My partner and I got really off route between the 4th and 5th pitch. Extremely scary and chossy. Avoid this mistake and do not follow the crack after 4th belay. Get off crack, and go left fairly soon after leaving grassy belay ledge on to easy, run out face climbing!

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My partner and I got really off route between the 4th and 5th pitch. Extremely scary and chossy. Avoid this mistake and do not follow the crack after 4th belay. Get off crack, and go left fairly soon after leaving grassy belay ledge on to easy, run out face climbing!

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Taken From Flattop Trail, 3 August, 2002 by Paddy McCarthy.

Looking down on pitch 6.

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LawHous

Jul 2, 2013

“My partner and I got really off route between the 4th and 5th pitch. Extremely scary and chossy. Avoid this mistake and do not follow the crack after 4th belay. Get off crack, and go left fairly soon after leaving grassy belay ledge on to easy, run out face climbing!”

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Dakota and Chad ropeless on the Culp-Bossier.

The entire route as seen from the ground below the route.

Culp Bossier, RMNP, CO. Photo by Mike Cork.

Taken From Flattop Trail, 3 August, 2002 by Paddy McCarthy.

My partner and I got really off route between the 4th and 5th pitch. Extremely scary and chossy. Avoid this mistake and do not follow the crack after 4th belay. Get off crack, and go left fairly soon after leaving grassy belay ledge on to easy, run out face climbing!

Looking down on pitch 6.

Seems like everyone does the top half slightly differently. Here's what we did, which ties in with Charles Vernon's route description. On pitch 6 we did a rising rightwards traverse past a loose block and a piton, then continued traversing to a comfortable belay at the base of a right-facing corner.

Trevor coming up P7 of the Culp-Bossier.

John climbing up the ramp at the beginning of pitch 3.

How we pitched out Culp Bossier with the two raps (dotted lines) and descent (yellow). The lines are approximate.

The good

Detailing which dihedral to take on P2.

Hang'n out to follow on P5...and what a fantastic climb and view to enjoy!

Jim following a pitch on the Culp-Bossier.

Jim on lead halfway up the Culp-Bossier.

Clay and Alex back on route, enjoying the big ledge atop pitch 4.

Location of start of Culp-Bossier route.

Pitch 5 heads up the left side of the Nose, climbing mostly face.

The view from the top can't be beat!

5th pitch of Culp-Bossier. Seems to be a mystery, everyone we asked couldn't describe it. From the big ledge, we went towards the white and organge roof and belayed in left-facing corner near an orange spot for the top of the 4th. The 5th pitch ran up and right to another left-facing corner and up groove/crack to right side of the big roof. Good gear and moderate moves. Note red line.

Dylan somewhere on the headwall.

Dakota and Chad below Hallet

Pard near the end of the 1st pitch (of 8?), (Culp-Bossier).

The grassy lunch ledge on top of P3.<br>
Photo taken by Errett Allen on August 15, 2003.

Starting up pitch 2. Head through the notch in the upper right. This is a good landmark that you can see from the ground.

Colin Wann leads the second pitch.

Fun!

Jim at the belay stance right before starting the final pitch.

Climber on Culp-Bossier.

Eric on the Culp.

Pitch 7, one of the best pitches on the route. Steep face to steep crack.

Alex charging up the beautiful 5th pitch.

Ethan belaying me at the top of p6

Looking up the last pitch (pitch 8). Go up and then right of the large, right-facing corner.

Climbers on Culp-Bossier?

The right-facing dihedral on pitch 1.

Keith Lober Leading the 4th pitch up the great white corner.

A piton at the belay at the top of pitch 6. I went pretty far right after the dihedral and belayed sitting on top of a large block below a ramp. This was a comfortable belay and a natural belay for the next pitch.

off route on culp bossier-not my photo

Unprotected traverse beneath the roof on pitch 8 to the corner/cracks to the summit.

Moving right from the start of P7 instead of the direct face climbing above. A right-facing corner follows the ramp, ending just in time to step left and work your way up to the crux.

Nice exposure on a perfect summer day.

Looking at the start of the climb. The obvious, middle dihedral is seen at the top of this photo.