This was done for many of the same reasons as

Craps

. Start on the same undercling as

Playin’ the Slots

, but move left and turn the corner. Follow the not-worth-it highball arete to the top.

F*ck the Wind

Craps

Roulette

Monarch

Dodge in Hell

Playin’ the Slots

Russian Roulette

Slots

If it weren’t for the unfortunately dabby nature of the slot, this line would be four, or perhaps five stars. Great moves and perfect rock otherwise describe this obvious line.

Begin standing at the bottom of the slot on a huge, undercling, jug feature. Make a long move to a gaston, then work into the feature, and climb brilliant moves to the jug in which ‘Slots’ begins.

Despite the landing being un-paddable, it’s always super easy to lean back against the slab, making the climb pretty safe.

This was named and graded fittingly in honor of the popular casino game Craps. Basically it only got done because it was too windy and cold to try the mega rigs.

Start sitting in the tiny cave with your left hand in a crack/pocket thing and a right hand meathook on the arete. A few hard moves lead to a dabby top on the tomahawk feature. This is kinda sh*tty but fun if you look at it that way….

If you enjoy perplexing movement on some of the best granite in CO, this could be a sweet winter project. It’s one of my favorite first ascents.

Start sitting on a low left hand edge above the flake and an even lower right hand crack/slot. Make several taxing and power-tech based moves with difficult kneebarring until the rock yields a sideways jug. Catch a breath, and execute a morpho second crux (harder short beta possible), then finish on a sequential highball topout.

It is very possible that this line is V12. I originally was going to propose solid 8a+, but after working it for more than a day, I noticed it is the type of climb that gets easier to do as you learn the technical finesse of the moves. I gave it a slash grade to remain honest until a consensus emerges. With that said, it doesn’t matter; Roulette is one of the best.

Monarch is a nice warm-up for the area with a few different ways to do it.

Start standing just right of

Dodge in Hell

on underclings (your left hand in the pocket undercling and your right hand just next to it). Make a move around the arete, then use crimps and knobs to mantel over, and finish up the slab. This has fun moves!

Dodge in Hell is quite possibly the best V10 on the Front Range, especially of the granite ones. Yeah, it’s that good.

Start matched on a crimp edge/rail on the blunt prow. A super awkward and unique crux start (hint: use your butt) leads to brilliant compression flow on amazing slopers and crimps. A scary final move to a pocket leads to a techy but trivial topout.

The landing slopes away a bit more than you’d wish, and the top is slippery and somewhat committing but very manageable with a good spot. To keep the pads from sliding, I highly recommend a mid-large size cam above the pads to hold them.

Russian Roulette is the obvious link-up that completes the boulder. As for its neighbors, this line offers unusual, cryptic movement.

Begin on the crimp rail as for

Dodge in Hell

(although I moved my left hand a little lower to make the first move more normal), then make technical moves left to merge into Roulette at the jug.

Good, somewhat humid temps help for the crux sloper, which can feel like glass on dry or windy days. This is simply classic.

Slots is another nice warm-up with a bit of spice.

Start on a perfectly sculpted jug a little more than halfway up the slot. Move to a sloper, then finish on a hollow flake with a road spike in it and some more fishhook jugs. Despite how this sounds, these holds are quite solid, and the line is fun!

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