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Morrison/Evergreen/Littleton Climbing

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Areas in Morrison/Evergreen/Littleton

Alderfer/Three Sisters Park 9 / 0 / 4 / 407 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 421

Bear Creek Cave, The 1 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 1

Birds and the Bees 7 / 1 / 8 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 9

Corwina Park Boulders 0 / 0 / 0 / 2 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 2

Deer Creek Canyon Boulder 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0

Deer Creek Canyon Cave 0 / 0 / 0 / 1 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 1

Deer Creek Crag 0 / 4 / 2 / 6 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 12

Elephant Butte 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0

Elk Meadow Overhang 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0

Extraterrestrial, The 1 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 1

Fireblack Boulder 0 / 0 / 0 / 12 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 12

Juniper Pass 15 / 20 / 4 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 32

Lover's Leap 15 / 1 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 15

Matt Damon on the Side of the Road Boulder 0 / 0 / 0 / 11 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 11

Matthews-Winters Park 0 / 0 / 0 / 33 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 33

Maxwell Falls 0 / 3 / 0 / 4 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 7

Morrison Boulders 0 / 0 / 2 / 214 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 215

Morrison Routes 10 / 8 / 10 / 1 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 20

Mount Morrison 5 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 5

Mountain Air Ranch Boulders 0 / 0 / 0 / 6 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 6

Ocelot Cliffs 1 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 1

Pyramid Boulder 0 / 0 / 0 / 3 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 3

Roog's Wall 0 / 0 / 0 / 7 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 7

SW Evergreen 0 / 0 / 0 / 1 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 1

Urban Alpine Crag, The 0 / 6 / 1 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 6

What's With all These Tiny Trees? (WWATTT) 0 / 0 / 0 / 3 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 3

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Description

Morrison is well known as a classic Front Range bouldering area - an outdoor climbing gym with two distinctive atmospheres. On the Northern side of the road, it's rare to boulder by yourself, whereas the southern side I've yet to met anyone there.

The town of Morrison is a small but thriving town whose major industries are tourism and margaritas - especially in the summer. Visitors come for our restaurants, rocks, and/or rock concerts at Red Rocks. The population is about 500 people.

Evergreen is further up Bear Valley at 7200 feet, approximately 20 minutes from Morrison. It's considerably larger than Morrison with about 30,000 residents, although many of them are very spread out.

Littleton is in the area and technically has some of the climbing in this area.

Getting There

From Boulder, take CO Hwy 93 to Golden, US 6 to C-470 heading South, and get off 5-10 minutes later at Morrison. Take a right after exiting. One can also take a right just past Golden on Heritage Rd, which becomes a highway that goes by Red Rocks and spits you out into Morrison on the west side. Continue up CO Hwy 74 (Bear Creek Road) to Evergreen. Watch out for cyclists!

From Denver, take US 285 to C-470, then head north the the Morrison exit, and take a left into town. To get to Evergreen, continue up CO Hwy 74.

Map of Morrison, Evergreen, and Littleton;spn=0.11,0.18

Resources

This town is famous for its Margaritas and its Mexican food, and the one place to get them is the Morrison Inn. There is also a great Italian restaurant in town.

Camping

Per Derek Lawrence: the closest camping is at Bear Creek Lake Park - lakewood.org/bclp/.

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Classic Climbing Routes at Morrison/Evergreen/Littleton

Mountain Project's determination of the classic, most popular, highest rated climbing routes in this area.

V1 5 218 ● In the Beginning Boulder Morrison Boulders > Dark Side > Cube Area
V1 5 143 ● Around the Horn Boulder Alderfer/Three… > Eggs > Non Eggs
V2 5+ 236 ● Breashears' Crack Boulder Morrison Boulders > Black Hole
V2 5+ 171 ● Dihedral Problem Boulder Alderfer/Three… > Eggs > Trailside Egg
V3 6A 303 ● Breashear's Crack II Boulder Morrison Boulders > Dark Side > Cube Area
V3 6A 78 ● Guiding Light A.K.A Round Up Boulder Alderfer/Three… > Work & Play Area
V4 6B 112 ● Flint Lock Boulder Alderfer/Three… > Pirate's Cove
V4 6B 82 ● Rite of the Devil Boulder Morrison Boulders > Dark Side > Warm-up Traverse Area
V4+ 6B+ 115 ● Slots Boulder Morrison Boulders > Dark Side > Warm-up Traverse Area
V5 6C 144 ● Squirming Coil Boulder Morrison Boulders > Dark Side > Squirming Coil Area
V5 6C 172 ● Double Arete Boulder Morrison Boulders > Dark Side > Squirming Coil Area
V5 6C 109 ● The Captain Boulder Alderfer/Three… > Gilligan's Island
V5-6 6C+ 136 ● Dasani Boulder Morrison Boulders > Dark Side > Dasani Area
V6 7A 147 ● Helicopter Boulder Morrison Boulders > Black Hole
5.7 5a 15 V+ 13 MVS 4b 241 ● Lover's Leap Trad 4 pitches Lover's Leap