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Looking for the Softest 12s in the Front Range
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Looking to break into sport 12s this year and could use some confidence boosters at the start. Looking to hear what routes you flashed or got the onsight on and thought, "No way that's 12!" The Master List (will keep this up to date as suggestions come in): Golden: Lyons: S Platte: Boulder: Days of Future Passed aka Our Future Has Passed Ft Collins |
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Redneck Hero, Backdoor Man, most of Devils Head if you have any footwork, the whole Graveyard crag, Empire of The Fenceless, Days of Future Past, Pubic Zirconium. Regardless of number, they’re all a really good time with safe falls at the cruxes, maybe that’s enough to not notice the hard bits. Go get 'em!! |
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Power Trip at Anarchy Wall - Pumpy but I really dont think theres any one really hard move, just a matter of holding on to a pretty short route. |
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Another vote for redneck hero. Mostly huge jugs the whole way. Also just a super fun climb! |
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Dia de Los Muertos at the Graveyard in CCC. 5.10 climbing into a no hands rest into a 3 move V3 boulder problem. I'm actually not sure how that equates to 12a, but I'm not complaining! |
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Monkey Pause at the Monkey House in CCC. Anyone who can do a two move v3-4 boulder problem should have no trouble sending, and the crux is right off the ground so it's easy to work the moves. It's not the best route in the world, but a good one for confidence building. |
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Thanks everyone for the route suggestions, I updated the list! |
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I like your approach. |
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Boulder Quartz System |
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Go to Red Rocks |
Franck Veewrote: An instant classic, loved it when it came up. I would agree that the metro area grades are softttttt. |
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A lot of people give Free Fall 11d and it's a pretty short crux, but it's worth doing (especially if you like shorter routes) regardless of grade, and you can also work on the 12a right next to it (Ripcord), which is prob harder, but maybe also soft :) https://www.mountainproject.com/route/stats/105758413/free-fall I'd recommend getting on 12a's in BoCan or CCC that get most the starts--as others have noted, both areas are regarded as somewhat soft on average (just talking sport for BoCan, the trad routes are generally solid old school). So if you get on a high-quality 12a, it probably won't be super hard at least compared to some other areas, and at least you'll have fun. Maybe someone computer savvy could write a script to see which 12a routes are closest to being downgraded by user ticks. |
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Red Hot Space Suit, Poudre Canyon. |
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A Tall Cool One at Bowling Alley in Boco |
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This is really sad. "I'm looking for the easiest way to get a 12 so I can brag to my friends I have climbed a 12". |
Grug Mwrote: It is sad, “I’m looking to break into a new grade and trying to remove the intimidation factor.” I’m definitely not egotistical enough to think that anyone cares what I have climbed or what I plan to climb. |
Grug Mwrote: This is what we call 'projecting' not to be confused with 'projecting' |
Cory Nwrote: "Its important to me that I tell my friends I am a 5.12 CLIMBER because I climbed the softest 5.12 possible." |
Grug Mwrote: hahahaha, you sound like a nice guy! Let's climb some time, did I tell you I am a 5.12 climber??? |
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I appreciate this list. If you are ever in Devils Head you should check out Snapping Station. |
