Start in a fairly low lie-back with feet left. Short moves up to obvious lip midway up the boulder. Settle here, and then a longer move up and right. Finish with moves up and left on good holds to top out. 

Shaper's

He Who Dealt It

Iron Ore

He Who Smelt It

Start down low on the large corner of the boulder on a left sidepull jug. Reach up right to a good sloper, then figure out some tricky footwork and/or bumping beta to move up left to a decent sidepull. Continue up through large crimps.

Starts with a short traverse right to the arete on good holds and then follows the arete up and left before topping out in the obvious notch. Topout is just a little thinner than the juggy topouts at the nearby Charcoal Exhibition Boulder. 

Shares a start with Iron Ore. Start on the small ledge, but instead of traversing right, make a long reach or small dyno to the lip just under the roof. Continue straight up through jugs to top out.

**January 2022 Access update for bouldering at Catoctin** The Park requests that the following boulders be effectively closed to climbing:Hog Rock trail area: Warfare/Knifewall and Chief Block/Gateway Fin Thurmont Vista area: Sudden/SmeltedChimney Rock (only the Chimney Rock area itself – the Pyramid Boulder is outside the area of concern)Mid Atlantic Climbers asks that the local climbing community respects this request in order to protect overall access to bouldering in the Park. See here for more info.The Smelted Boulder is a boulder just along the Blue Ridge Summit Overlook trail. Although low, there are many features on this boulder that make for interesting traverses and some steep, short, hard problems.

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Routes in Smelted Boulder