Annie's Knotty Fingers is a 5.11- YDS trad, 80 ft (24 m) located in Estes Park Valley > Big Thompson Ca > Palisade Mountain > Mikey's Island. First ascent by M Carnes, Anna Thomas. This is the right hand finger crack that climbs directly up, cuts right, then back left at the top into the thin hands crack just below the anchor. Protection: The right hand line of the three but the center most line off of "The Beach" belay.
Borachone is a 5.6 YDS sport, 55 ft (17 m) located in Estes Park Valley > Big Thompson Ca > Palisade Mountain > Nancy's Rock. First ascent by Allen Simons. 5.5 miles west of the Beige Siphon Tube is a paved pullout on the north side of the road. Hike 30 yards up hill to the rock (Nancy's Rock). Start at the bottom of a large black section of rock, and climb up easy rock to the bulge and first bolt. Go up and left is 5.9, up and right is 5.6. Smear past two more bolts to the top. Protection: 3 bolts to a two bolt anchor with Mussy hooks.
Chance is a 5.7 YDS trad, sport, tr, 55 ft (17 m) located in Estes Park Valley > Big Thompson Ca > Palisade Mountain > Nancy's Rock. First ascent by Jim Disney?. In the center of the face, a crack develops 20 feet up. Climb to the crack and up till it runs out. Smear past one bolt to the anchors. Protection: Small nuts and cams with one bolt. Two bolt anchor with hooks.
Channel Surfing is a 5.10a YDS sport, 60 ft (18 m) located in Estes Park Valley > Big Thompson Ca > Palisade Mountain > Skull Rock Area > Subskull. First ascent by D. Humphrey, K. Duncan. Channel Surfing has fun climbing up the water channel and face to anchors shared with Numbskulls. Scramble up easy rock to a short, right-angling crack (#0.5 Camalot). Lieback up the left-angling water channel until you can easily step up into it. Move up the groove, step right onto the face, and head up to the anchors. Protection: This is the rightmost of the bolted routes on the south-facing slab at the west end of Subskull. See the photo.
Dé - Stud Pony is a 5.7+ YDS trad, 100 ft (30 m) located in Estes Park Valley > Big Thompson Ca > Palisade Mountain > Horseshead. First ascent by Matt Coffman, M Carnes. Climb the crack of Glue Factory, and when that climb leans to the right, step left into the straight up, easy to protect hand crack. It is hard to say that this is the first ascent. Protection: Climbed in the fall of 2009, this is the low angle hoof of the horse head buttress with Glue Factory. There are now bolted anchors at the top of this climb as an effort to clean up the buttress.
De Gueo is a 5.10 YDS sport, 55 ft (17 m) located in Estes Park Valley > Big Thompson Ca > Palisade Mountain > Nancy's Rock. First ascent by Allen Simons. Drive 5.5 miles west of the Beige Siphon Tube to a paved pullout on the north side of the road. Hike 30 yards uphill to the slab. This is De Gueo, 5.10-. Cling, edge, and smear up the left blunt arete to the upper face. Edge past two nickle thick smears, and reach long for the good hold. Protection: 4 bolts to a two bolt anchor with a link and a biner-like snaplink.
Glue Factory is a 5.8 YDS trad, 100 ft (30 m) located in Estes Park Valley > Big Thompson Ca > Palisade Mountain > Horseshead. First ascent by description by Pale Dale & Howie. Perhaps 150 feet down/west of Neighsayer is a clean but low 5th class v-slot. A few feet left is a series of blocks and flakes leading to a nice, left to right curving ____ ending at a fir, 100 feet. It is way presumptuous to say a first - i.e., slings and locking biner on the fir. Protection: Standard rack.
Airshow is a high-flying jamband that’s sure to soar to the top of every music fans priority list this year. Having originally formed in Reading, PA, childhood best friends, Steve Gallagher (guitar/vocals) and Cody Chelius (mandolin/vocals), spread their wings and migrated to Nashville, TN in 2015. There they met Bill Baker (bass/vocals) and John Rodrigue (drums/vocals) and immediately started their ascension towards the top of Nashville’s jamband scene— and they won’t be landing anytime soon.
Arkansauce is a genre-hopping, four piece string band from northwest Arkansas, bending the rules and blurring the lines between bluegrass, newgrass, folk, americana, country, blues, and funk. With a loyal following growing every day in the Natural State and along their tour routes, the band is proud to be stepping into a hard-driving sound unique to the Arkansas quartet. The third album (If I Were You, released April 2017) of all original material finds the palate expanded with more complex melodies, intriguing rhythms, and hard-hitting hooks that leave the songs whirling around your head long after the listening experience. The hard-working musicians are filling the calendar with upcoming appearances at premiere music festivals and venues in and around Arkansas, Oklahoma, Texas, Mississippi, Colorado, New Mexico, and Missouri. The band’s roots go back to 2011 when founding members Ethan Bush, Zac Archuleta, and Stephen Jolly began writing together after becoming acquainted through mutual connections in the close-knit Fayetteville music scene. After a couple of years building a repertoire of original music and releasing their first album (Hambone) as a trio, they were joined by Tom Andersen on the upright bass and Adams Collins on the five-string banjo. The road-tested chops Andersen and Collins brought to the table helped to cultivate the mature, well-rounded sound needed to accommodate their sophomore release “All Day Long.” An Arkansauce show is riddled with improvisational guitar, banjo, and mandolin leads, paired with powerful harmonies and heart-felt songwriting, all held together by deep foot-stompin' bass grooves. There’s an undeniably intimate connection between the band and their fans that's contagious and leaves everyone in front of, and on the stage wanting more. Arkansauce holds their head high, as they look forward to enjoying everything life and music has in store for them and their fans. For Booking Contact: wewantarkansauce@gmail.com
Armchair Boogie's high-energy take on the Jamgrass genre fuses intricate arrangements of acoustic guitar and banjo with the funky back beats of electric bass and drums. From Madison, Wisconsin, the band tours nationally, puts on barn burner shows, and continues to climb festival lineups. Augie Dougherty (banjo, vocals) and Ben Majeska (guitar, vocals) started playing together in the fall of 2014 while attending the University of Wisconsin- Stevens Point. Within a year, their musical collaborations led to the formation of Armchair Boogie. Eager to expand their sound for a bigger stage, Augie and Ben recruited bassist Eli Frieders and drummer Dan Waterman to fill out the band's four-piece configuration. Armchair Boogie solidified their current line-up in the spring of 2017 when Denzel Connor took over for a departing Dan on drums. In conjunction with the release of their debut self-titled album, the band moved to Madison, WI- a jumping off point from where Armchair Boogie has become a regular on the upper Midwest festival circuit while also sowing roots in the Rocky Mountains. New album out October 2019!
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