The Nooks
Close to Elliot Lake, this bouldering crag was developed by Brendan Baars and features boulders from V0 through V13.
Guidebooks
Admin notes
This guide is very incomplete. Updates will come in as open sources of information are found.
Routes
| Name | Grade ↑ | Star rating | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ant Farm | V1 | - | Start in the dihedral with good feet on either side. Make your way up the ant tunnel crack to the top.
FA: Charlie Hall |
| Big Mad | V1 | - | Stand start on the big sloper feature at the bottom. Work up and on top of it and top out above. |
| Camp Shoes | V1 | ⭐⭐ | Lay back and send. No climbing shoes required |
| Gnomely | V1 | - | Sit start on the good hold and topout above. |
| Inky Cap | V1 | - | On the Magic Mushroom boulder to the right of Cubey. An easier slab problem on the far right of the slab section of the boulder. Stand start on your choice of holds and climb the enjoyable slab.
FA: Thomas Piche |
| Left Flank of Gaugamela | V1 | - | Start just around the corner to the left of Gaugamela. Climb straight up.
FA: Aaron Bopp |
| Mossarella | V1 | - | Low start on a pretty obvious ledge on the edge of the arête. Climb the arête to the top.
FA: Jessica Authier |
| Polar Express | V1 | ⭐⭐⭐ | Start with your hands at chest height and a foot on a big triangle. Climb the arête for a bit and rock over when necessary. |
| Scooby Snacks | V1 | - | Starts on the right of the main slab but left of the arête. |
| Scooped in Socks | V1 | - | Start in an undercling and trend up and right to top out on the ledge. |
| Slitherin | V1 | - | Slitherin is a V1 on the north side of the sorting hat boulder. This is one of the first boulders in the Nightmare Zone.
FA: Danny Plonka |
| Slow Bro | V1 | - | The climb is in between Brail on the left middle of the slab and Snail Trail on the right arête.
FA: Danny Plonka |
| Antagonist | V1+ | - | Start on horizontal dime-size crimps and great feet. Climb straight up.
FA: Charlie Hall 2019 |
| Antrophy | V2 | - | A hard start leads to delicate smearing on bad feet to reach a seam near the top of the boulder.
FA: Aaron Bopp |
| Army Ant | V2 | - | This climb is on the north side of the ant boulder, and is burlier than the other slabby climbs on this massive boulder.
FA: Charlie Hall |