Climb all Flatirons in a Day? Weekend?

Most heinous bushwhacking in your life between the 4th and 5th. 

Please note that the Third Flatiron is closed on Sunday October 6 for Rocky Mountain Rescue Group training.  Plan accordingly.

Thanks,

Flatirons Climbing Council

Flatirons Climbing Council wrote: Please note that the Third Flatiron is closed on Sunday October 6 for Rocky Mountain Rescue Group training.  Plan accordingly.

Thanks,

Flatirons Climbing Council

Thanks for the heads up! We should only be out Friday/Saturday. 

Jeff Wang wrote: Most heinous bushwhacking in your life between the 4th and 5th. 

Faster to just take the north side then? 

Flatirons Climbing Council wrote: Please note that the Third Flatiron is closed on Sunday October 6 for Rocky Mountain Rescue Group training.  Plan accordingly.

Thanks,

Flatirons Climbing Council

That is ambitious on their part.

Hayden Moore wrote:

Faster to just take the north side then? 

From the top of the Fourth, good descent route is to descend south over to the south side of the Fifth (so, same descent route as the Fifth). You could descend from the north side of the Fourth, but any trail is pretty faint, and the bushwhack is a bit longer. Some smaller flatiron formations may get in your way that you'll have to negotiate. 

Long Ranger wrote:

From the top of the Fourth, good descent route is to descend south over to the south side of the Fifth (so, same descent route as the Fifth). You could descend from the north side of the Fourth, but any trail is pretty faint, and the bushwhack is a bit longer. Some smaller flatiron formations may get in your way that you'll have to negotiate. 

Thanks!

Hayden, you're a lucky man!  Enjoy Boulder!

Blakevan wrote: Hayden, you're a lucky man!  Enjoy Boulder!

Thanks, Blake! Going to be a quick blitz of the five Flatirons and (hopefully) Bastille Crack, like every other tourist swinging through Boulder, but excited!

Hayden Moore wrote:

Thanks, Blake! Going to be a quick blitz of the five Flatirons and (hopefully) Bastille Crack, like every other tourist swinging through Boulder, but excited!

Add something in Bocan and make it a Quitafecta + Trifecta day.

Tony B wrote:

Add something in Bocan and make it a Quitafecta + Trifecta day.

We were actually thinking about heading there on Saturday after running a quick lap up the third to finish out the 5. Any recommendations? Looking for easy cruiser type stuff after burning ourselves out on 4 flatirons Friday+1 Saturday morning

Hayden Moore wrote:

We were actually thinking about heading there on Saturday after running a quick lap up the third to finish out the 5. Any recommendations? Looking for easy cruiser type stuff after burning ourselves out on 4 flatirons Friday+1 Saturday morning

Elephants/Dome area.  Maybe Cozyhang or The Owl (5.7's) or perhaps something easier and flatiron-esque on East of the Sun (5.4 ish).

Another random PSA - watch out for poison ivy if you're sensitive. It's all throughout the area and changing colors (red, orange, yellow) at this time of year.

Tony B wrote:

Elephants/Dome area.  Maybe Cozyhang or The Owl (5.7's) or perhaps something easier and flatiron-esque on East of the Sun (5.4 ish).

Anything on the Dome is much cruxier and harder technically than the standard routes on the flatirons. 

Tony B wrote:

Elephants/Dome area.  Maybe Cozyhang or The Owl (5.7's) or perhaps something easier and flatiron-esque on East of the Sun (5.4 ish).

Owl looks fun, we'll give it a go. Thanks!

L Kap wrote:

Anything on the Dome is much cruxier and harder technically than the standard routes on the flatirons. 

East Slab & East Slab East are no harder than the Standard East Face of the 1st Flatiron, IMO.  The right hand (indirect start) is 5.4 or 5.5:
https://www.mountainproject.com/route/105748011/east-slab
https://www.mountainproject.com/route/105827243/east-slab-east

So I'm not so sure that your statement, though generally true, is 100% accurate.  Or perhaps it is just subjective.

The Elephants have a few routes down to 5.5 (IE: Pine Tree Route) but it is not as good.
https://www.mountainproject.com/route/105756574/pine-tree-route

If not mentioned up thread Boulder canyon construction project has traffic sucking most days on 119.  I'll be in the area in two weeks and will avoid it like the plague but not a climbing trip for me just visiting some family.

Tony B wrote:

East Slab East is no harder than the Standard East Face of the 1st Flatiron, IMO.  The right hand (indirect start) is 5.4 or 5.5, in fact.
So I'm not so sure that your statement is 100% true.

Our experiences may vary. Granite slab on the Dome is more polished and slipperier than sandstone / conglomerate Flatiron slab.

The Owl is a fantastic route.It's definitely worth doing, but I don't think it feels cruiser to most people, especially not the first time. Not to dissuade the OP from doing it - sounds like he's plenty strong - but he asked for cruiser and he's not from here. Just being realistic about what he can expect. It's a sandbagged Layton Kor 5.7. 

Tony B wrote:

East Slab & East Slab East are no harder than the Standard East Face of the 1st Flatiron, IMO.  The right hand (indirect start) is 5.4 or 5.5:
https://www.mountainproject.com/route/105748011/east-slab
https://www.mountainproject.com/route/105827243/east-slab-east

So I'm not so sure that your statement, though generally true, is 100% accurate.  Or perhaps it is just subjective.

The Elephants have a few routes down to 5.5 (IE: Pine Tree Route) but it is not as good.
https://www.mountainproject.com/route/105756574/pine-tree-route

I'm not familiar with the 5.4 or 5.5. indirect start you mention. East Slab, and East Slab East,  as described on MP and in the D'Antonio guidebook are the easiest routes on the Dome and both are rated 5.6. East Slab is super fun and classic, and MUCH easier than the Owl imo. 

I haven't done the Pine Tree Route. Too much danger of poison ivy, to which I am hideously allergic. 

John Tex wrote: I found the dome way harder than the relative flatirons grade as well. The owl was my first trad lead and I had never hand jammed before...

Wow, kudos to you then. The Owl has three cruxes for me. 1 - Balancing around the corner to get to the reachy chicken head on P1 (easier if you're tall). 2 - The fist crack at the end of p1 with obligatory hand and foot jamming while it tries to spit you out. 3 - The route-finding through the roof.