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tufa climbing in Colorado?

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Tony Nguyen · · Unknown Hometown · Joined Oct 2015 · Points: 25

where is the best tufa climbing in the Front range of Colorado?  Typically found on limestone rock, or in Asia, I am totally missing the steep, athletic, and occasionally stemming or liebacking movement that you get from massive cylindrical drippings...
I also recently just read the R & I photo issue and was reminiscing of all that good, chunky rock out of the U.S.

who's with me?

Not Not MP Admin · · The OASIS · Joined Nov 2018 · Points: 17
Tony Nguyen wrote: where is the best tufa climbing in the Front range of Colorado?  Typically found on limestone rock, or in Asia, I am totally missing the steep, athletic, and occasionally stemming or liebacking movement that you get from massive cylindrical drippings...
I also recently just read the R & I photo issue and was reminiscing of all that good, chunky rock out of the U.S.

who's with me?

There is none

Long Ranger · · Boulder, CO · Joined Jan 2014 · Points: 669
Eric Klammer · · Eagle, CO · Joined Oct 2012 · Points: 2,070

Definitely check out the Flatirons. A bunch of the new school hard sport routes going up in there mention tufa features. 

Alex Styp · · Eldorado Springs · Joined Nov 2012 · Points: 75

Only 1 route comes to mind, the shaft in the flatirons. It's kind of a tufa....after that the closest real candidate that I know would be the vesper @ the grail @ the Arizona strip. Flippin' sweet route/area.

Alton Richardson · · Boulder/Fort Collins, CO · Joined Jan 2010 · Points: 215

Several in the Flatties. The Shaft, Milk Bone, I am the Walrus. I’m sure there are more. Thundermuscle has some great pinching on “tufa like” features as well. I’m sure Choose Life also does.

Wes Martin · · Golden, CO · Joined Dec 2015 · Points: 15

just an FYI - tufa is a geological term referring to a specific type of calcium carbonate precipitate - there is none of this in the flatirons. Climbing features that are similar, sure

Tony Nguyen · · Unknown Hometown · Joined Oct 2015 · Points: 25

Thanks everyone for the responses.  I will check them out!

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