Neptune’s List
Below are 140 local & nearby alpine rock climbs 5.9 or easier that are recommended by Neptune Mountaineering. Just for grins, I thought I’d see which ones I haven’t done…I’m always looking for some classics that I’ve somehow missed. Since I’m looking for climbs to do now, I didn’t bother to include the harder routes that I barely used to be able to do (and will never do again) or that those that I never could do.
Green means that I still need to do it (and I may have hot linked route info); Red means that I have already done it (and when). I’ve included a link to my trip report if I have prepared one, even if it isn’t for the initial climb on the route.
Holy Cow! I have found a bunch of climbs to do! Thanks.
Local Rock Climbs (83)
4th Class to 5.4
- East Chimney Dome Boulder Canyon (6/1996)
- Left Edge Dome Boulder Canyon
- Breezy Wind Tower Eldorado Canyon
- East Face The Fatiron Flatirons (6/2001)
- North Ridge 1st Flatiron Flatirons (7/2002)
- East Face 3rd Flatiron Flatirons (7/1992)
- Stairway to Heaven Skunk Canyon Flatirons (6/1999)
- East Face Right Seal Rock Flatirons (8/1999)
- Zindango Left Book Lumpy Ridge (7/2008)
- East Ridge Pear Lumpy Ridge
- Rock One Route Rock One Lumpy Ridge
- Pin Route Twin Owls Rock Lumpy Ridge
- Sky Route Twin Owls Rock Lumpy Ridge
5.5 & 5.6
- Jackson’s Wall Castle Rock Boulder Canyon
- The East Slab The Dome Boulder Canyon (6/2010)
- Disappearing Crack The Dome Boulder Canyon (7/2010)
- Fandango 1st Flatiron Flatirons (11/1998)
- East Ridge The Matron Flatirons (10/2001)
- East Face Pellaea Flatirons
- Icarus Redgarden Wall Eldorado Canyon (8/2011)
- Swanson Arete Redgarden Wall Eldorado Canyon
- Calypso Wind Tower Eldorado Canyon (6/1996)
- Wind Ridge Wind Tower Eldorado Canyon (6/1996)
- East Face Center 1st Flatiron Flatirons (6/1996)
- East Face Back Porch Flatirons
- North Face The Maiden Flatirons (1/1997)
- North Face The Matron Flatirons (12/1996)
- Batman & Robin Batman Pinnacle Lumpy Ridge
- Indirect McGregor Slab Lumpy Ridge (8/2002)
- Organ Pipes Twin Owls Rock Lumpy Ridge (6/1999)
5.7
- Cussin Crack Castle Rock Boulder Canyon (8/1996)
- Empor Cob Rock Boulder Canyon (8/2013)
- North Face Center Cob Rock Boulder Canyon (7/1996)
- Northwest Corner Cob Rock Boulder Canyon (8/2013)
- The Owl Dome Boulder Canyon (7/1998)
- Bastille Crack Bastille Eldorado Canyon (6/1997)
- Bulge Redgarden Wall Eldorado Canyon
- Rewritten Redgarden Wall Eldorado Canyon (6/2001)
- Friday’s Folly 3rd Flatiron Flatirons (9/1998)
- Osiris Book Lumpy Ridge (6/2011)
- Beelzbub Left Book Lumpy Ridge
- The Dog Left Book Lumpy Ridge (6/2010)
- Hiatus Left Book Lumpy Ridge (6/2010)
- White Whale Left Book Lumpy Ridge (7/2008)
- McGregor Direct McGregor Slab Lumpy Ridge (8/2002)
- L’Chaim Pear Lumpy Ridge (7/2011)
- Magical Chrome… Pear Lumpy Ridge (7/2011)
- Kor’s Flake Sundance Buttress Lumpy Ridge (6/1997)
- Wolf’s Tooth Twin Owls Rock Lumpy Ridge
5.8
- Huston Crack Cob Rock Boulder Canyon (7/2010)
- North Face (left) Cob Rock Boulder Canyon
- Alice in Bucketland Redgarden Wall Eldorado Canyon (R; don’t fall)
- The Great Zot Redgarden Wall Eldorado Canyon (7/2001)
