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Ralph Kolva

Pine, CO
Male

Member Since
Jun 5, 2006
Last Visit: 7 days ago
210 Points
Point Rank: #6,381 DetailsDrop down

Likes Trad, Sport, Tr
Leads Follows
Trad 5.9 5.10c
Sport 5.10c 5.11a
Ice WI4 WI5
Mixed M1 M2
Boulders V4
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Comments View All 64

Aug 10, 2025
Spent about 5 minutes cleaning around the upper bolt before my brush was clogged and gave up. View Comment
Aug 30, 2024
I managed to climb this clean about 5-6 times in the late 90's. I know of another climber that did it the… View Comment
Oct 24, 2023
Not sure how helpful this is going to be, but over the past 3 weeks, I've given driving (and hiking) direct… View Comment
Apr 11, 2020
Really nice route! I'm looking forward to other new routes the Prehmus put on the slab. Modern bolt spacing… View Comment
Apr 7, 2020
If you walk across the flatish area from the fire ring (rather than cutting into the drainage), you will so… View Comment
Oct 28, 2018
Really liked the version staying left of the bolt line. View Comment

Forum Messages View All 186

Regional > Colorado
Reply: Van life?
Apr 30, 2017 Enjoy your time in Greece and let us know when you get to Colofornia. View Message
Gear > Climbing Gear Discussion
Reply: Comfortable Harness Suggestions
Jun 26, 2016 Just bought another Cadillac in Large, could really use the Medium, if anybody in the Denver area is looking for a discount on a very lightly used Cadillac (used 3 times). $10… View Message
Gear > Climbing Gear Discussion
Reply: Car Camping/Basecamp Tents?
May 26, 2016 We just picked up BA Tensleep 6 and while we haven't used it yet it looks like a really nice tent for the money. We have a backpacking tent from BA and it's been a good tent s… View Message
Regional > Colorado
Reply: Thunder Ridge Conditions
Apr 22, 2016 Even the road to Turkey isn't bad until you get to the downed tree across the road at the bottom of the hill near the creek. We tried to pull it out of the way with our truck… View Message
Regional > Southern States
Reply: Great Falls, VA
Jan 8, 2016 The rock at Great Falls is the same mica schist as Carderock so be careful which climbs you lead. I recall leading 1 or 2 climbs (about 20 years ago) that took some good sized… View Message
Regional > Northern California
Reply: Tuolumne Camping
Jul 20, 2015 We were there last week, stayed in Lee Vining but driving past the Tuolumne campground the available space sign was out in the morning but gone (full) in the afternoons and eve… View Message

Route Scores View All 545

5.9 5c 17 VI 17 HVS 5a
 291
Assembly Line
Trad 2 pitches
5.6 4c 14 V 12 S 4b
 445
Northeast Ridge
Trad, Alpine 5 pitches
5.10d 6b+ 21 VII+ 21 E3 5b
 441
Tabula Rasa
Sport
5.11- 6c 22 VIII- 22 E3 5c PG13
 4
The Sorcerer
Trad
5.9- 5c 17 VI 16 HVS 4c
 29
Holistic Reconnection While Imme…
Sport 2 pitches
5.8 5b 16 VI- 15 HVS 4c
 20
Insane in the Quartz Vein
Sport
Route Name Location Star Rating Difficulty Date
Assembly Line Devils Tower > E & Northeast Buttres…
Avg:  291
Ralph:
5.9 5c 17 VI 17 HVS 5a Trad 2 pitches
Northeast Ridge Alpine Rock > RMNP - Rock > Sharkstooth
Avg:  445
Ralph:
5.6 4c 14 V 12 S 4b Trad, Alpine 5 pitches
Tabula Rasa Estes Park Valley > … > Monastery > Vestibule
Avg:  441
Ralph:
5.10d 6b+ 21 VII+ 21 E3 5b Sport
The Sorcerer Seneca Rocks > S Peak - W Face > S Peak W Face (Main A…
Avg:  4
Ralph:
5.11- 6c 22 VIII- 22 E3 5c PG13 Trad
Holistic Reconnection While… Central-W Casca… > … > Quartz Camp > (c) E Quartz Camp
Avg:  29
Ralph:
5.9- 5c 17 VI 16 HVS 4c Sport 2 pitches
Insane in the Quartz Vein Central-W Casca… > … > Quartz Camp > (c) E Quartz Camp
Avg:  20
Ralph:
5.8 5b 16 VI- 15 HVS 4c Sport
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