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HIGH ROCKS
Boulder
Guide
(Climb Guide)
(Boulder Guide)
This guide only shows the better
problems. There are lots of variations to these problems..
The Alcove
This is a little known bouldering area at High
Rocks. It is behind honeycomb wall and is possibly the best bouldering area when dry. It features a rare sandstone
formation, a slab. Problems go from left to right. There are various sitting
starts and traverses as well.
Left of marked problems
| Move |
Grade |
| Left of slab |
5a |
| Middle of slab |
5b |
| Right of slab |
5c |
| Up from niche |
6a |
| Right of niche |
6a |
| Left of back block |
4b |
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The wall extends right for quite a
long way. It consists of very sharp honeycomb holds. Unfortunately the
boulder on the left is in just the wrong place, and ruins some good problems.
The best feature at this end is a sharp crack at 5a
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Slab Boulder
This is the obvious boulder with an easy angled
side towards the isolated boulder. The wide front face has some very hard
problems. The left arete is JPS 6a, best done avoiding the huge layaway, pic
top right and bottom left. The easiest problem is
Z'
Mutt 5b, pic top left. It takes the crack in the middle, then traverses right and finishes
over the top. A good start to this is to traverse in from the left arete along
the lower edge, 5c/6a. The right arete is Brenva 5b/c, pic
bottom middle. The wall round to the
right has a 6b/c problem heading up
then right, pic bottom right.
 
  
Other Areas
The wall behind the hut boulder is impressively
steep, with an assortment of small pockets. The traverse along the break is a
hard 6a, Lord. The arete to the right is Shattered 6b. There are an assortment
of other problems, most are simply the start of the climbs above at about 6a.
Honeycomb wall is the final decent problem area.
A low level traverse goes at 6a, mid level is hard 6a. The start of honeycomb is
6a, pic below right. The wall to the right with writing on it has a 6b up the middle of the text.
It uses two small edges below the text. Apparently with a run up it is 5b,
although I fail to avoid smashing into it.
 
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