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.
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Here's my advice for this route:If you happen to have any 11 Hexcentrics, bring them along. Lots of partners have mocked my cowbells, but this is one route where it was really nice to have a couple big hexes. If your plan is approach this route in the dark and get up it before work, I'd recommend scoping it out ahead of time. Looking at the West Ironing Board from the summit of the Third, you really can't appreciate what a character-building experience the hike in will be, especially on-sight, in the dark. Luckily, my employers are pretty cool about this kind of thing, because the whole endeavor took something like two and a half hours more than we expected and I didn't show up for work until 10:00.
You can see this route all the way from Baseline, so it's a good one to have under your belt to impress attractive non-climbers in town. Aug 24, 2002
Around Boulder, CO
A second pitch get you completely off anything past 3rd class, and from there you can either set an anchor (large stoppers or 2nd knuckle-cams) to rap off East/Northeast (then scramble down to packs for another route) or find or improvise a rap off to the West and walk back around (15-20 min).
As for rack, I took #0.4-0.#5 Camalots (new C4) and was fine with that. I got enough pro to be OK. People who don't want to run it out 70' to the first piece might want to take the #6 C4.
To that end, my partner DID break off a cobble on second and slip 50' up. Yeah... not a great idea on lead. Most of the route is solid, but there is grounder potential if you are not careful. The #6 is probably a good idea unless you are under no illusions. It's no different than soloing much of the way without it. Oct 18, 2014
Longmont, CO