Per [201577324 Gerry Roach's Top Ten Flatirons come from his guidebook, Flatiron Classics, which lays out 53 classic easy routes in the Flatirons. Of those 53, ten of them were chosen by Roach as the "Top Ten". Bill Wright and Tom Karpeichik were the first to complete the link-up in-a-day in 1999, though Buzz Burrell had done a version of this in 1990 in which he climbed Satan's Slab instead of Stairway to Heaven . The "route" is complicated and requires a wide range of Flatiron skills, trickery, fitness, and knowledge. The 53 Classics, as well as the Top Ten, are slowly ticked off by many, but completing the Top Ten in a Day (TTIAD) is a hefty task! The full link-up car-to-car from Chautauqua is somewhere around 14-15 miles with 8,000 feet of vertical gain.

First Flatiron, East Face Direct.

Third Flatiron, East Face.

Third Flatiron, Friday’s Folly.

Green Mountain Pinnacle, Takin’ Care of Business.

Stairway to Heaven, South Ridge, Skunk Canyon.

Back Porch, East Face.

Pellea, East Face.

Fatiron, East Face.

Maiden, North Face.

Matron, North Face.

Traditionally, these are done north to south beginning at Chautauqua and ending at South Mesa. Hard men opt for the roundtrip.