Rocky Mountain National Park: Estes Park Valley The Climber's Guide

by Gillett, Bernard

• ISBN13: 9780964369849
• ISBN10: 0964369842
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2001-09-01
• Publisher: Earthbound Sports

Summary

Describes over 900 routes on the lower elevation cliffs that lie along the eastern edge of Rocky Mountain National Park including some of the best traditional and sport cragging in the State of Colorado. Areas covered include:
Alligator Rock
Big Thompson Canyon
Cedar Park Slab
Combat Rock
Cow Creek Canyon
Crags
Deer Ridge Buttress
Deville Rocks
Eagle Rock
Fall River Road Crags
Glen Haven Picnic Area
Ironclads
Jurassic Park
Kinnikinnik Crags
Lumpy Ridge
MacGregor Slab
Monastery
Palisades
Piz Badille
Prospect Mountain
Sandbeach Rocks
Spur 66 Crags

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Table of Contents

Introduction	1	(14)
Lumpy Ridge	15	(124)
Crescent Wall	18	(4)
Pacman Crag	22	(1)
Fin City	23	(1)
Out West Crag	24	(1)
Triangle Rock	24	(1)
Gollum's Arch Rock	25	(2)
Twin Owls	27	(14)
The Lower Owls	30	(1)
Hen and Chickens	31	(10)
Parking Lot Rocks	41	(5)
Rock One	41	(1)
Twin Owls Glacier and Basic Rock	42	(1)
Rocks Two, Three, Four, and Five	43	(1)
Tower Rock	43	(1)
Little Twin Owls	43	(1)
Flounder Rocks	44	(1)
Christmas Crag and Fallen Down Crag	44	(2)
Batman Rock	46	(7)
Batman Pinnacle, Bat Flake, and Lightning Rock	51	(2)
Checkerboard Rock	53	(4)
The Book	57	(22)
Southeast Corner	59	(3)
J Crack Slab	62	(4)
Fat City Area	66	(3)
Pages Wall	69	(2)
Exit Wall	71	(1)
The Book Binding	72	(7)
Bookmark Pinnacle	79	(4)
The Bookmark	83	(8)
Left Book	91	(4)
The Bookend	95	(7)
Lens Rock	102	(1)
The Citadel	103	(3)
The Pear	106	(7)
Sunshine Buttress	113	(1)
Observatory Dome	113	(1)
Sundance Cathedrals	114	(3)
Thunder Buttress	114	(2)
The Parish	116	(1)
Sundance Buttress	117	(22)
Northeast Slabs	118	(1)
Turnkorner Buttress	119	(9)
Guillotine Wall	128	(5)
Eumenides Slab	133	(6)
Devils Gulch and Dry Gulch Roads	139	(13)
Alligator Rock	139	(2)
Cow Creek Canyon	141	(5)
Rabbit Ears Rock	141	(1)
Kellogg's Krag	142	(1)
Sheep Mountain Rock	143	(3)
Eagle Rock	146	(2)
Crosier Dome (the Shaman)	148	(2)
Glen Haven Picnic Area	150	(2)
Cedar Park	152	(38)
Combat Rock	152	(8)
S + M Wall	160	(1)
Cedar Park Slab	160	(3)
The Monastery	163	(21)
Bear's Lair	165	(2)
Outer Gates	167	(2)
The Vestibule	169	(7)
The Altar	176	(1)
The Catacomb	176	(5)
The Lion's Den	181	(2)
The Nursery	183	(1)
The Palisades	184	(6)
Cyclops Slab	186	(1)
Fairview Wall	187	(2)
Horse's Head	189	(1)
Big Thompson Canyon (Highway 34 East)	190	(6)
Caddis Cliff	190	(1)
The Beach	190	(2)
Jug Dome	192	(1)
Mary's Bust	193	(1)
The Narrows	194	(2)
Highway 7 and Tributaries	196	(61)
Prospect Mountain	196	(6)
The Needle	196	(3)
The Thumb	199	(2)
The Fin, Shield Rock, and Dihedral Rock	201	(1)
Deville Rocks	202	(9)
The Rotunda	204	(1)
Deville 3	204	(6)
The Staircase	210	(1)
The Crags	211	(15)
Mid Rib	211	(4)
Treasure Island	215	(1)
Rib Rock	216	(2)
Slot Rock	218	(1)
Woodstone	219	(1)
Half and Half	219	(1)
Sharksfin	220	(2)
Gray Slab	222	(1)
Crosswinds	223	(1)
Upper Great Face	223	(1)
Castaway Crag	224	(1)
Lower Great Face	225	(1)
Highlander Rock	226	(1)
Lily Lake---Jurassic Park	226	(6)
Left Hand Rock	228	(1)
Dinosaur's Foot	228	(2)
The Fin	230	(1)
The Blade	231	(1)
Long Wall	231	(1)
Kinnikinnik Crags and Sandbeach Rocks	232	(4)
Kinnikinnik Crags	232	(3)
Sandbeach Rocks	235	(1)
The Ironclads	236	(17)
Poacher's Rock	236	(1)
Mount Boner	237	(4)
Wobley Wall	241	(1)
Saddle Rocks	242	(1)
The Nose	243	(1)
Ironsides	244	(3)
The Cube	247	(5)
The Cays	252	(1)
Piz Badille	253	(4)
Spur 66	257	(4)
East Portal	257	(4)
Cottontail Crag	257	(1)
Windy Pass Rock	258	(3)
Fall River Road (Highway 34 West)	261	(14)
Window and Castle Rocks	261	(4)
Macgregor Slab	265	(4)
Deer Ridge Buttress	269	(6)
Miscellaneous Crags	275	(2)
History	277	(30)
Suggested Reading	307	(2)
Index	309	(9)
Route Index by Ratings	318