A solid V5. Start 7 or 8 feet from the left side of the boulder on the crimps at 3 and 4 feet. 

  Using technical foot work, pull through to a crimpy side pull/undercling, and climb straight up to the large horizontal crack. Go up left to a bad, incut edge and make a big move up right to a big juggy hole in the wall. Top out for a mossy finish.

The Roots

Roots Maneuver

Classic Comedy

The Obtuse

Roots Traverse

Start on low on decent holds to the left of The Roots. Climb up to the break in the wall at 10ish feet, then decide if you want to commit to the highball finish. A few delicate pulls on decent crimps gains jugs to the highball finish left of the apex of the boulder. The lip holds are good, but the top is mossy. Spectacular, in my opinion.

Start on a jug on the far right.  Climb straight up not using the ledge as a foot.  Decent crimps and edges get you to the horizontal jugs.  Finish straight up just left of the tree.

Start on the left side of the Roots boulder wall on the long continuous diagonal flake on a jug. Traverse the flake all the way across the wall, gaining height as you go, once the flake ends, top out up and right on good holds next to a tree. Great holds the whole way, high at the end but not overly so, a nice line.

Start as for The Roots and traverse right to finish up Roots Maneuver. Pick the optimal sequence through the many sharp crimps to get across this technical boulder problem. Good footwork, attention to body position, and a healthy tolerance for pain are helpful on this one.

The large boulder located up the road from the "spring parking lot" (aka the trail head for hell's brook) with a tree growing out of the top and roots sprawling down the other side.

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Routes in The Roots Boulder