Hot Pocket Climbing, 2020-present

Routes:

- Astropocket (5.12, 5p)
- Other routes

Region: Colorado

Elev: ~11,000 ft

Rock type: Granite

Type:

Date(s): 2020(x1 day), 2021(x1 day), 2024(x1 day)

Partner(s): Nate Arganbright, Rob Scrivner

Climbers flock to Rocky Mountain National Park for its great climbing in a spectacular location. Over the years, regulations and crowds have begun to detract from the alpine experience. But there are still a few locations of good rock in the park that most climbers do not know about. Best to keep them that way.

On this page, I give photos from climbing at the Hot Pocket, organized by date. I've also included a trip report for Astropocket, a multipitch 5.12 I've done there. At the bottom of the page, I keep a list of the climbs (most have no names or location info) I've done at the Hot Pocket.

Photos

SOME RANDOM PHOTOS FROM CRAGGING AT THE HOT POCKET

More climbing fun!

Date: August 2, 2020 (Sun)

Partner: Nate Arganbright

Climbed: various single-pitch routes

Climbed about 5 single pitch routes ranging from 5.8 to 5.10. Excellent granite. Nate didn't want me to take photos or put the area on my website.

More climbing fun!

Date: July 14, 2021 (Wed)

Partner: Rob Scrivner

Climbed: Astropocket (5.12, 5p)

After cragging on a couple of pitches and seeing what the weather looked like it was doing, we climbed Astropocket, a 5-pitch 5.12 route up a 600-foot section of the wall. Astropocket is a phenomenal route on great rock, pretty sustained at the 5.10 grade with several 5.11+/12 cruxes. Pitch difficulties (approx): 5.11+/12, 5.10+, 5.11+/12, 5.9, 5.11+/12. Rob led all of the cruxes beautifully! Thanks Rob for climbing this route with me.

More climbing fun!

Date: September 14, 2024 (Sat)

Partner: Nate Arganbright

Climbed: various single-pitch routes

5 pitches of cragging on this beautiful September Saturday. This area is not quite as secret as before, so I took some photos this time. Still have no idea what most of the route names are.