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West of Rustic Climbing

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Areas in West of Rustic

420s 0 / 0 / 0 / 57 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 57
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 3 / 16 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 1 / 0 / 0 / 19
Bristlecone Bouldering 0 / 0 / 0 / 89 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 89
Bristlecone Castle 5 / 6 / 1 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 12
Critical Mass Area 0 / 0 / 0 / 3 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 3
Gandalf Area 0 / 0 / 0 / 15 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 15
Hatchery Rock 0 / 0 / 0 / 1 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 1
Moose Crag 0 / 5 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 5
Poudre Falls 0 / 0 / 0 / 22 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 22
Roaring Creek Area 0 / 1 / 0 / 3 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 4
Turtle Crag 0 / 3 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 3
Vista Crag 1 / 12 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 13
Elevation: 7,730 ft
GPS: 40.712, -105.737 Google Map · Climbing Area Map
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Shared By: Ben Scott on Dec 16, 2014
Admins: Leo Paik, John McNamee, Frances Fierst, Monty, Monomaniac

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
 26
● The Warmup
Boulder
420s
V3-4 6A+
 22
● SW Face of The Warmup Boulder aka Par…
Boulder
420s
V4 6B
 31
● Hank's Arete
Boulder
420s
V5 6C
 19
● Hank's Lunge
Boulder
420s
V5 6C
 33
● Puffing Stone Traverse
Boulder
420s
V5-6 6C+
 7
● Tsunami
Boulder
420s
V5-6 6C+
 20
● Scuba Steve
Boulder
420s
V6 7A
 48
● Scarface
Boulder
420s
V6 7A
 20
● Against Humanity
Boulder
Gandalf Area
V7 7A+
 9
● Tilt
Boulder
420s
V8-9 7B+
 7
● Divergence
Boulder
420s
V11-12 8A+
 3
● Cloudwalker (submitted as 420 crack)
Boulder
420s
5.11c 6c+ 24 VIII- 24 E4 6a
 4
● Iron Maiden
Sport
Bristlecone Castle
5.13a 7c+ 29 IX+ 29 E6 6c
 3
● Eukie Extension
Sport
Vista Crag
5.13- 7c+ 29 IX+ 29 E7 6c
 3
● Foreplay/Longtime
Sport
Boston Peak > Hall of Fame
Route Name Location Star Rating Difficulty Date
● The Warmup 420s
 26
V3- 6A Boulder
● SW Face of The Warmup Bould… 420s
 22
V3-4 6A+ Boulder
● Hank's Arete 420s
 31
V4 6B Boulder
● Hank's Lunge 420s
 19
V5 6C Boulder
● Puffing Stone Traverse 420s
 33
V5 6C Boulder
● Tsunami 420s
 7
V5-6 6C+ Boulder
● Scuba Steve 420s
 20
V5-6 6C+ Boulder
● Scarface 420s
 48
V6 7A Boulder
● Against Humanity Gandalf Area
 20
V6 7A Boulder
● Tilt 420s
 9
V7 7A+ Boulder
● Divergence 420s
 7
V8-9 7B+ Boulder
● Cloudwalker (submitted as 4… 420s
 3
V11-12 8A+ Boulder
● Iron Maiden Bristlecone Castle
 4
5.11c 6c+ 24 VIII- 24 E4 6a Sport
● Eukie Extension Vista Crag
 3
5.13a 7c+ 29 IX+ 29 E6 6c Sport
● Foreplay/Longtime Boston Peak > Hall of Fame
 3
5.13- 7c+ 29 IX+ 29 E7 6c Sport
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