This striking overhanging arete on the NE corner of the rock is the true king line of the boulder. Interesting holds, varied movement, and a little spice at the top add up to a great climb at the grade. Start sitting with your left hand on a good rail and right on a crimp on the arete. Pinch and slap your way up the blunt edge with the help of crimps on the face until you hit a good jug slot below the nose of the overhanging prow. Make your way up and left, climbing out of the overhang and onto the headwall. Top out at the end of the arete.

The Anvil

Left Crack

TDMFP

Northwest Arete

Right Crack

Splitter left-leaning finger crack, with good feet and hands sometimes available. Felt like a 5.10 finger crack when using finger locks the whole way. This climb is also lead as a short trad route, as there is a nasty rock in the landing zone for a lot of the climbing.

A good test of balance and finger strength, climbing on small holds up the vertical face. Start standing with your left hand on a crimp and right hand on a good sidepull at the bottom of the incipient crack. Make your way up to the horizontal crack near the top of the boulder, then follow it right and top out at the top of the arete.

Great easy climbing up a perfectly sculpted schist arete. Stand start low and layback the arete to the top. 

Good vertical handcrack. There is a rock in the way of the landing for much of the route so it is also lead as a trad route. May have a mossy topout.

Awesome house-sized boulder right off the road, near the base of The Red Letter.Scramble down the back face (the side facing the road) to get down after climbing any of the problems on this boulder.

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Routes in The Hippo Boulder