Only climbable when the river is low. Stand start down in the crevasse between the two giant boulders (between Drought and Cardinal).  Find the two large, stacked huecos and the upper hueco is the start hold. Work up and slightly left through edges, then back to the right and directly up from there.

 Pad the bottom, and maybe have someone with a pad to protect the lip of the boulder behind you. 

Full of Eight

Down and Up

Drought Standing

When In Drought

Drought of Luck

So nice you'll climb it twice. 

 This one is only climbable during low water levels, and then it requires a built water landing.

 On the upstream-most face look for the obvious, long side-pull feature. 

 Stand start and climb through nice in-cut side-pulls, rounded jugs, and flat edges to the rounded top to top out.

Definitely a V-0 problem, and one to take seriously with the crevasse and strainers lodges in the flume (during normal and high-water levels) below.

 On the down-stream backside of the Drought Boulder, find the single bolt and the downclimb starts beside it. Down climb onto the standing timbers and hop across to the top of Cardinal. This is also the up-climb. Use a static line to aid in the down-climb and climbing out if you have one.

 Find the hueco to step up with, then the nice crimp rail in-cuts to get to jugs above.

 You can boulder-hop down to the Cardinal to cross, but you cant do that coming back over.

Left of "When in Drought" in the tight corridor between the three boulders. Depending on the season this will all be under water or covered in river debris. In dry seasons, if your first here, you will need to do some work to open these lies back up.On the left-most face:Stand start low with a right hand in the thin circular shaped crimp, left hand in the higher in-cut crimp/pocket. Jump up intot he in-set jug seam. continue up diagonally to the side-pull at the lip, then follow to top out.

Left of "When in Drought" in the tight corridor between the three boulders. Depending on the season this will all be under water or covered in river debris. In dry seasons, if your first here, you will need to do some work to open these lies back up.This is the line in between "Drought Standing" and "When in Drought". Look between the boulder and the close block for the high in-set jug slot. Stand start matchd in the jug and climb up and slightly left. Make a committing move off of desperate feet to the lip and top out.

This massive river boulder is a sight to behold. Its also paramount to crossing the river during most of the year. Touching it is the Cardinal Boulder (further from the trail). Only during low water levels can most of this boulder be climbed (the down climb is always available and once you climb down you are on the Cardinal). 

  There are several nice lines on Drought, with the king line being "When In Drought" on its upstream-most face.

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Routes in Drought Boulder