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East Face (Standard)

Name: East Face (Standard)
Rating: 3.7

5.4 YDS 4a French 12 Ewbanks IV UIAA 10 ZA VD 3c British

Routes in Third Flatiron

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	1911 Gully T 5.5 4b 13 IV+ 11 MS 4a
	Blazing Biners T,S 5.10a 6a 18 VI+ 18 E1 5a
	College Drop Out aka East Face North Side T 5.6 4c 14 V 12 S 4b
	Direct West Face a/k/a Western Skyline T 5.11b 6c 23 VIII- 23 E3 5c
	Doctor Merkwurdigliebe T 5.8 5b 16 VI- 15 HVS 4c
	Dog's Head Cutoff T 5.4 4a 12 IV 10 VD 3c R
	East Face (Standard) T 5.4 4a 12 IV 10 VD 3c
	East Face Left T 5.5 4b 13 IV+ 11 MS 4a
	Exit Through The Gift Shop V0 4
	Extra Point T 5.6 4c 14 V 12 S 4b R
	Fail Safe T 5.10b 6a+ 19 VII- 19 E2 5b
	Falcon's Fracture T 5.8+ 5b 16 VI- 15 HVS 4c
	Feathers and Stone S 5.11b 6c 23 VIII- 23 E3 5c
	Flailure (Is Not an Option) T 5.9+ 5c 17 VI 17 E1 5a R
	Friday's Folly T 5.7 5a 15 V+ 13 MVS 4b
	Friday's Folly Direct T,TR 5.7 5a 15 V+ 13 MVS 4b R
	Funny Games T,TR 5.12d 7c 28 IX 28 E6 6b R
	Greenman's Crack T,TR 5.3 3+ 10 III 9 VD 3a R
	Holier than Thou S 5.11c 6c+ 24 VIII- 24 E4 6a
	Inner Sanctum T 5.9 5c 17 VI 17 HVS 5a PG13
	Misled Youth T 5.13 8a 29 X- 30 E7 6c
	More Mellow T 5.9 5c 17 VI 17 HVS 5a
	Negative Space (P1) S 5.12a 7a+ 25 VIII+ 25 E5 6a
	Northwest Passage T 5.10b 6a+ 19 VII- 19 E2 5b R
	Panda Rigolo S 5.11a/b 6c 23 VIII- 23 E3 5c
	Panda Scat TR 5.11 6c+ 23 VIII- 23 E4 5c
	Pandammic S 5.11b 6c 23 VIII- 23 E3 5c
	Pentaprance T 5.11b 6c 23 VIII- 23 E3 5c R
	Ph.D. Roof T 5.10a 6a 18 VI+ 18 E1 5a
	Pile In the Sky S 5.12- 7a+ 25 VIII+ 25 E5 6a
	Rite Of Spring T 5.8+ 5b 16 VI- 15 HVS 4c PG13
	Saturday's Folly T 5.8+ 5b 16 VI- 15 HVS 4c
	Sayonara T,S 5.10b 6a+ 19 VII- 19 E2 5b
	Shoyu State S 5.11a 6c 22 VII+ 22 E3 5c
	South Chimney T 5.5 4b 13 IV+ 11 MS 4a
	Southwest Chimney T 5.4 4a 12 IV 10 VD 3c
	Super Woo T 5.10a/b 6a+ 19 VI+ 19 E2 5b
	Thin Crack T 5.11c 6c+ 24 VIII- 24 E4 6a PG13
	Third Kingdom/Papillion T 5.12b 7b 26 VIII+ 26 E5 6b
	Third World Zone T 5.4 4a 12 IV 10 VD 3c R
	Unnamed (formerly entered as Problem Child) T,TR 5.9 5c 17 VI 17 HVS 5a PG13
	Waiting For Columbus T,S 5.10 6b 20 VII- 19 E2 5b
	West Door T 5.8 5b 16 VI- 15 HVS 4c
	West Face [3rd Flatrion] T 5.10b 6a+ 19 VII- 19 E2 5b PG13
	Winky Woo T 5.4 4a 12 IV 10 VD 3c R
	Wrongs of Fall T 5.9 5c 17 VI 17 HVS 5a PG13
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Type:	Trad, 8 pitches
FA:	Floyd and Earl Millard, 1906
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Shared By:	Ben Mottinger on Dec 31, 2000
Admins:	Leo Paik, John McNamee, Frances Fierst, Monty, Monomaniac, Tyler KC Page Updates (admin only)

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Access Issue: 2024 Crag Closures & Temporary Trail and Raptor Closures Details

The usual crags are closed for climbing for raptor nesting:

See: bouldercolorado.gov/service….

Click here for the trail closures. Some are M-F, some are 24/7. These impact the Bear Canyon/Fern Canyon regions primarily:

flatironsclimbing.org/tempo…

Click here bouldercolorado.gov/service… for the latest in raptor closures.

Access Issue: Raptor nesting lifted July 26, 2023 Details

Per Ryan Kuehn, Stewardship Director, Boulder Climbing Community: the seasonal raptor closure on the Third Flatiron will be extended beyond July 31st, 2023. The reopening date is TBD. This has been lifted as of 7/26/23 from the OSMP website per Zachary Henry.

bouldercolorado.gov/service…: lifted 7/26/23: Third Flatiron, including Queen Anne’s Head, W.C Fields Pinnacle, 1911 Gully and the Ghetto, the East Bench & West Bench, the East & West Ironing Boards, The Fin, Green Thumb and Jaws.

Update from the Flatirons Climbing Council July 2021: due to late nesting of peregrine falcons this year (2021), this area is closed until ~Aug. 12, 2021.

Information on OSMP wildlife closures, which help to protect sensitive habitats, can be viewed at:

bouldercolorado.gov/service…
maps.bouldercolorado.gov/wi…

The following crags are closed 1 February to 31 July:
First Pinnacle (Gregory Canyon)
Second Pinnacle (Gregory Canyon)
Third Pinnacle (Gregory Canyon)
Third Flatiron
Queen Anne's Head
WC Fields Pinnacle
The Ghetto
East Ironing Board
West Ironing Board
The Fin
Green Thumb
Jaws

Updated details may be found here.
osmpwildlifeclosures.org.

Description

To quote Rossiter, "This is probably the best beginner climb in the solar system." This route is best led for the first time following another party unless you don't care about finding the fixed eye-bolts. Since nearly every stance is a rest, it's tough to discern the belays.

From the East Bench, move up and to the left across a channel to the first belay. Stay on this side of the channel for the next 5-6 pitches with easy 5.0-5.2 climbing. Pitch 5 will traverse the "C" of CU. After pitch 6/7, you must cross the channel at the notch near the top. The last, crux pitch (5.4) starts on the other side of the channel to the top. It's 6 rope-stretching pitches or 8 as described with a 50m rope.

DESCENT: there are three rappels from fixed eye-bolts. A single 50m rope is sufficient; on the last rappel, you may either use a double-rope for the 140 feet mostly free-rappel or traverse right on a ledge and rap 72 feet on a single rope to the West Bench.

Per Samir Abdosh: after the final rap, hike *north* up the base instead of down. There is a trail that is MUCH easier to descend through than going south. If you go south, you'll have a very unpleasant experience bushwhacking and downclimbing very slippery stone. You'll also have to rappel again as there is an offset cliff between the Flatiron and the southside canyon.