The X Boulder
Routes
| Name | Grade ↓ | Star rating | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| Shadow Boxing | V9 | ⭐ | Start on flat 8-finger edge 4ft right of Gulag. Long move to get tiny left-facing sharp crimp sidepull, head up to sidepull flakes. Keep working up/left, resisting the urge to jump right into an adjacent problem. Finish over the lip on big holds. |
| Floryshe | V8 | ⭐⭐⭐ | Start on the curved ledge in the middle of the X Boulder; go straight up through series of side pulls and underclings to a triangular hold. Get pockety dish directly to the left of the triangle and bust it up to a dish just to the right of the large flake, over the lip. Two jugs above the dish finish it. |
| Four Leaf Clover | V8 | ⭐⭐⭐ | Left side of boulder on obvious phallic. Traverse right, doing huge move to Shadow start crimp & continue along reaching large 3- finger of Threesome. Finish Threesome. |
| Mangler Sr. | V8 | ⭐⭐ | SDS matched at bottom of inverted "V", up on small holds to "mangler" crimp (right) up to lip. Hit the point of the "V"; pop for a good hold than cruise the flake system. Drop down. |
| One Inch Punch | V8 | ⭐⭐⭐⭐ | Right of Mangler. SDS, left on sidepull crimp, right near base of mini arête. Slap up right mini-arête. Finish as for 'Mangler'. |
| Gulag | V7 | ⭐ | Start next to X-Files on crimp & sidepull. Move to left hand pocket & sloper & top out on lousy jug. Var V7/8 Start left of Fart & throw to pocket w/ right hand & finish as for Fart. |
| Mangler Jr. | V7 | ⭐⭐ | Same as for Sr. except avoid Mangler crimp, instead throw from lower down to lip near point of inverted V. |
| Threesome | V6+ | ⭐ | SDS with right on left hand of Mangler, left on pocket thing. Slap arête & up on crimps. Finish as for Mangler. |
| Floryshe Left | V6 | - | Start as Floyshe but finish on the final jugs of Love of My Life |
| Chuck Norris | V5 | ⭐⭐ | Start as per Threesome but go straight up past the Threesome ledge to a rail with crimpy incuts. Continue up to the finish jugs of Threesome on more crimps and incuts. |
| Exlax | V4 | ⭐⭐⭐ | SDS on awkward start in dihedral & cruise through the open book. |
| Love of my Life | V4 | ⭐⭐ | Start 9ft left of Threesome on chalky horizontal rail. Bump right to blocky gaston, reach high with left to deep undercling/sidepull, match & make move left to sharp horizontal flake. Finish above on sharp, knife-blade jugs. |
| Traverse | V4 | ⭐⭐ | Start somewhere near X-files & traverse right to finish on Spectacles. |
| X-Files | V4 | ⭐⭐⭐ | Start on cool slopey edges right of Exlax. Up/right on cool edges. Finish jug is 4ft to right of start holds. |
| Xcitement | V3 | ⭐⭐ | Walk up the hill and right of the inverted "V". SDS on a black flake. Go up and right to a double undercling, then go up and left through pockets to the finish on the big ledge. Look, but don't touch the fragile flakes out right. |