The first rock an out of breath climber encounters upon reaching the East Rampart is the Flatiron, a perfect little boulder reminiscent of its much larger counterparts in Colorado.  Two parallel cracks spill down from the top, and the difficulty of the problem lies in attaining these cracks. Easier variations exist on both sides. One hard variation uses only the right crack.  Climb this problem on a busy summer weekend, and be prepared to feel like an animal in a zoo. 

  I hesitate to list this as a "chipped route" despite the rumors that Gill deliberately broke a loose flake out of the upper pocket in the right crack.  Gill was bad ass, and it seems unclear why he would chip an already large hold on the easier upper part of the problem.  Does anyone know if the rumor is true?

The Flatiron

Beer Buzz

Crack

Straight Shot

Martini Madness

Unzipped(aka The Zipper Direct)

The Zipper

The Captain's Traverse

Big Flat Iron

Flatiron-right side

Highball

Start from a sit, matched on the polished foot most use for their feet for the classic Flat Iron.  Crimp down and bust a tricky move left to a good side pull and continue up the Flat Iron.

This will probably get some heat but four of us did this and we all thought it was pretty fun.  So there ya go.

Start on thin section low and climb up face.

Climb up thin seam and move left up high to easier finish.

Interesting beta.  Start in Crack, and at the 5ft level move right.  Avoiding the seam and good holds above it, move up on thin crimps and slopers.     I'm wondering if this has seen a repeat.  Jim(shoe guy) showed this to me a long time ago but I can't recall if he sent it.

Start on left arete and face holds eventually getting up and right into upper face.

Same start as the Zipper, but from the finger jug you stay direct on the wall.   Classic moves with a scary and hard finish!  Harder than the original.

This is an impressive effort by Eric Zschiesche. The blank looking face to left of Monster was an aid climb. Now, a balls out high ball boulder problem. It's not "git on it" but "GIT UP IT!!!!"

Start at the base of the left corner and traverse right with reachy moves between good holds. 

Crack on right side of the Flatiron. Climb this as a consolation for flailing and failing on the Flatiron.

Same start as the Crack, but stay right on face and avoid the left arete.

Boulder problems near the top of the trail at the Flatiron/Monster area.  A few classics, and some hard problems, including the Zipper, a classic highball, FA done prior to pads.

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Routes in 4. Flatiron