Flatirons

The Flatirons are rock developments in the western United States, close Boulder, Colorado, comprising of flatirons. There are five substantial, numbered Flatirons running from north to south (First through Fifth, individually) along the east slant of Green Mountain (elev. 2,484 m), and the expression "The Flatirons" here and there alludes to these five alone. Various extra named Flatirons are on the southern piece of Green Mountain, Bear Peak, and among the encompassing lower regions.

The Flatirons on Green Mountain are inside the City of Boulder Open Space and Mountain Parks framework. They are prevalent goals for explorers and shake climbers, with shake grades running from simple (5.0) to world-class (5.14b). Pictures of the numbered Flatirons on Green Mountain are omnipresent images of the city of Boulder. The territory overflows with Flatirons photos, illustrations, sketches, and figures. The city government, the University of Colorado, and numerous organizations make utilization of this image in their logos, ads, and promoting materials.

Numerous organizations additionally utilize the word Flatirons or Flatiron in their names. Also, Boulder frequently is alluded to in the tech business as the "Silicon Flatirons", comparable to Santa Clara Valley's celebrated epithet. The third Flatiron bore a "CU," for the University of Colorado, in 15m white letters from the 1950s until 1980, when the city painted over the initials to re-establish the normal look of the stone arrangement. CU understudies Dale Johnson and Robert Rowlands climbed the flatiron one night in November 1949 to paint the first "C."