They鈥檙e Boulder鈥檚 icon and hard to miss. On campus you spy them from the聽paths and the quads, from Folsom Field, classroom windows and almost everyspot with a clear view west. Here鈥檚 a primer.
In November 1949 CU students聽Dale Johnson聽(Geol'54) and聽Roberts Rowlands聽(Engr ex'53) climbed the third Flatiron and painted a "C" on it
In 1953, Johnson climbed the third Flatiron on roller skates, using ropes and belays
Local shop owner Gary Neptune climbed the third Flatiron naked in the 1970s
Bill Wright and Stefan Griebel (ElEngr'97; MS'00) of Boulder skied the "1911聽Gully" route of the third Flatiron in 2007
In 2010 Griebel speed-climbed the east face of the third Flatiron in 5 minutes 59 seconds
Boulder-native Austin Porzak skied the face of the first Flatiron, March 1, 2015
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Life at 22,000 Feet
Some of the animals that live on or around the Flatirons:
Red fox
Elk
Coyote
Yellow-bellied marmot
Long-tailed weasel
Porcupine
Great horned owl
Bald eagle
Rough-legged hawk
Ferruginous hawk
