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The D1 is the original technical climbing route up the Diamond of Longs Peak. In 1954, when National Park Service was petitioned to allow climbing on the Diamond they responded with an official closure. Climbing on the Diamond was banned until 1960.
The Casual Route is the easiest big wall climbing route up the Diamond (east face) of Longs Peak. [1] References External links ...
This route would later be listed in Allen Steck and Steve Roper's influential book Fifty Classic Climbs of North America. [2] [3] The easiest route on the face, the Casual Route (5.10-), was first climbed in 1977 and became the most popular route up the wall.
Longs Peak, Colorado [4 ... [13] The easiest route on the face is the Casual Route (5.10a), [14] first climbed in 1977. It has since become the most popular route up ...
Rock climbing and mountaineering opportunities include Lumpy Ridge, [91] Hallett Peak, Chiefs Head Peak, and Longs Peak, the highest peak in the park, with the easiest route being the Keyhole Route. This 8 mi (13 km) one-way climb has an elevation gain of 4,850 ft (1,480 m).
Trail Ridge Road, with Longs Peak (left of center), Pagoda Mountain (center, in sun), Chiefs Head Peak (right of center, in shadow), and Terra Tomah Mountain (at far right edge, in shadow), from 12,000 feet (3,700 m) above sea level in Rocky Mountain National Park View of Trail Ridge Road The wooden poles mark the edge of the road for the spring snowplowing.
The East Longs Peak Trail, Longs Peak Trail, Keyhole Route or Shelf Trail in Rocky Mountain National Park is listed on the National Register of Historic Places for its significance in the early recreational development of the park.
Mount Wilson is the highest summit of the San Miguel Mountains range of the Rocky Mountains of North America.The prominent 14,254.1-foot (4,345 m) fourteener is located in the Lizard Head Wilderness of San Juan National Forest, 10.6 miles (17.1 km) north by east (bearing 12°) of the Town of Rico in Dolores County, Colorado, United States.