Routes : North America : United States : Colorado : Boulder Area : Flatirons - First Flatiron : East Face of 1st Flatiron : Direct East Face
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Direct East Face - 5.6 popular
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Standard Rack with a few quickdraws for the first pitch.
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Description:
Begin at the bottom of the flatiron after crossing a wooden bridge. The first pitch is rated 5.6R and is protected by two large eye bolts. Pitch is long so a 60m route is preferable. Continue up the face following the path of least resistance to the ridge then traverse the ridge to the left to the very tope of the flatiron. Descend 100' from eyebolt. (again 60m rope is required) This route is excellent quality for the grade. [flamer edit- a 60M rope is not required for any part of this route. For the descent- rappel off the obvious eye bolt(S) rapp to the south west- you will find another rappel from another big Eye bolt. This 2nd rap will get you to the ground- 50M is more than good enough. end edit]
Submitted by: flamer on 2007-04-18
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Route ID: 5268
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| Difficulty | 5.6 |
| Safety Rating | G |
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Onsight ascent by:
Not too hard but long
The first pitch was not really all that sketchy and I didn't really feel the run out. The climbs on each pitch went well but my climbing partner and I need to work on our transitions. We started at 0900 and we were told to be back at the parking NLT h 1500 but we were too slow and had to to rap off of the back once we hit the North Arrete. It was a great climb though.
Added: 2009-09-14
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| Difficulty | 5.6 |
| Safety Rating | G |
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get a weather report prior
lead the first pitch and my buddy jon led the rest of the pitches. jon, me, scott and billy had a blast! great exposure, very runout, cought in bad weather, followed the north boulder field down to the car... good times
Added: 2009-09-09
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| Difficulty | 5.6 |
| Safety Rating | G |
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classic
was my first taste of multi-pitch trad climbing - loved it did it right after the 4 of july and thought it was going to be uber-crowded but only had 3-4 teams ahead of us plus one solo-er. found I used more medium & bigger cams (BD # 2,3,4) than another than else
Added: 2009-07-06
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| Difficulty | 5.6 |
| Safety Rating | G |
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Solo ascent by:
Lovely outing
Soloed it, and never felt unsafe cos the rock is bomber all the way up. Passing other parties was easy also since there are numerous variations on the way up. The little notch section was fun and quite different from the rest of the face. My thanks to the couple that let me share their rappel from the top.
Added: 2009-06-16
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| Safety Rating | G |
Second ascent by:
Lots of fun.
Have never climbed in February before! Was amazed at how solid the rock was!
Added: 2009-02-07
