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Routes in The Garden

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	Asana V2-3 5+
	Glass Hovercraft V3 6A
	Gold Dust V1 5
	Goth Girl V0 4
	Grab the Throne V0 4 PG13
	Horizontal V10 7C+
	Opposition, The V0-1 4+
	Prower, The V4 6B
	Rho V1 5
	Scraping By V2-3 5+ PG13
	Seeing Red V1-2 5
	Troglodyte Exit, The V0 4
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Access Issue: Avoid private land on approach to public areas Details

See the C3PA's maps to avoid trespassing on private property on the apporach.

c3pa.org/hunters_rocks

Description

This secluded section of Hunter's is probably closest to the Oaks area, but is distinct. From the Powercut follow the trail north along the spine of the ridge until it dips to the West side of the ridge at a saddle point. The garden has many horizontal or very nearly so roofs. It gets afternoon and evening sun and takes a little longer than other areas to fully dry out. If you're planning on spending some significant time climbing here, be prepared to clean boulders. If cleaning new or existing routes please only remove as much moss or lichen as is needed for the climb and leave the rest undisturbed. Do your best not to trample the fern gardens on top of some of the boulders when you top out. There is extensive potential for new routes and FA's but be careful where you choose, there is a suspected porcupine den not far out of the main garden area.

If you're exploring the Upper Garden (up the hill above the obvious overhanging stuff) be wary of cave entrances covered in leaves, very nearly stepped right into one while looking around.

Getting There

The easiest way I've found to get there is to park at the Powercut area, and hike right (facing the ridge from the road) along the ridge. You can park at the first pulloff on Frew Road (with the Standing Stone Trail trailhead) but the hike up is steeper, longer, and involves more bushwacking than parking at the Powercut. The Garden itself is on the side of the ridge away from the road.

Bat Conservation | How You Can Help

See a Bat on a Route, Give Us a Shout!

Hey climbers, Ken Hull here with South Central PA Climbers. I’m working with Rob Schorr to help him spread the word about his bat research. Here’s a message from him about this important work and how, we as climbers, can help.

Climbers for Bat Conservation is working with climbers to understand bat ecology and why bats choose certain cracks and flakes. We’re a collaboration between climbers, bat biologists, and land managers to understand where bats roost and where large populations may reside. We are interested in finding bats because of a new disease called white-nose syndrome (whitenosesyndrome.org) which has killed millions of bats in North America. This collaboration has identified bat roosts throughout the U.S., and as far away as Norway and Bulgaria. CBC was developed by biologists who climb and they are advocates for climbing access and bat conservation.

So, if you see bats while climbing, please let us know by emailing us at climbersforbats@colostate.edu, or visiting our website to learn more. climbersforbats.colostate.edu.

Thank You!
Rob Schorr

Zoologist, Colorado Natural Heritage Program (warnercnr.colostate.edu/rschorr/)
Director, Climbers for Bat Conservation
Robert.schorr@colostate.edu