Due to an increased amount of illegal activity (vandalism, graffiti, drinking and driving, etc.) the City of Boulder’s Open Space and Mountain Parks (OSMP) is considering greater restrictions on nighttime parking along Flagstaff road above Boulder. The current rule is no parking from 11pm - 5am. The proposed change would be to no parking from one hour after sunset to one hour before sunrise. While this may not seem like a big deal, it could potentially change how boulderers are able to access problems during the prime bouldering season.

As anyone who has bouldered at Flag will tell you, good conditions matter. Sometimes these good conditions may happen at night during the fall, early winter, and spring season. The BCC’s advocacy committee wants to hear from the Flagstaff faithful about if and how this new rule change would affect their experience at the boulders, especially during the prime season.

We feel that a more restrictive fixed time rule, such as no parking 9pm-5am, would address OSMP’s concern about inappropriate usage and leave more nighttime hours for boulderers during the sending season.

If you frequent Flagstaff and have an opinion on this, please let us know your thoughts at advocacy@boulderclimbers.org. The Open Space Board of Trustees is set to meet to discuss this rule change on August 11th, so please send your thoughts by August 9th.