Notchtop
Notchtop in Colorado has 11 routes across 8 difficulty grades.
Photo: AER Wilmington DE, CC BY 2.0 (via Flickr)- 11 routes
- 5.4 – 5.11c
- Alpine
Is Notchtop open right now?
No closures listed
The National Park Service lists no closures for Rocky Mountain National Park.
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Notchtop is a climbing area in Rocky Mountain National Park, within the Rocky Mountain National Park Wilderness, on land managed by the National Park Service. It sits in the park's backcountry, where the wilderness boundary and the park's own boundaries overlap. A fee is charged for visits here, according to the National Park Service. The closest neighbors are the Flat Top Mountain Trail, about 0.7 miles away, and the Bear Lake Trailheads, about 0.9 miles away. Hallett Peak is about 1.1 miles off, and the Loomis Lake Trail is about 1.4 miles away. For an overnight stay, Rocky Mountain National Park Glacier Basin Campground is about 5.4 miles away.
Routes (11)
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