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Trip: Boulder Colorado - Clear Creek Canyon

 

Date: 1/6/2008

 

Trip Report:

Clear Creek Canyon Ice Routes, Boulder/Golden Co area

 

Ice Cragging

 

20 minute drive from Boulder Co or Golden Co

 

5 minute walk from the highway - highway 6

 

3 main flows

-Beer Garten

-Coors Light

-Mickeys Big Mouth

 

 

Both Mickeys were leadable and could be TR with a 60M rope

Flows were fat enough for long screws but the temps were high and everything was wet and slushy so not sure what a screw would hold.

 

Did not walk up to Beer Garten as it looked the wetest of the 3 and we did not know how the cross the creek to the other side :)

 

Below are a few Pics the rest can be accessed at the Picassa Link at the bottom of the post

 

 

Below 'The Beer Garten'

The_Beer_Garten.JPG

 

 

Below 'Coors Light' lower section

Coors_Light_Lower_section_C.JPG

 

Below 'Coors Light' Upper Section

Coors_light_Upper_section_C.JPG

 

 

Below 'Mickeys Big Mouth' Lower Section

 

Mickeys_Big_Mouth_Lower_Clear_Creek_Canyon.JPG

 

 

 

Tough to beat climbing 20 minutes from town with a 5 minute approach

 

Other pics at at the Picassa Link below

http://picasaweb.google.com/Iceclimber39/IceClimbingClearCreekCanyonCo

 

 

Climb Safe

Andy

 

 

PS. Found a local partner in Boulder using Mountain Project. Nice guy worked out well and all the other local climbers were very hospitable.

 

 

 

Gear Notes:

see main message

 

Approach Notes:

see main message

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Posted (edited)

What's with all the WA people out in CO. Went thru the icefest parking and there where way too many WA plates. Is WA hip now with all the east coast transtplants?!

 

 

Toprope?! You can solo those wimpy climbs!!

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