A short, but techy problem just left of the Cottonwood trees formed as two boulders abut each other creating a small cave. Start in the back of the alcove and top out the slab. It's usually done with a feet-first beta with a bomber knee-bar and offwith style pivot. With the right technique, it should be just about three or four moves. It can be done as a standard boulder cranking, but it's not as graceful and a good deal more work.

Eyes Of A Tire Hub

The Wedge Traverse

Crescent arete.

Strainer

Unknown

Jaded low

Captain Crunch

Buddha

Firestarter

Unborn

Emerald Triangle

Firestarter Traverse

Unknown prow

Skinned Alive

Smooth Operator

Start on the right and traverse up left into the top out of Firestarter

Start low on the right with a heel hook to stay on the arete. Traverse left till you reach the crack then use the crack to move to the shelf. Move across the shelf about 4ft then reach up to a good finish hold and topout.

Sit start right hand crimpy knob. Left hand as low as you can and traverse the sloper arete. Super scrunchy low sit (V8/9?)

Swim to the base of the arete. Once on the first hold you can reach out of the water traverse left and climb up the center of the slab.

Start on sidepull crimp left hand and right hand on good obvious edge and climb up on obvious edges. Sit start will be a hard V9/10/11+ project?!

Start on slopey left hand knob and right hand low undercling and squeeze your way up to a easy but insecure slippery arete topout. Comparable to climbing on someone's marble countertop its that slick

Stand on the slab and use the crimps to move your feet up and throw to the finish hold. The topout is solid but the down climb is less than ideal.

Stand start on slopey ledge and bear hug the amazing prow! Move the pads more to the right than you think.

Sit start on jug And climb through the obvious roof. If someone digs it out with a shovel it will be more fun.

Halfway between Emerald Triangle and the Cottonwood Slabs is a south-facing "cave." Start on the outside on a rail and climb the roof crack INTO the cave. The crack widens and you can tunnel your way up the chimney and out it's tiny exit. The catch is there is no way to flip around and you must climb the entire 10' chimney upsidedown, feet first. It is significantly harder than "The Warden," the benchmark V8 offwidth in Vedauwoo.

Sit start on two low sidepulls and compression slap or use scrunchy lockoff into the stand.

Start on non-existent left hand undercling, right hand sidepull and do a cruxy first right hand bump to a sloper and do a few more moves to a tricky topout. Lower right hand start?

Overhanging triangular face rock. About 25ft to the right of Firestarter. Slippery rock with mantle finish.

Smooth river rock traverse. Start low on right and finish at top on left. Just use the holds on the face not the top.

Short but fun slippery slab traverse.

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Routes in Swallow Rock Boulders