The Nooks

Close to Elliot Lake, this bouldering crag was developed by Brendan Baars and features boulders from V0 through V13.

Guidebooks

Guidebook

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This guide is very incomplete. Updates will come in as open sources of information are found.

Conditions

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Routes

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    NameGrade ↑Star ratingDescription
    UngnomelyV5-
    Sit start low on good incuts. Move up to a crimp and sloper and pop for the top
    What Bugs?V5-
    A great compression problem. Start low on a small ledge and right edge. Power up! A low start is entirely feasible for those looking for an easy cleaning job on a boulder that’s very friendly on height and padding. FA: Adam Page
    Wrap AroundV5⭐⭐⭐⭐
    Start on the left side of the short boulder. Hands just right of the crack on the face. Traverse the lip to the right on slopers and make it to the jug. Top out by keep moving up the arête.
    7 Minutes in HeavenV6-
    Start on the two lowest incut-ish crimps. Make your way up and slightly left. This climb is deceivingly easy until you try it.
    Arctic HaloV6⭐⭐⭐⭐
    Sit Start down and left on a slanting crimp rail. Get off the ground and immediately enter the crux by traversing to the right using underclings, heel hooks, and slopers. Get around to the corner and tackle the big but oddly graspable holds on the arête to the top.
    Blind AttackV6⭐⭐⭐⭐
    Crouch start/stand on left and right arete pretty low. Left hand has a decent incut thing and the right is underneath a seam.
    Chainsaws AkimboV6⭐⭐⭐
    Start underneath the roof very low in the vertical crack and work through the awesome crack feature to meet a crux pulling the roof!
    Dying BreedV6-
    Stand start on crimps. Make a few heinous moves to a sloper rail. Traverse left to topout.
    Halfway to BootyV6⭐⭐⭐⭐
    Start on the mega jug horn underneath and in the middle of the severe overhang. Make a big move to the lip and work the arête left and copout on the fin.
    Mrs. ButtersworthV6-
    Climb the arête from a sit start utilizing small crimps, big moves, and the splits. Start with left hand pinching the arête and right hand on your choice of crimps. Move up and right, establishing your feet in a split position and figure out how to get over the bulge. FA: Brendan Baars
    Shakes and StuttersV6-
    Start on two crimps at about head height. Move right, traversing into performance anxiety and topout.
    Slapping the BasswoodV6-
    Stand start with the left hand on the arete and right on a crimp. Slap your way up perfect slopers. It's not over until you hit the lip.
    Sunday SchoolV6-
    A short powerhouse of a problem. Start low on a small ledge and using a left foot low and a high right foot to create opposition, bump your right hand up the sidepull. Move feet and launch for a sloping mailbox slot on top. Mantle it out. A much harder version could potentially be climbed to the right. FA: Brendan Baars
    TessalateV6-
    Stand start on a flat big undercling. Move left through a decent crimp and either use the awesome slopers as intermediates or make a big move to the best sloper and then move up and topout.
    The AstronomerV6⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
    Sit start with your hands in a variety of places along the obvious crack feature that turns the corner. Squeeze your way up perfect slopers and gain a massive jug. Take a deep breath and tackle the easy but daunting slab up to the top. Prep and inspect the slab if possible.