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Knob Jollies
5.6,
Trad, 100 ft (30 m),
Avg: 2.7 from 3
votes
FA: K. Duncan, D. Humphrey
Colorado
> Estes Park Valley
> Big Thompson Ca…
> Crosier Mtn Crags
> Main Crag
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.
Description
This is a fun knob climb to the top of Squat Tower. From the base of the face, scramble left up a gully to a point left of the water groove and below the first bolt.
P1) 5.6. Climb past a bolt, place a cam in a horizontal, then continue past four more bolts to the anchors. ***BE SURE TO TIE A KNOT IN THE END OF YOUR ROPE WHEN LOWERING AS A 60 METER BARELY REACHES.***
Location
See the topo and photo.
Protection
Five bolts and a 1.5" cam.