The two areas Jefferson County Open Space intends to close in Clear Creek Canyon, shown on the attached maps, encompass the active eagle nests. If the Clear Creek eagles continue to nest in the active nests, these areas will remain closed from February 1 through July 31. If the eagles choose different nesting sites, the closures will be adjusted accordingly to protect those eagles during their breeding season.
Currently, rock climbing areas that fall inside of the seasonal raptor closures include:
Blonde Formation Bumbling Stock Evil Area Ghost Crag Highlander Skinny Legs Stumbling Block Tetanus Garden Fault Caves
June 7, 2021 - TBD: Highway 6 is currently doing full road closures from Sunday night to Friday morning every week. The closure is from the junction of Highway 119 and Highway 6 to the junction of Highway 40 and Highway 6 (mile post ~260 to ~257). Vehicles that remain in the closure will be towed at owners expense.
Sundays: 7PM-4AM Monday-Thursday: 4PM-4AM
Description
Ex-warm-up, now a nice 5.11 clip up in its own right, Generation Gap is the left of the three main bolted lines on The Sports Wall. A thin seam leads the way immediately to the crux at 5.11a and the first clip. The route settles down after the initial difficulty to some fine 5.10 face climbing. It gets two stars for the fine quality rock, nice continuity at 5.10, and the occasionally devious move. It is a good, sunny spot in the early afternoon.
Protection
QDs only. This 70 foot line needs 8 - 9 draws and something for the double bolt anchor at the top.
[Hide Comment] Pumpfest with a capital P! Steep, balancey moves throughout. I was expecting one 11a move, followed by a 10a climb--wrong. Great line, for sure; challenging from start to finish.
Apr 9, 2002
[Hide Comment] Good sunny spot in late afternoon as well.... A fun climb, turns out left after the third bolt, then back right after the fourth.
Jan 1, 2003
[Hide Comment] The initial move is a little balancy/pumpy; follow the arrow and start left with the rope on your left side to prevent entanglement.
Jan 25, 2009
[Hide Comment] Pretty good route. Kind of in your face at the start. When I did it, it was absolutely soaked which made it feel pretty desperate. There are a couple seams that were seeping some fairly wide swaths down the face, right over the feet I wanted to use. Then, of course, I endured the obligatory rain shower dousing.
The top is really cool - it seems like there is an unconformity and the gneiss becomes basalt that is similar to North Table Mountain. Pretty weird.
Jul 18, 2011
[Hide Comment] The arrow showed up after the flake which used to be used to start the climb from straight below the bolt fell off. I've assumed it was someone trying to point out the left hand hold for the new start...
Nov 2, 2016
[Hide Comment] How the heck do you start this route? I was just fooling around in tennis shoes at the base, but I couldn't see a sequence to get to the 2nd bolt that would be 5.11. Opening moves look super hard and off-balance.
Nov 2, 2016
[Hide Comment] Condition update: at the start, there is a pile of chossy rock to your bottom left. I have climbed this route several times, and I believe, over the winter of 2017, this rock has become unstable. The start jug came off today and almost broke my foot (jug right below arrow). At the start, avoiding this section of rock is difficult. Be mindful while belaying and climbing of possible shedding from this section (entire chossy section below the arrow). The rest of the route is fun and solid.
Feb 15, 2018
[Hide Comment] The route starts with a V1 off the deck into 10+ jugs to a ledge at 25'. Next do a tricky traverse left and around the airy corner to a slab, into moderate climbing and then up and left to a huge jug rest. Some thuggish 10+ moves surmount the roof and land you on the final slab. It's about 12' of 5.7 from here to the chains with no bolts, but you can get a 0.4 Camalot in a horizontal about halfway to the chains if you like.
I "love" this route. It has it all: a hard crimp, a throw, overhanging jugs, a techy traverse, a slab... even a couple of hand jams (the way I end up doing it). The rock is mostly solid, and the route stays warm in winter (but bakes in the summer). In the spring, the whole cliff is often seepy, which causes it to swarm with wasps, but I've still climbed during these times, and despite the warnings about rattlesnakes, I've never seen one in over 20 trips to this crag in the past 2 years.
Jun 6, 2018
[Hide Comment] There is a height-dependent section 1/2 way up where the a flat section creates a brief R-facing corner. That's going to be harder for short climbers.
Nov 29, 2023
Louisville, CO
CO
Denver-ish, CO
Denver, CO
The top is really cool - it seems like there is an unconformity and the gneiss becomes basalt that is similar to North Table Mountain. Pretty weird. Jul 18, 2011
Boulder, CO
If you go left and climb up, you're on My Generation (11c) instead. Nov 1, 2016
Boulder, CO
Boulder, CO
I "love" this route. It has it all: a hard crimp, a throw, overhanging jugs, a techy traverse, a slab... even a couple of hand jams (the way I end up doing it). The rock is mostly solid, and the route stays warm in winter (but bakes in the summer). In the spring, the whole cliff is often seepy, which causes it to swarm with wasps, but I've still climbed during these times, and despite the warnings about rattlesnakes, I've never seen one in over 20 trips to this crag in the past 2 years. Jun 6, 2018
denver, colorado
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