A low angle arete with great pinches and a crux first move.  Sit start the base of the arete on the right with both hands matched on a seam.  Put your right foot on the large hold.  Pull off the ground and slap up the arete.  Make a few moves up the nice arete and topout.  A great warmup with friendly holds.

Dwarf Arete

A Product of Boredom

The Lost Dwarf

Rumpelstiltskin

Busted

Emperor's New Groove

Horton Hears a Who

Freddy & His Fiddle

Squat

Stand start with a bad lefthand crimp in the seam and an even worst right hand in the same seam. Find the positioning and pull off the ground. Once established on the wall, pop to the lip and topout.

An embarrassing slab encounter that is more fun and more difficult than it looks.  Using two cool slopers on the right of the arete, stand start with a large foothold, then friction, lieback, smear, and slap up to the top.  Topout into the branches.

This short, extremely fingery problem is the hardest in the Dwarf Boulders.  Sit start between Freddy & the Emperor with two terrible crimps in the thin seam.  With the decent foot hold, pull off the ground and out right to the edge on the arete of Emperor.  Match and finish straight up the arete to an easy topout.

One quick move leads to a mantle and the problem is over far too quickly.  Sit start beneath the short bulge/roof with a left hand crimp and a high right hand sloper.  Pull off the ground and toss around the bulge to the lip.  Match and top it out.

A quick little arete with good holds and fun moves.  Sit start with the good right foot and a smear for the left.  Grab the sidepull on the arete with both hands and pop to the slopey edge on the left of the arete (crux).  Make a big move to the lip (possibly using an intermediate crimp for balance) and topout on good holds.

Want to squeeze some slopey aretes?  Yes?  Good.  Hopefully the friction cooperates.  This sweet little warmup hugs up the butt of the boulder for a couple of moves before letting you rock over the top on a great big jug.  Sit start in front of the tree with left hand on the left arete and right hand on the right arete.  Using a small, positive left foot, pull off the ground, heelhook, and follow the arete up until you can snag the obvious jug.  Pull over and stand up.  Now go back and do it again.

A surprisingly tricky arete with crystally holds and great friendly slopers.  Sit start right of a small rock with a slopey sidepull for your right hand and a large undercling for your left.  There is only one starting foot, so put your left foot on it.  Pull off the ground (crux) and gaston the crystal jug.  Match, then move left to a cool sloper, then straight up to another sloper on the top for the topout.

Start sitting with left hand on a good crimp and right hand around the arete on a poor sloper. There are a couple options for the right foot and the left is a smear. Make a tough move of the ground and bump your right hand up the slopers to a slopey top out.

Aren't they cute?  How many times have people walked by without even sampling the handful of fun warmup climbs on these three small boulders?  Mostly in the shade, the boulders need some company, and if you visit, you'll probably wind up entirely lonely on quality rock.  The climbs may be short, but give them a try one day.  Jump on Horton Hears a Who, The Emporers New Groove, or the Lost Dwarf and enjoy the friction.

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