This fat flake is smattered with iron deposits, thus the name. Sit start as low as is reasonable and walk your hands up the arete/flake edge. Use heels on the left and smeary feet on the right to work for an awkward topout. 

Gold Dust

Hemophilia

The Troglodyte Exit

Goth Girl

Scraping By

The Prower

Seeing Red

Glass Hovercraft

Grab the Throne

Asana

The Opposition

Horizontal

Start low on the juggy right facing flake, and work your way up, using an undercling and jug on an iron plate halfway up. Be prepared for a classic slopey insecure Hunter's topout. 

Follow the iron band crimps from left to right in a laidback traverse until you can reach up to a couple surprisingly good mono pockets. Do a dynamic throw to the juggy seam on the tip of of the boulder then work for the topout. 

Start in the crack and work you're way up and out the "skylight" at the top of the cave. It has been cleaned but because of the nature of the skylight and the slope above it will soon refill with sticks, leave, and debris. There is a length of cordage fixed to a small tree to the right of the topout to assist with getting down as the rock is steep and slippery. 

Start far back in the cave containing Troglodyte Exit and Asana on a rail on the left side (same as troglodyte exit) and traverse out to the left on rails and slopers. Topout via the same "skylight" as Troglodyte Exit. 

The crux is not scraping yourself on the rock in the landing if you fall. Easily protectable with a pad and yoga mat though. Start low in the back to the right. The deep hueco is where your feet start. Traverse up and left on pockets, crimps, and slopers, then go up for the deep seam and hueco and step off to the right to "top out" and avoid the forest of moss and ferns on the proper top out. 

Balancey and Slabby climb different than the rest of the garden. Sit start with hands on obvious jugs at about hip height (be wary of pulling outward on these holds very much, some of the edge has already started breaking off), and pull up to work through crimps and pockets for a classic Hunter's topout (slopey and mossy). 

Start deep underneath this overhanging beast with one hand on each side, work out to the front on pockets, than through a cruxy crimp section to gain a juggy pocket on the tip. Campus up a couple moves on jugs to topout. Be careful of a hollow wiggly block at the start, it can probably hold body weight but don't pull too hard.

Low to the ground, long lip traverse on rock sharper than most of hunters due to coarse crystals. Start with your but basically on a rock near the back, hands on the obvious rail and a heel and toe further back on a good (but sharp) lip rail. Work hands along the rail and get creative with heels and toes to not come off. Before you reach the end, swing feet under and around and move hands on good holds up the face and work for a mantle topout. This would be a 4 star climb if not for the sharp quality of the rock. 

 Note: The top of this thing has its own microecosystem of ferns, moss, and lichen so if cleaning please leave the topout alone and take off as little vegetation as necessary. Once you're standing on the end of this thing the climbing is really over and a true topout is a mossy slippery sketch fest.

This route begins on the opposite side of the same boulder that "rho" is on. It lies directly behind a tree which makes protecting it difficult, but it is not a difficult route and you can stem with your back on the tree if you panic and need to get down. Work up through juggy sidepulls and topout at the tallest corner of the boulder. Take a moment to sit in the natural saddle or "throne" at the top corner and take in the nature. Have a spotter move the pad for a drop off or straddle the corner and slide your way down bit by bit. 

Sit start low on the sharp juggy pockets on the right side of the cave with feet pointing out of the cave. Bump up to the next pocket, then make the long dynamic throw to another pocket near the top edge (this may be near a full dyno for very short climbers). Get well established on the pocket than traverse the slopey (and dirty) lip to the right to exit the cave. Getting around the corner is a tricky balancing act. 

Use deep juicy pockets on the arete for hands and oppose the force by pressing into the face with your feet. The pocket on the face is off. Great easy route, toupout is a bit dirty but that's Hunter's for you

Haven't even tried to pull onto this thing so I'm not going to assume how it goes. Its an entirely horizontal roof a couple feet off the ground only featured underneath with tiny pockets and crimp edges. 

This secluded section of Hunter's is probably closest to the Oaks area, but is distinct. From the Powercut follow the trail north along the spine of the ridge until it dips to the West side of the ridge at a saddle point. The garden has many horizontal or very nearly so roofs. It gets afternoon and evening sun and takes a little longer than other areas to fully dry out. If you're planning on spending some significant time climbing here, be prepared to clean boulders. If cleaning new or existing routes please only remove as much moss or lichen as is needed for the climb and leave the rest undisturbed. Do your best not to trample the fern gardens on top of some of the boulders when you top out. There is extensive potential for new routes and FA's but be careful where you choose, there is a suspected porcupine den not far out of the main garden area.

 If you're exploring the Upper Garden (up the hill above the obvious overhanging stuff) be wary of cave entrances covered in leaves, very nearly stepped right into one while looking around.

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