Smooth Ride

Re-Entry Burn

Grundel City Boy

South Warmup

East Warmup

Breaking Point, The

101 Conquistadors

Campus Corner

Original Grapple

Fleshfest

PIP's Dyno

Across

Sudden Change

The Mailslot

Flesh Fest (STAND)

Devil's Work

Krampus Corner

Grapple in the Grundel City

Space Oddity

Lawn Dart

Lefty

Righty

Major Tom

Balance in Nature

The Turning Point

Zero G

Beginning in the mid 1980s, the relationship between climbers and the land manager of the open space containing the Flatirons deteriorated to the point where a complete bolting ban was imposed. This ban epitomized the lack of dialogue between climbers as a user group of the Flatirons and the City of Boulder’s land manager, Open Space Mountain Parks (OSMP). As a result, new route development in the Flatirons came to a standstill, and climbers felt disenfranchised from a beloved climbing venue. In 1997, a group of climbers/activists began brainstorming meetings to determine how best to address this impasse. To address the concerns of OSMP regarding the impacts climbers have in the Flatirons, this group set out to demonstrate that climbers are not just users of the Flatirons, but also stewards. Sponsoring trail and restoration projects, educational outreach efforts, and attending numerous OSMP sponsored community gatherings, these climber/activists (eventually incorporated as the Flatirons Climbing Council [FCC]) slowly but surely built a relationship with OSMP based upon trust and open communication.

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Routes in BBC Boulder