Some climbing areas in Boulder County national forest land along Boulder Canyon Drive will be closed into the summer to protect nesting raptors.
Between Feb. 1 and Aug. 1, people will not be allowed in parts of forest land in the Boulder Ranger District, including areas around the 34-mile mark of Boulder Canyon Drive, according to a National Forest Service release. The areas will be closed in the Arapaho and Roosevelt National Forests to protect nesting raptors and people by preventing visitors from disturbing nesting birds of prey, the release states.
The closure is a standard annual practice, the Forest Service wrote.
Among the rocks and formations closed until August are the areas of Eagle Rock, Blob Rock and Bitty Buttress, which are about 1.5 miles east of Boulder Falls, according to the release. Vampire Rock and Black Widow Slab, located south of Boulder Canyon Drive west of the falls, are also closed, according to a map of the closure.