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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ghosts and Goblins Low | V9 | - | Sit start on the obvious crimp rail below and to the left of the stand start. A really hard move to a wicked finger slot awaits. Use tape. |
| Gimme That Booty | V9 | - | Sit start way down and right on two separate holds. Climb the 30' long overhanging arête on perfect stone with incredible movement. This is a stunner line and deserves an amazing amount of stars. |
| Lavender and Cream | V9 | - | Start on a good chest height crimp and move straight upwards utilizing a few crimps and possible high heel hook. Beware the dab potential all around you. |
| Locked and Loaded | V9 | ⭐⭐⭐⭐ | A double undercling stand start leads into 3 vicious moves that end in a dynamic move to the lip. |
| Slapping the Basswood Sit | V9 | ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ | Sit start on the big undercling and a left hand crimp. A hard first move leads to a moderate traverse into the hard v6 stand start. |
| Vorpal Blade | V9 | ⭐⭐⭐⭐ | Stand start on crimp pinches. Paste a foot and follow the perfect holds to the knife feature. Continue on up the knife, following the arête all the way to the second landing zone and topout around the corner. |
| Colour of War | V10 | ⭐⭐⭐⭐ | FA: Julien Gomez |
| The Space Between | V10 | ⭐⭐⭐⭐ | Start on any part of the sloper ledge. Traverse left through funky moves that will test your crimp or shoulder strength dependent on beta. |
| Lost in Violence | V11 | ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ | Stand start above head level with hands really wide in 2 separate crack features. The left hand can be on the lower or upper crack. The right hand only has one very bad place. The first ascentionist used only one pad at the base. Pull on with difficulty and execute a very precise and blind dynamic throw to a sinker jug on the left. Move around the bulbous feature utilizing extreme tension and massive cross off a hand jamb directly into a revolving door. Continue through the decent edges and somehow get to the pure slopers to topout. A knee pad was used for the top by the FA. |
| Syncope | V12- | ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ | FA: Brendan Baars |
| Vorpal Blade SDS | V12 | - | Sit start on the left side of the sloper ledge. Three hard moves leads into the stand start. |