The start is the crux and it is pretty much over once you gain the good jug about 11' up. Start with your left on a very sloping sidepull and your right on a wierd crimp in the shallow corner. You have an unfercling out right and 2 very small crimps about 4' up directly above the starting holds. Because the arete cuts away you are left wishing for something to step on out right but only get air. Once on the jug move straight up over easier terrain and some nice holds to the top.

Well at Least it Looked Cool

Spat On

Face Left of Scoop

Nameless warm ups

Spitoon AKA: The Scoop

Spitoon traverse

Cowboy Up, AKA: The Tall Arete

Start with right on pinch on blunt arete and left on a good sidepull down low. Work your way up the blunt arete using pockets and crimps then steer left into the top of The Scoop. Nothing super remarkable but it a decent climb and makes for a good warm up.  Didn't have any chalk on it but I wouldn't doubt that someone has done it before

Start on high hands with poor feet and move up to better holds and an easy mantle.

A number of problems across entire left side of scoop face.

Start on the huge jug in the scoop and move out onto smaller hands on the face and up.  The feet get better as the hands get worse.  Fun!

Start Spitoon and traverse entire face from right to left topping out at last warm up line.

Hard move to start right on the arete, pinching with your left and right on a sloping 3 finger edge/knob thing just above. Pull on with not so great feet and make a long move up with the right to gaston a  better part of the arete. Match and repeat, except this time you are going for the angle change and trying to get a false grip. Reach up one more time to a pretty good spot on the arete and get your foot up into the area of the angle change. The difficulties ease once the arete turns vertical but your feet are 10' off the deck.

The Scoop boulder has a very obvious scoop on the south side featuring the namesake problem.  The north side is TALL.  There's supposed to be a classic highball V4 arete on the northeast corner.  Its tall.  The guide doesn't mention that the V0's and V1's on the north side are definitely highball as well.

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Routes in The Scoop Boulder