Front Range Cliff Jumping Spots?

[CantDog]

If you get a running start off the Diamond you could probably land in that glacial pool beneath it. It would be a bit cold though.

[leroy jenkins]

I don't know of anything in particular in the front range area, but I will just say that in mountain rivers and creeks it is sometimes easiest and best just to fin a bridge. The water is more likely to be deep in the middle, and its pretty easy to find bridges.

[smolakian]

There is a small cliff jump (small as in 20' max) at the swimming hole just east of Tunnel 1 in Clear Creek canyon. Tubing form there down to the park is really fun. But, I'd wait a while for that because it is pretty serious when the water is high.

[FrankZappa]

Anybody ever done any creek surfin' on an old car hood tied to the shore. Works well in the run-off.

[nealric]

There is a nice 40 foot or so jump into the lake below saint marys glacier.
Pretty chilly.

There is also a few good places in the south platte region which I unfotunatly do not remember well enough to give good directions. I went to one with options from 20 to 80feet.

[smolakian]

Anybody ever done any creek surfin' on an old car hood tied to the shore. Works well in the run-off.

That sounds sweet. Like, dumb redneck sweet but I'd definatly do it.

[brutah]

Is that up Independence Pass? We used to drive there in the Summers from Vail to go bouldering and then huck to cool off.... Some really neat rock formations to launch off. Nothing too big, but big enough... and cold.

Yeah, if you are heading up towards indy pass from aspen, fish bowl is right off the road on your right and lincoln creek is off a dirt road. There is a 70' drop at fish bowl but you have to clear a 25' out crop about half way down. My buddy who lives in aspen said he saw some dude come up short and break his femur on it. Lincoln creek is cool because you jump into a slot, then it opens up and drops something like 50', but you can't really see the water when you jump. fucks with your head.

[smitchell333]

Gross Res. just west of Boulder

[jSki]

Lately a ranger has been giving tickets for jumping into Gross. This worthless fuck ranger actually hides in the bushes until all the members of a group jump off the cliff then he gives them all a ticket for $50. This happened to a group of 4 girls last time we went up there and I've heard of it happening to others as well.

[fluffy]

the problem with jumping into gross, barker, button rock, or pretty much any front range water is that you are prohibited by law from contacting the water in any way. so you can jump legally, you just can't hit the water

i have heard of people swimming all the way across gross once contacted by rangers to avoid getting tickets. seems like they are inadvertently encouraging people to stay in contact with the water longer and at greater peril.

but if you have ever been up there on a busy day, you can see how authorities would want to discourage the jumping because a lot of those people are just clueless.

i'd suggest a hot weekday and wear some chacos so you can hike back after you run (swim) from the fuzz!

[jSki]

Clearly they're not concerned about preventing people from jumping in the water if they wait to write tickets AFTER everyone jumps in. If they wanted to protect the quality of the water supply the ranger would be in plain view discouraging people from jumping, not hiding in the bushes so he can write more tickets.

[Blurred]

Clearly they're not concerned about preventing people from jumping in the water if they wait to write tickets AFTER everyone jumps in. If they wanted to protect the quality of the water supply the ranger would be in plain view discouraging people from jumping, not hiding in the bushes so he can write more tickets.

The fish are trained to not poop in the water there.

[cmsummit]

Cliff jumping is great, but tubing down boulder creek with a 12 pack is also lots of fun. Not as exciting unless your drunk friend bounces off a rock and splits his ass open, but still a good time. Oh, and bring waterballoons for the people on hte shore.

tuber drowns in Boulder Creek. just wanted to throw this out there. be safe.

http://www.9news.com/acm_news.aspx?O...7-c589c01ca7bf

[robokill1981]

tuber drowns in Boulder Creek. just wanted to throw this out there. be safe.

Scary stuff. The group was about a mile upstream from the traditional tubing area in a part of the creek that's pretty gnarly. The water is really high/fast right now, but coming out of the canyon both days this weekend I saw a ton of tubers. Be careful out there no matter what you're doing in the river.

[cmsummit]

Scary stuff. The group was about a mile upstream from the traditional tubing area in a part of the creek that's pretty gnarly. The water is really high/fast right now, but coming out of the canyon both days this weekend I saw a ton of tubers. Be careful out there no matter what you're doing in the river.

yeah, over on mountainbuzz some people were saying it's class IV+ through that section. swimming class IV+ is no good.

[robokill1981]

yeah, over on mountainbuzz some people were saying it's class IV+ through that section. swimming class IV+ is no good.

Yeah it's also almost all large loose boulders on the sides in that area so even if you got close enough to the sides it would still be hard and painful to try and grab something to climb out.The Boulder Creek Path runs right along the creek in that spot so I wouldn't be surprised if some runners/bikers saw the whole thing go down. Very sad.

[MaaxHimself]

Cant believe I found this site, was looking for cliffjumping spots as I just moved to CO.
Any sites by Green Mountain/Lakewood area that are good for intermeds?

[coreshot-tourettes]

2 spots in Fort Collins:
Gateway Park has a 40+ ft jump into the river, it's 15 ft deep at that point.

At Vine and Shields there's a spot to jump 20ft into the river from the bridge, and another to climb a tree and jump 20ft into the river.

[Deep Days]

Semi-hijack:

When is it maggot water ramp time? Cuz i gots da need...

[Hacksaw]

Anybody ever done any creek surfin' on an old car hood tied to the shore. Works well in the run-off.

Been there, done that.........;-)

[Little Big Lost]

Nowhere near Colorado.

Anybody ever done any creek surfin' on an old car hood tied to the shore. Works well in the run-off.

Not a car hood, but the same general idea....

[Donkey Punch]

Semi-hijack:

When is it maggot water ramp time? Cuz i gots da need...

What he said

[Franz]

st. marys looked like a good spot, saw some guys doing that a few weeks ago on my way back from james.
and some dude recently topped himself going into the fish bowl outside aspen.

[sw1tch]

Man, you guys are bringing back some great memories from the mid 90s...

[stapes]

there is some good spots on horsetooth res in foco. north end if i remember correctly. although the last year i was there the water wasn't quite high enough.