Thanks, Luke!
Here is some background on the 98 ranked peaks of Jefferson County. The elevations of the peaks range from the 6,205’ unnamed
6205 to the 11,589’
Buffalo Peak. The most difficult peak in the county and ranked peak currently known in Colorado is
Chair Rocks which goes at 5.10- via its easiest route. The average difficulty of the list as a whole is 2.3, which is likely to be higher than the average difficulty of the state as a whole but lower than nearby Douglas County whose average is 2.5. below is a list of the completers and their dates of completion. I might be the youngest to finish at 31 years of age…not sure about Derrill.
Jeremy Hakes 11/17/2007
Derrill Rodgers 5/31/2008
Steve Knapp 1/18/2010
John Kirk 5/2/2010
Brian Kalet 9/29/2011The climb of Chair Rocks went well. Phil Powers and I took the route that Ian Green, Stewart Green, Doug Hatfield, Susan Joy Paul & John Kirk took on
5/2/2010, except we combined the first two pitches into one, making for only two quick pitches of climbing. We rode bikes to the base of the formation making the 4 mile approach in ~25 minutes. The first pitch consisted of a 5.9- OW (1st pitch of
Blues for Allah), then a short 5.7+ slab protected with three bolts (2nd pitch of
Destination Unknown), passing through a slot, then a short bouldering problem to the base of the upper pitch. The second pitch was short, but is 5.10- OW leading into a squeeze chimney. The OW is protected with 4 bolts and the squeeze chimney can be protected with a couple of Big Bros. We made the summit in ~2 hours from the TH. We rapped down from the summit northwest with a 70 meter rope then made the ride back to the TH in ~3 hours from starting out. We were planning to climb
The Knight, but Phil just got a free ticket to GABF that evening, so he wanted to get back.
Thanks to:
Lists of John: John Kirk (Webmaster & Trip report contributor), Dwight Sunwall (Trip report contributor), Jeremy Hakes (Trip report contributor), Layne Bracy (Trip report contributor), Steve Knapp (Trip report contributor) & ascentionist (Trip report contributor)
Partners: Becca Blumberg, Doug Hatfield, Julie Struble, Kevin Baker & Phil Powers