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Dolores Boulders
Colorado
> Four Corners Area
Description
There are a group of forested boulders with moderate difficulty. The sandstone is solid, but there is some choss prevalent. Some cleaning may be necessary.
This area does not receive a great amount of foot traffic though the trails should be obvious. There are boulders both on the uphill and downhill side of the road. Use caution while crossing, and park either on the single roadside access space or down by House Creek turnoff. Please be kind to the surrounding vegetation, and pick up after yourself.
Getting There
From I-45 in Dolores, turn on 11th Street, and continue through the 4 way stop. As you begin to incline, the hill 11th Street turns into Forest Service Road 526, which you will follow approximately 6 miles until you see the obvious boulders on the right side of a hill or the turn to House Creek (Forest Service Road 528).
Per
Kevin Lichner: you'll follow approximately until you see the obvious boulders on the right side of a hill right at
mile marker 7, or just a litter farther is the turn to House Creek (Forest Service Road 528) where you can park for easier access to the Meadow Boulder.
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Dolores, CO
Whittier, CA
SW CO
It sounds like you missed the social trail to the boulders as there is one for the upper and lower boulders. I put up cairns today that should help identify these faint social trails. To get to the Butternaut Boulder, there is quite some overgrowth on the trail, but a little bush in the face is worth it sometimes ;) Cheers Aug 13, 2020
SW Colorado
It probably goes without saying, but the usual soft sandstone ethics apply here: no wire brushing, give it time to dry after rain. There's some very cool holds, like at the Patina Boulder, that are also quite fragile. DO bring a soft-bristle brush. It'll go a long way to keeping things clean and in good friction. Oct 1, 2020