start up against the tree and as low a possible. use small foot a few inches off the ground.

Left mini arete

The Kat

A Bachelor No More

Castration

5.7 Finger crack

Slim Jim

Bypass

no shoots just ladders

slabby face

Un-named 5.9 Slab

Not So Tight Squeeze

Foot Loose

start by standing on the boulder left of no fat chicks and rock over on a high right foot. The crux is getting off the ground. Once off, use friction and small crimps to climb to the top

Start on the kinda sharp orange inclusion and traverse left until you have to mantel up. The crux is getting on top. In the beginning of the climb there is a move where you press your knee into your hand, this was necessary for all 4 of us climbing that day.

I have not climbed this yet because it needs new bolts but it looks great, and I wanted to post it to gain some interest.

This is a very fun arete with 2 cruxes and strong powerful moves all the way up. first crux is about 3 moves up 2nd is just before traversing out left. There used to be a sharp tree branch sticking out of the ground that almost got jeff hence the name.

Pretty straight forward, crux for me was mid way to the top where the crack gets super thin/dies out.

Start along the traversing crack and climb up and around the corner onto the face following the bolts. short but sweet, this route is worth hiking to. Use the sling on other side of boulder to aid up to the top and sling the boulders on top for an anchor. this is a slab climb with very small holds. This climb appears in the Fry Guide but it is unnamed and I only named it to help with the confusion of where to find boulders here due to the many splitting trails. this climb is a very obvious marker on the trail and giving it a name helps that much more.

Start on good horizontal jug rail with bad feet. Big move left to a vertical seam, then work your way up to the scoop/shelf below the high point of the boulder. High quality for El Coriso standards.

The original FA finished by matching the shelf then traversing left around the arete - weiner finish. Kevin did the 2nd by turning the right arete out onto the airy slab with feet on the seam/crack, traverse the seam with no hands to the right and finishing up the right side of the slab/arete - don't fall. No body has done the strong man/woman direct finish up the marble smooth scoop.

choss, easy, had many things break, but what's left is good and kinda fun. good problem if you are new to climbing. Careful standing on the surrounding boulders, i had about 150 lb rock break off that i was standing on and it crashed into my leg, luckily the angle was good and it did not break my leg.

Apparently this is listed as an un-named 5.9 in the '95 Bouldering Guide. I think this is a lot harder than 5.9, it is possible some holds could have disappeared...my personal opinion is V3-4.

start as a lie back then get inside for a short but fun off width, there are a couple of foot chips and tiny ledges. crux is the off width section but easy finish.

start on the large triangle shaped hold all the way next to the manzanita tree. Traverse across the arete using heel hooks and small ledges. Mantle up on the last large obvious hold with a black inclusion smearing feet on the polished slabby part.

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Routes in El Cariso - Misc Problems