The Colorado Boulder was cleaned and climbed out for the most part in one quick afternoon sweep. Jordan Hill cleaned off the majority of this boulder. Thanks for your work out there Jordan!  

  Start on the far downhill corner arête on two close by, obvious, awesome looking holds on an otherwise smooth, blunt portion of the arête. Pull feet on and traverse to the right into good holds on the vertical, long, featured wall.    Stay low and continue for the long haul to the uphill right side of the boulder face to top out nearer to the trail. Top out at the furthest point that it is possible to traverse to, and still top out.

Colorado Trail

Very Flatiron

Layton Kor's Warm Up

Pulling at Penitente

Rosy's Crucial Fiction

Low Angle Lumpy

Rich Man's Shelf Road

Searching For Eldorado

Poor Man's Rifle

The Diamond

Garden of the Gods

~Walk around the boulder from the trail (look for the stacked rocks as a marker) at the point described in the "location"). Follow the long vertical wall around the arête. Then follow the long face to the 2nd tree of the 3 close trees on the back face of the boulder (the middle, 2nd tree has a crazy set of roots out to the left.  

  5ft to the right of the 2nd tree will be the stand start. Start on good lobes with high feet and follow up the fun face on erratic, easy jug gastons to the top out directly above.

Thanks for your work out there Jordan!

 ~Walk around the boulder from the trail (look for the stacked rocks as a marker) at the point described in the "location"). Follow the long vertical wall around the arête. Then follow the long face past 3 close trees (the middle one having a crazy set of roots), passing the third tree. At the last climbable section of the boulder, look for a slabbed section, leading up to the right, to a lofty highball top. Stand start on jugs and follow the path of least resistance.

Thanks for your work out there Jordan!

 ~Walk around the boulder from the trail (look for the stacked rocks as a marker) and follow the long vertical wall to the arête.  

  There are 2 close trees along the tapered, vertical side before the arête, which is the side you can see from the trail.  

  Stand start between these two close trees on two good but far apart edges and climb straight up the less-featured-than-it-appears face using great but well spaced edges until you get a good hold at the lip.  

  This is a very good climb and solid for the grade. Somewhat highball as the crux comes at the top and youre is quite high up at the crux point.

Thanks for your work out there Jordan!

 ~Walk around the boulder from the trail (look for the stacked rocks as a marker) at the point described in the "location"). Follow the long vertical wall around the arête. Then follow the long face past 2 close trees (the middle one having a crazy set of roots), and stop inbetween the 2nd and the 3rd tree at the end of the boulders face.

 At this point, look on the face for the massive, fractured "Z" shaped crack split.  

  Locate the humongous drop stone bulge jug up high and match start on it (will be on the right side of the left facing crack formed fin edge). Climb straight and directly up from this point, staying right of the crack edge. Climb through solid hands to tricky top out.

Thanks for your work out there Jordan!  

  ~This line is SO GOOD!!    Walk around the boulder from the trail (look for the stacked rocks as a marker) at the point described in the "location"). Follow the long vertical wall around the arête. Then follow the long face to the 2nd tree of the 3 close trees on the back face of the boulder (the middle, 2nd tree has a crazy set of roots out to the left). Stop at the 2nt tree, and walk around to the front of it.  

  Look at the diagonal right ascending crack. At its base is a quartzite jug, where you will sit start.  

  Start with left hand in quartz jug and climb up and right along the crack. Use big moves to a sloper, and continue right to a tall, fun top out in front of a tree    . 

Thanks for your work out there Jordan!

 ~Walk around the boulder from the trail (look for the stacked rocks as a marker) at the point described in the "location"). Follow the long vertical wall around the arête. Then follow the long face past 2 close trees (the middle one having a crazy set of roots), and stop just short of the 3rd tree at the end of the boulders face.

 At this point, look on the face for the massive, fractured "Z" shaped crack split.  

  Stand start where comfortable and use the massive jugs formed by the large crack up to the top. Transfer left to the huge block on top if necessary.

Thanks for your work out there Jordan!  

  ~Walk around the boulder from the trail (look for the stacked rocks as a marker) and follow the long vertical wall around the arête.  

  Once you round the corner arête, look right and you will see a small roof.  

  Stand start under the roof. Start with your left hand at middle of face and a right hand on close hold on the arête. Climb straight up and out of the roof to the left of the arête, topping out directly over. This is to be considered the direct roof line, so trending right or left is not acceptable style.

Thanks for your work out there Jordan!

 I really enjoyed this line 

  ~Walk around the boulder from the trail (look for the stacked rocks as a marker) and follow the long vertical wall to the arête.  

  When at the arête, find the two obviously positioned holds, just screaming to be started upon (2 in-cut oval crimps). Pull on and make (my favorite move in the whole climb) a move up to a small round knob. Move past this in a direct line up the arête, which has continually better holds up to the top. Enjoy.  

Thanks for your work out there Jordan!  

  ~Walk around the boulder from the trail (look for the stacked rocks as a marker) at the point described in the "location"). Follow the long vertical wall around the arête.  

  Once you round the corner arête, look right and you will see a small roof.  

  On the left side of this roof you will find a long vertical, thin crack. Stand start here.  

  Stand start crack and follow up through crack holds and adjacent hands and feet. Follow up the left side of the roof thought good hands to top out on top of roof.

The Colorado Boulder was cleaned and climbed out for the most part in one quick afternoon sweep. Jordan Hill cleaned this boulder nearly by himself. Thanks for your work out there Jordan!  

  ~Walk around the boulder from the trail (look for the stacked rocks as a marker) and follow the long vertical wall to the arête.  

  When at the arête, find the two obviously positioned holds, just screaming to be started upon (2 in-cut oval crimps). Climb and follow the arête, and break left with the roof. Traverse the roof's lip to top out over the middle of the roof itself.

Colorado is host to a plethora of easy-going, medium to tall boulder problems. Be sure to try out Rosey's Crucial Fiction, or any v-0-v1 problems across the boulder.

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