Sit start at bottom of crack. Work way up using only hands and feet on crack section. Fairly sustained. Lots of loose rock on very top. I wouldn't top out.

A Brief Crack

Sepulcher

Full Cave

Cave Face

Sepulcher Left

Around and Up

Bulging Face

Cave Arete

Bane of Big Ben

Sit start on two low slopey edges. Work through crimps and a side pull to finish. Crimp circled in yellow is off.

Starts on an obvious jug to the left and traverses right using smallish crimps and pinches. Crux move is getting to the high jug. Would not recommend topping this one out.

Start on right hand side pull and good ledge. Work through traverse on good holds into a side pull jug. Gain high feet to topout.

Sit start on two low slopey edges. Move left through crimps instead of right (as you would for Sepulcher). Finish on big block.

Sit start. Move from starting holds to small pocket on right. Hand heel match on the left starting hold to move up the two crimps and around the corner. Make your way left using whichever holds are best for you and top out by the tree.  

  Crux for me is the heel hook to the first crimp. Around the corner has good holds but the moves are strong.

Start matched on low crimp. Work through a slopey pinch and some solid edges to topout. Upper right block is off.

Start on left hand side pull and arete. Climb Jugs to top. Topout (make sure it's clean, can be slightly sketchy). Right wall is off.

This is the crux of the Big Ben traverse and is most fun if started or finished near the end of Bulging Face. Traverse is high on the Sepulcher face and follows a line of crimps.

Orgalorgashore! Buckle up, this ledge is one heck of a ride.  With close to 200 feet of horizontal rock, and many different hand holds, it takes a skilled climber to deadpoint this from one end to the next.  Set in the middle sits an over hang. Which you will probably want a crash pad for this little rapture claw.  After using some DJ Snappy skills on the over hang get ready for some stretching and squirming for the last half of the rock which is always a good time.  With only mild moisture after rain falls this rock sits dry and ready to fly.  With a mixed bouldery feel and solid rock its an adventure waiting to be ceased.  Tucked away just of the UWGB Trail in the woods makes access simple.  Park at the BP Gas Station or at The Tower and walk south onto the trail a couple football fields.  Then cut in towards the road and Big Ben the peacefully princess of the pines will be there ready for you.   - Be sure to check out The Great Wall, it's only a few hundred feet away!

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Routes in Big Ben (Green Bay, Brown County, WI)