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Access Issue: Closures
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Seasonal closures Feb. 15-July 31. Per the Denver Post:, the Cathedral Wall and all areas above the Loch Vale-Sky Pond Trail are closed to off-trail travel! Per this RMNP website, "Initial closures now occur in Feb. 15 and April, when raptors return to the region and scout for nesting sites. Areas containing general habitat preferred by raptors are closed during this time. Once raptors have selected nesting spots, the initial closures are lifted or adjusted. The specific areas which raptors choose for nesting sites are closed."
For additional information about raptor closures, please visit the Rocky Mountain National Parks area closures website.
General NPS climbing regulations for RMNP posted here.
For additional information about raptor closures, please visit the Rocky Mountain National Parks area closures website.
General NPS climbing regulations for RMNP posted here.
Description
This is an improbable but easy way of getting from the Chief's Head/Pagoda col to the summit of Pagoda, or vice versa. You wouldn't do it as a climb in its own right, but it's a useful alternative to Pagoda's West Ridge if you're doing the Glacier Gorge Traverse ( mountainproject.com/v/glaci… ) or Rossiter's "Walk in the Park" ( mountainproject.com/v/a-wal… ) and you don't want to solo 5.7 or carry a rope. It's entirely on the South side of the mountain, which helps if it's cold or icy on the North side.
From the Chief's Head/Pagoda col, traverse right across 3rd or 4th class slabs to the start of a 2' wide grassy ledge. Follow this ledge 2/3 of the way across the South face of Pagoda, about 0.25 miles. Where the ledge ends, move up a few feet to a rubble-strewn ramp that leads back left towards the West ridge. Follow the ramp, but don't go all the way to the West ridge. Instead, after about 500', head up to a short corner at the back of a shallow bowl. Climb the corner (one or two easy 5th-class moves), and continue up easier terrain to where the rock steepens just below the summit. Traverse 100' right to gain Pagoda's SE ridge, and hike the last 200' to the top.
There's a downloadable GPS file at caltopo.com/m/180A.
From the Chief's Head/Pagoda col, traverse right across 3rd or 4th class slabs to the start of a 2' wide grassy ledge. Follow this ledge 2/3 of the way across the South face of Pagoda, about 0.25 miles. Where the ledge ends, move up a few feet to a rubble-strewn ramp that leads back left towards the West ridge. Follow the ramp, but don't go all the way to the West ridge. Instead, after about 500', head up to a short corner at the back of a shallow bowl. Climb the corner (one or two easy 5th-class moves), and continue up easier terrain to where the rock steepens just below the summit. Traverse 100' right to gain Pagoda's SE ridge, and hike the last 200' to the top.
There's a downloadable GPS file at caltopo.com/m/180A.
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