North Table Mountain

Route:

various

Region: Colorado

Elev: ~6,300 ft

Rock type: Columnar basalt

Type:

Date(s): 2020(x1 day), 2021(x1 day), 2022(x1 day), 2023(x2 days), 2024(x2 days)

Partner(s): Erika Bannon, Michael Underwood, toprope solo, Will Starks, Frankie, Nate Arganbright

Sitting above Golden, this popular cliff band of columnar basalt faces south & west so it makes for comfortable winter/cold weather rock climbing. Most routes here are tightly bolted and generally short (60 foot range), so a 50m rope and 10 quickdraws will be sufficient for most routes.

The first time I climbed at North Table Mountain was in January 2020, at Winterfest Wall.

On this page, I give photos from climbing at North Table Mountain, organized by date. At the bottom of the page, I keep a list of the climbs I've done at North Table Mountain.

Photos

SOME RANDOM PHOTOS FROM CRAGGING AT NORTH TABLE MOUNTAIN

More climbing fun!

Date: January 18, 2020 (Sat)

Partner: Erika Bannon

Climbed at: Winterfest Wall

According to mountainproject, some of the best climbing on North Table Mountain can be had at the Winterfest Wall. The 20 or so routes are a range from 5.8 to 5.11+, both sport and trad, and are about 60 feet in length. The wall faces west-southwest making it a great place to spend a sunny winter day.

More climbing fun!

Date: April 18, 2021 (Sun)

Partner: Michael Underwood

Climbed at: Quarry Wall

A spring Sunday afternoon climbing at Quarry Wall.

More climbing fun!

Date: April 20, 2022 (Wed)

Partner: toprope solo

Climbed at: Quarry Wall

I had a morning free and it was a warm spring day, so I decided to forego my usual BRC autobelay session and instead go toprope soloing at North Table Mountain. I wanted to check out the famous Bone Crusher (12c) at Quarry Wall. It is an easy place to set up a toprope for toprope soling. Bone Crusher is an awesome pitch of crack climbing, but I found it pretty morale crushing as I hang-dogged my way up it!

More climbing fun!

Date: April 16, 2023 (Sun)

Partner: Will Starks, Frankie (woof)

Climbed at: Overhang Area, MBA Wall

I had recently moved from Boulder to Estes Park. I was loving my new life in Estes Park, but we had entered the time of year where snow was still on the local rock while people were climbing in t-shirts in Boulder. So I joined a group of friends from Boulder (Will, Mike, Katie, Frankie (woof), and Waffles (woof)) for a day of climbing in a t-shirt at North Table.