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Colorado

Laid Back (a.k.a. NE Ridge)

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  • Inside Rocky Mountain National Park

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  • No access route mapped

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5.8 (Yosemite Decimal)
Alpine
FA: Larry Hamilton and Dakers Gowans, August 1974

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Laid Back (a.k.a. NE Ridge)

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About this route

One of 11 routes catalogued at Notchtop, this climb sits in the middle of the crag's range. An alpine line with no fixed protection.

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Notchtop, Colorado — this photo shows the crag, not this individual route.Photo: AER Wilmington DE, CC BY 2.0 (via Flickr)

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