The day begins with a half hour trail hike from Boulder's Chatauqua park. The Flatirons are east facing, catching the early morning sun for pleasant year round climbing. Descent is by rappels on the back side and trail hiking. Eldorado Canyon is famous for world class rock climbing on traditional, multi-pitch routes. Its excellent rock is a metamorphosed sandstone known for good holds and steep faces with dozens of classic routes at every level of difficulty.
Eldorado is our favorite rock climbing area.
We can schedule full day or half day climbs in Eldo. Eldorado State Park is located six miles south of Boulder. Approaches vary from the two minute hike to the base of the Bastille to interesting half hour scrambles like the Rincon approach. Descents sometimes require a rappel or two but are mostly hiking. Eldorado is very sheltered from weather and offers many south facing climbs making it a good area for winter rock climbing as well as summer.