Sit start on Jugs to the right of the large Chestnut remnants, and climb up through pockets, and to the left, aiming for a large sidepull pocket on the vertical face above the overhang. Topout on easier terrain.

Chestnut Dab

Pencil Sharpener

Fingers Roasting Over an Open Fire

Dead Vert Project

American Chestnut

Grey or Gray?

This line climbs the center of the dead vertical grey face near the American Chestnut boulder.  (If you are staring at American Chestnut, it is at your 8 o'clock).  Sit start on some terrible holds- a left hand two finger crimp, and a right hand mono, and head straight up using a terrible crimp and a tough move to a good pocket. Stand start is about V7, Sit is V8 or so.  Still a project.

Stand start left of the ramp on two pockets. Climb up and right through more pockets to reach a sloper at the point of the boulder and topout. Watch out for the finger tip eating mono-pocket, which is probably best avoided. This is only reason it is not a four star line is due to the ramp being avoided for feet.

Begin on Jugs just to the right of the large remnants of the old American Chestnut.  Climb straight up through the overhang pulling on some nice pockets, and topout on the harder-than-it-looks vertical face above.  Great rock and great moves.

This line is THE classic of the Skittle Top Boulders.  Stand start on the blank white face with matching pockets, and pull a burly move through the roof.  At the lip, use a funky meathook hold, and a perfect, incut sidepull to finish up a large, seemingly detached but solid block.  Located right next to the old and enormous remnants of an American Chestnut, which we sadly don't see in our Appalachian forests any longer.

Just left of the dead vert project, begin at a slot and head up the deceptively difficult face.  V6 starting from the obvious horizontal slot, or V7ish sit start to the right.  The sit is sort of contrived and dumb, but hey, this is bouldering. Interesting moves on some quality fine-grained gray sandstone. Some pretty cool climbing on this one.

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