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Routes in West Ironing Board
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Cave Exit T 5.8 5b 16 VI- 15 HVS 4c |
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Crescent T 5.5 4b 13 IV+ 11 MS 4a R |
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Crescent Variation T 5.6 4c 14 V 12 S 4b X |
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Dolmen, The T 5.7 5a 15 V+ 13 MVS 4b X |
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Green Chimney T 5.4 4a 12 IV 10 VD 3c |
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I Lichen Chimneys T 5.4 4a 12 IV 10 VD 3c R |
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I Lichen Offwidths T 5.3 3+ 10 III 9 VD 3a R |
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Marine Life T 5.6 4c 14 V 12 S 4b |
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Pine Tree Pitch T 5.9 5c 17 VI 17 HVS 5a |
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Seams Like a Crack T 5.7 5a 15 V+ 13 MVS 4b R |
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Smoother T 5.7 5a 15 V+ 13 MVS 4b X |
| Type: | Trad |
| GPS: | 39.9864, -105.2953 |
| FA: | unknown |
| Page Views: | 1,372 total · 5/month |
| Shared By: | George Bell on Nov 12, 2001 |
| Admins: | Leo Paik, John McNamee, Frances Fierst, Monty, Monomaniac, Tyler KC |
Access Issue: 2024 Crag Closures & Temporary Trail and Raptor Closures
Details
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
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
This route is called "Green Crack West" in Rossiter, but there are already too many Green Cracks/Corners in the Ironing Boards, so I though "Green Chimney" was unique as well as more descriptive.
This is a good, easy chimney climb, but the long approach and only 90' length make it hard to justify a trip to climb only it. This climb is on the West side of the West Ironing Board (WIB), and is not easy to locate. Approach either from Bluebell Canyon, or by going up the drainage between the Second and Third Flatirons, then climb a faint trail just west of Jaws to a wooded saddle just west of the summit of the WIB. From here hike south two hundred yards, staying near the WIB until you can locate the chimney. The chimney may be identified by the fact that an even easier (4th class) chimney lies only about 20' right of it. There is no other place on the West side of the WIB with two such easy chimneys close together.
The chimney itself appears more difficult than it is. Huge bucket holds always seem to appear when they are needed, and the crux is about 20' up getting into the narrowest part of the chimney. From the ridge crest, continue north to the summit, or downclimb or rap the 4th class chimney.
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