PRINT: Rock Climb Mary's Jugs, Estes Park Valley

Mary's Jugs

5.7, Sport, 50 ft (15 m),

Avg: 1.8 from 43 votes
FA: R.M. Wright, ShiAnn Zimmerman
Colorado > Estes Park Valley > Big Thompson Ca… > Mary's Bust Area > Mary's Bust - main bu…

Access Issue: Access issue - Monastery, Cedar Park, Combat Rock, etc. - open since 2023 Details

Update: per Bruce Hildenbrand: the area has been open since 2023.

Per JF M: as of May 2022, there is no signage on-site, nor information on the USFS webpage for the Cameron Peak Fire (nor on their published map of closures) that indicates the area is closed.

Per Bruce Hildenbrand: it appears that the Forest Service has closed access to all the climbing areas accessed via Storm Mountain Road (Monastery, Cedar Park, Combat Rock, etc.) until they can clear all the dangerous dead trees from the Cameron Peak fire.

I worked this issue with Eric Murdock at the AF, and it looks like the Forest Service picked Devil's Gulch Road as the southern boundary even though all the climbing areas on MP.com were not burned.

Access Issue: Peregrine nesting on The Broadmoor! Details

Per Kurtz: there are nesting peregrine falcons on The Broadmoor. Please climb elsewhere!

Description

Mary's Jugs climbs great jugs on fine BTC granite past five bolts. MJ may be a little runout for a first lead, but all of the clipping stances are from jugs. This is a cool, shady spot to climb that is often 20 degrees cooler than everywhere else.