This is a fun outing through a handful of bulges on thin crimps. There is one hold on the first bulge that looks like it could break off at any minute.

Creepy

River Rats

Flail

Cal Trop (originally entered as 53.5)

Orange You Glad

Check Your Six

Palace Guard

Crossbow

Rocks for Jocks

Turtle Head

B.A.H.

Cheerleaders Gone Hippie

Check Your Head

Loyalist

The crux is on the lower half of the climb. Climb to the left side of the bolt line. The climbing gets eaiser at the top.

Eds. note two entries for this route have been combined into one entry to avoid problems with duplication.

Follow 5 bolts up the arete to a ledge with a two bolt anchor. The rock is a bit suspect but more traffic should help that. Not recommended for a novice 5.7 leader.

Thin face climbing and side pulls around an arete.  The crux is located just past a bulge after a good rest.  The moves aren't as hard as figuring out where to go.

Follow well-spaced bolts up a groove covered in orange lichen. Pass 6 bolts to the base of a separate detached block (see photo). From the base of the detached block, clip three more bolts over vertical or slightly overhanging ground on large holds. The rock is suspect for the entire route! Not recommended for a novice 5.7 leader.

This would be a 4 star route, if the climbing did not degrade on "

Check Your Head

".  Follow very thin moves along a crack system to a roof finish that joins "

Check Your Head

" 5.10b/c.

I gave this one an extra star, since your will need to place some gear.  Start just right of

B.A.H.

Clip a couple bolts on your way to a fun crack system.  A few small to medium cam placements will lead you to a final bolt and the anchors.

This has weaving but otherwise straightforward face climbing.

Rocks for Jocks climbs the chimney right of

Hippie Cheerleaders

for 4 well-spaced bolts.  This climb gets the coveted "skull and crossbones" in the guidebook and will only be enjoyable for a confident 5.10 leader.  The crux is bulging, reachy, and closer to 5.10.  Not to mention, you might break your ankles if you blow it.  Does it sound like fun yet?  Did I mention the rat droppings?

At the third bolt, head left to join the nearby line and anchors.

Climb past 4 bolts to a 2 bolt anchor over slopey holds. The rock is crumbly in places, but this route should improve with more cleaning. Not recommended for the novice 5.7 leader.

Big holds, a few bombers, take you over a bulge or two. The crux may be the final, thinner moves to the anchor on lead.

A slopey start leads to an offwidth-style crux - an unusual move.

Lieback up an intermittent seam, eventually cranking over it. There are several hard spots and also a few rests.

Loyalist is not the best route here but is worth climbing once.  Follow non-descript rock past 5 bolts to a set of anchors.

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Routes in The Poudre Face