 0 / 29

Bristlecone Bouldering 0 / 0 / 0 / 92 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 92

Bristlecone Castle 5 / 6 / 1 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 12

Cabin Fever Bloc 0 / 0 / 0 / 1 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 1

Canals 0 / 0 / 0 / 83 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 83

Critical Mass Area 0 / 10 / 0 / 3 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 13

Fish Market 0 / 0 / 0 / 7 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 7

Gandalf Area 0 / 0 / 0 / 19 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 19

Hatchery Rock 0 / 0 / 0 / 1 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 1

Hideaway, The 0 / 0 / 0 / 20 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 2 / 20

Moose Crag 0 / 5 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 5

Poudre Falls 0 / 26 / 0 / 24 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 50

Roaring Creek Area 0 / 1 / 0 / 3 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 4

Tunnels Area 0 / 0 / 0 / 8 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 8

Turtle Crag 1 / 4 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 5

Vista Crag 1 / 12 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 13

Elevation:	7,730 ft
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Description

The Poudre Canyon west of the town of Rustic becomes a very wide open valley chocked full of cliffs and boulders. This section hosts the BEST bouldering in the Fort Collins area and easily some of the best route potential in Northern Colorado. The scenery and setting are incredible and home to moose, mountain lions, bighorn sheep, beaver, and lots of other wildlife. If you haven't made the long drive up the canyon from Fort Collins...you probably should.

Here is a list of the major areas from downstream to upstream:
(mileage listed from Ted's Place)

Hatchery Rock - 38.3 miles
Bone Caves
Critical Mass Area
Pearl Area - 40 miles
Roaring Creek Area
The Bog - 41 miles
420 Boulders - 41.5 miles
Gandalf Area - 46.1 miles
Poudre Falls - 47 miles

Getting There

The town of Rustic lies approximately 31.5 miles west from Ted's Place (a.k.a. the intersection of US Highway 287 and CO 14). Hatchery Rock is the first area described that lies West of Rustic, it is 38.3 miles from Ted's Place.

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Classic Climbing Routes at West of Rustic

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

V3- 6A 32 ● The Warm-up Boulder 420s > Warm-up Boulder
V3-4 6A+ 26 ● SW Face of The Warm-up Boulder a… Boulder 420s > Warm-up Boulder
V4 6B 33 ● Hank's Arete Boulder 420s > Hank's Boulder
V4 6B 15 ● King Fin Boulder Critical Mass Area > King Fin
V5 6C 21 ● Hank's Lunge Boulder 420s > Hank's Boulder
V5 6C 44 ● Puffing Stone Traverse Boulder 420s > Puffing Stone Boulder
V6 7A 49 ● Scarface Boulder 420s > Hank's Boulder
V6 7A 26 ● Against Humanity Boulder Gandalf Area > Against Humanity
V8 7B 10 ● Tilt Boulder 420s > Tilt Area
V8+ 7B+ 5 ● Rude Beauty Boulder Poudre Falls > River Boulders > Rude Beauty
V8-9 7B+ 4 ● Flight Syndrome Boulder Gandalf Area > Corkscrew Boulder
5.10c 6b 20 VII 20 E2 5b 16 ● Andromeda Galaxy Sport Poudre Falls > E Side Crags > Astronomy Wall
5.13a 7c+ 29 IX+ 29 E6 6c 3 ● Bean Town Beat Down Trad Boston Peak > Orange Wall
5.13- 7c+ 29 IX+ 29 E7 6c 8 ● Foreplay/Longtime Sport Boston Peak > Hall of Fame
5.13c 8a+ 30 X- 31 E7 7a 4 ● Cradle of Liberty Sport Boston Peak > Orange Wall