Mt. Blue Sky Climbing

This digital Mt. Blue Sky climbing guidebook gives you GPS navigation, verified topos, and beta for hundreds of climbs. Explore classics and hidden gems with offline access to maps, directions, and beta videos. Whether it's your first visit or fiftieth, KAYA makes your Mt. Blue Sky days smoother, safer, and more dialed.

Lincoln Lake Guide:
https://app.kayaclimb.com/share/location?id=14434&childId=undefined&suid=34829

Guanella Pass Guide:
https://app.kayaclimb.com/share/location?id=2033&childId=undefined&suid=34829

Idaho Springs is the closest town to the bouldering. It is a small mining community and ski-town gateway with a population of 1,889. It sits at an elevation of 7,526 ft. There isn’t much in Idaho Springs, but it does serve as the last stopping point for many who visit the Mt Evans Wilderness Area.

ACCOMODATIONS:
Idaho Springs has several hotels, and you can always find ever... Show more

This digital Mt. Blue Sky climbing guidebook gives you GPS navigation, verified topos, and beta for hundreds of climbs. Explore classics and hidden gems with offline access to maps, directions, and beta videos. Whether it's your first visit or fiftieth, KAYA makes your Mt. Blue Sky days smoother, safer, and more dialed. Lincoln Lake Guide: https://app.kayaclimb.com/share/location?id=14434&childId=undefined&suid=34829 Guanella Pass Guide: https://app.kayaclimb.com/share/location?id=2033&childId=undefined&suid=34829 Idaho Springs is the closest town to the bouldering. It is a small mining community and ski-town gateway with a population of 1,889. It sits at an elevation of 7,526 ft. There isn’t much in Idaho Springs, but it does serve as the last stopping point for many who visit the Mt Evans Wilderness Area. ACCOMODATIONS: Idaho Springs has several hotels, and you can always find everything you need just 30 minutes down I-70 E in Denver. Expect to pay $100 a night for a hotel room. For many climbers on a budget, this is simply not an option. There are, however, several places in the area to camp. CAMPING: There are several pay sites near the bouldering on Mt. Evans: Echo Lake Campground: 18 sites | $10 a day | Elevation 10,600 ft West Chicago Creek Campground: 18 sites | $10 a day | Elevation 9,600 ft Guanella Pass: 18 sites | $11 a day| Elevation 10,900 ft Camping is permitted in the boulders at Area A and B, provided a free permit is filled out at the kiosk near the entrance of the Mt. Evans Wilderness Area, just beyond the Idaho Springs Reservoir. Campers must be 100 ft from rivers, lakes, trails, or streams. Fires are allowed here as well, and they too must be 100 ft from rivers, lakes, trails or streams. It is best to use an existing fire ring. Dogs are welcome in the Wilderness Area so long as they are on a leash at all times. Waking up in the boulders and having a quiet morning session can be a rewarding experience. Please be respectful and appreciative of this special opportunity. In the summer, food and drinks can be purchased at the Echo Lake Lodge, which is 0.25 mile beyond the Echo Lake Park (14 miles from Idaho Springs). There is no gas station at the Echo Lake Lodge. Mt. Evans Elevation: 14,265 ft. Area A: 10,960 ft. Dali Wall: 11,123 ft. Area B: 11,217 ft. Buy the paper book: https://stores.sharpendbooks.com/mount-evans-bouldering/ Climbers visiting internationally should use Denver International Airport (DIA). From DIA follow Peña Blvd for 3.5 miles to I-70 and Denver. From Denver continue west on I-70 39 miles to Idaho Springs. Take Mt. Evans exit 240 and turn left, onto CO 103. If approaching from the west, take I-70 E to the Mt. Evans exit 240 and turn right onto CO 103. Just south of I-70 is the Clear Creek Ranger Station, on the right. Idaho Springs is on the north side of the freeway and is the last place to get groceries or gasoline before driving to the bouldering area. To continue on to the bouldering areas take CO 103 south (away from Idaho Springs) for 14 miles to Echo Lake Park, on the right. There are two places to park here, the first being the gravel parking lot on the right, adjacent to Echo Lake (see map on page 31). The second area, which makes for a slightly shorter approach, is accessed by turning right down a dirt road at the close end of the parking lot and following this for a quarter mile to another smaller parking area. Either one is good for parking, although the smaller lot at the end of the dirt road can fill up on a busy summer weekend. It is also possible to approach from the east on CO 103 out of Bergen Park, although this route is winding and slow. It is free to park at Echo Lake, and there is no fee required to hike to the boulders.