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Left Side of the River Bouldering

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Areas in Left Side of the River

Aardvark Boulder 0 / 0 / 0 / 7 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 7

Arrowhead Boulder 0 / 0 / 0 / 1 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 1 / 1

Bankhead Boulder 0 / 0 / 0 / 2 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 2

Dating Jesus Boulder 0 / 0 / 0 / 4 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 4 / 4

Open Road Boulder, The 0 / 0 / 0 / 5 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 5 / 5

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Access Issue: Closures Details

Seasonal closures Feb. 15-July 31. Per the Denver Post:, the Cathedral Wall and all areas above the Loch Vale-Sky Pond Trail are closed to off-trail travel! Per this RMNP website, "Initial closures now occur in Feb. 15 and April, when raptors return to the region and scout for nesting sites. Areas containing general habitat preferred by raptors are closed during this time. Once raptors have selected nesting spots, the initial closures are lifted or adjusted. The specific areas which raptors choose for nesting sites are closed."

For additional information about raptor closures, please visit the Rocky Mountain National Parks area closures website.

General NPS climbing regulations for RMNP posted here.

Description

This is an awesome area with some real classic lines.

Per Timo Santala: most of these boulders are either right off the hiking trail or a short bit away.

Eds. This is a combination of 2 submissions on the 1st submission's page.

Getting There

It is easiest to hike to by crossing before the parking area.

Per Roberto Cepeda: this problem you can access by hiking up the horse trail right before you cross the bridge to get to the main parking lot. Take the same trail you use to get to Maneater & Dating Jesus. This is located after the horse hitching post and before Maneater & Dating Jesus.

Per Timo Santala: walk down the hiking trail that starts before the bridge before main parking area. After about 0.5 miles, there will be a less-developed but clear social trail branching off to the left that leads to the first cluster of boulders. See the descriptions on each boulder page for more details for each.

19 Total Climbs

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Classic Climbing Routes at Left Side of the River

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

V5 6C 6 ● The Open Road Boulder, Alpine Open Rd Boulder
V6 7A 36 ● Dating Jesus Boulder, Alpine Dating Jesus Boulder
V7 7A+ 46 ● Maneater Boulder, Alpine Dating Jesus Boulder
V7 7A+ 25 ● Bankhead Boulder Bankhead Boulder
V9 7C 11 ● Cheesehead Boulder Bankhead Boulder