Rock Climb – Badger Mountain

Pikes Peak Group (PPG) Climbing Members have first consideration for this trip.

MUST HAVE (at very least): CMC's 'intermediate rock climbing badge';

Would like (but not necessary): Lead-belay, rappelling and 'various' cleaning techniques.

Must do: Stay within your realm of comfort/training.

This is in high-elevation (9,200ft); and the climbing and grading are considered "old school" 5.6 - 5.10.

For more information about this, check out Badger Mountain Climbing Guide by Bob and Carrie Robertson or the following mountainproject.com:

Rock Climbing in Chicken Rock, South Platte (mountainproject.com)

Trip start (meet at car parking area for Chicken Rock crag) by 8:45am.  If meeting us there, please copy and paste these coords to your googlemaps BEFORE you leave cell service – this is where we will park our cars to hike in (there was a gate there that won’t allow cars inside: 39.094894, -105.523160  (~.6 miles of walk to crag from here)

Crag (this should get you close to where we are climbing): type in: 39.100300, -105.52371

Approx Carpool Details from Colorado Springs (must reserve stop at the following locations at least 1 day prior to trip start):

7:30: (Old Colorado City) Safeway parking off W. Colorado Ave

8:25: Junction Hwy 24 / CO Rd 31

Estimate to be at parking for Chicken Rock around 8:40

NOTE:  There is no cell service between the 8:25 carpool meet area to the crag.  There is very little to no cell coverage at the crag.