- Redguard Redgarden Wall Eldorado Canyon
- Ruper Redgarden Wall Eldorado Canyon (8/2001)
- Touch & Go Redgarden Wall Eldorado Canyon (6/2001)
- Reggae Wind Tower Eldorado Canyon (8/1996)
- Saturday’s Folly 3rd Flatiron Flatirons
- Pear Buttress Book Lumpy Ridge (7/1992; my first multi-pitch climb)
- Sorcerer Bookend Lumpy Ridge
- Melvin’s Wheel Bookmark Lumpy Ridge (7/1999)
- East Side Bookmark Pinnacle Lumpy Ridge
- Nun Buttress Deer Ridge Buttress Lumpy Ridge
- Eumenides Sundance Buttress Lumpy Ridge
- Grapevine Sundance Buttress Lumpy Ridge (6/1997)
- East Ridge Twin Owls Rock Lumpy Ridge
5.9
- Jackson’s Wall Direct Castle Rock Boulder Canyon
- Anthill Direct Redgarden Wall Eldorado Canyon
- Grand Giraffe Redgarden Wall Eldorado Canyon (rated 10a)
- Green Spur Redgarden Wall Eldorado Canyon (7/1996)
- Hair City Bastille Eldorado Canyon
- West Buttress Bastille Eldorado Canyon (6/1997)
- Werk Supp Bastille Eldorado Canyon
- Yellow Spur Redgarden Wall Eldorado Canyon (7/1993)
- Backflip Bookmark Lumpy Ridge
- George’s Tree Book Lumpy Ridge (7/2011)
- Fantasy Ridge Bookmark Lumpy Ridge
- Femp Book Lumpy Ridge (7/1993)
- J Crack Book Lumpy Ridge (7/1993)
- Joy & Tribulation Bookmark Lumpy Ridge
- Mainliner Sundance Buttress Lumpy Ridge (7/1999)
- Sidetrack Sundance Buttress Lumpy Ridge
Alpine Rock Climbs (57)
Fairchild
- Honcho Boncho Buttress, 5.7 (this seems unlikely)
Ypsilon
- Blitzen Cutoff, 5.4
- Blitzen Ridge, 5.6 (9/2010)
- Right Y Couloir, 5.4-5.7
Notchtop
- Spiral Route, 5.4 (9/2003)
- South Ridge, 5.9 (10/1997)
Flattop
Hallet Peak
- Northcutt-Carter, 5.7 (9/1997)
- Culp-Bossier, 5.8 (9/1997)
- Englishmans, 5.8 (08/2001)
- Kor-Van Tongeren, 5.9 (tried to find it)
- Northcutt-Carter, 5.7 (8/1997)
- Jackson-Johnson, 5.9 (7/1998)
- Better Than Love, 5.8 (8/1998)
- Love, 5.9 (or 5.8) (8/1998)
- Hallet Chimney, 5.6+
- Great Dihedral, 5.7 (7/2006)
- Magistrate, 5.7 (2005?)
- Standard, 5.5 (2006?)
Zowie
Sharkstooth
- East Gully, 5.4 (9/1999)
- N.E. Ridge Left, 5.6 (7/1992)
- N.E. Ridge Right, 5.7
- North Face Direct, 5.7
- North Face, 5.7 (9/1999)
- South Prow, 5.7
- Valhalla, 5.7
Cathedral
- Kor, 5.9
- The Pew, 5.9
Saber
Petit Grepon
- Standard Route, 5.6
- South Face, 5.8 (7/1993)
McHenrys
Pagoda
- West Ridge with Chiefs Head
- North Buttress, 5.6
Spearhead
- North Ridge, 5.6 (7/1997)
- Sykes Sickle, 5.9 (7/1997)
Longs Peak
- Southwest Ridge, 5.4 (8/2001)
- Keyhole Ridge, 5.5 (7/2000)
- Cables, 5.4 (2/2000)
- Van Divers West Wall, 5.4
- Stettners Ledges Direct 5.8 (07/1999)
- Teeter Totter Pillar, 5.8
- Kieners, 5.3 (7/1999)
- Gorrells Traverse, 4th class (9/98)
- TipToe (Chasm View Wall), 5.7
- Zumies Thumb 5.9
Mt. Meeker
Traverses
- Longs Peak, Pagoda, Chiefs Head
- Longs, Pagoda, Chiefs Head, McHenrys, Thatchtop,Powell, Otis, Hallet, Flattop and Notchtop (WTF?)
Mt. Alice
- Central Ramp, 5.8 (seems unlikely)
Ogalalla Peak
- East Ridge (over Elk Tooth), 4th class
Navajo Peak
- Navajo North Face, low 5th class to 5.7 (5/2006)
Mt. Neva
- North Ridge, 4th class (8/2006)
Torreys Peak
- Kelso Ridge, 4th class (4/2005)
Mt. Evans
- Rock aprons facing North (several lines), 5.6-5.8
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