Sloping, poor locks/crimps lead up the crack, on poor feet, to a powerful undercling move. Stand up to the lip. Celebration time! 

  See the first boulder ascent (probably): 

youtube.com/watch?v=58gMJiS…

Genetic Control

Miasma

5.8+

What is Sunshine?

Mini Miasma

No Hands Face

The Flusher

Humpy Hump

Sizzlefoot

The Hormone

Bad Habit

Fat Man Traverse

The Real Thing

Little Sizzler

End of the Line

This mega-classic top-rope or gear lead (see here) is occasionally bouldered, being a proud tick for the local boulderer. Sustained crimping and technical tension moves lead up through a pod and into some delicate and insecure moves at the top. NOW you're a hard-man. Or woman.

This low-ball, sandbagged sucker-punch is a Taylors Classic, if for no other reason that it will thrash you. Remember this is Minnesota "V4." If you haven't paid your dues by sending this problem, it's time to get er done. Sit with your right hand on the sidepull and your left hand either matched or on a poor crimp. Slap up with your left and then find a way to gain the horizontal crack. Top out.

Again, another very hard line that I don't know the grade of. I'm making up grades to encourage people to try these lines and add some thoughts. Harder than Genetic Control. This is a top-rope, and I have not heard that it has been done without a rope. Start on the sloping triangular rock/ledge (it's 3-4 feet high) about 6 feet to the right of The Real Thing (the roof/crack just right of Genetic Control). Climb a few moves up the face to the lip, reach left over the roof and make some hard pulls up and left towards the bush/brush at the top.

Sit start on the left hand arete and right hand on a crimp, and then proceed straight up. 

  Var. start this problem then proceed to work the rail to finish at the top of Miasma

The face to the right of Bad Habit; this is the downclimb, and an easy upclimb on nice edges. The No Hands is a twist on the game, and a challenge. No using hands, elbows, wrists until you can grab the lip. You have to commit for it!

Right of Bad Habit and the pillar, start with the jug on the right of the face. Make a big throw into the large scoop. Make a difficult match and mantle into the scoop. Challenging.

A short, short problem that packs a punch. Start seated with a right-hand crimp in a sloping slot and your left-hand just below gastoning a good crack.  The start is a but odd, but it is the logical, lowest starting position.  Your feet are on the large base of the boulder; the base of the boulder is not off!  Thin crimping, hard compression, and brute strength get you to the top.  The problem is called Humpy Hump for a reason.

In the crack/corridor (the left entrance), left of Miasma and "behind" the Fat Man Boulder. Sit with your butt on a rock with your back at the Fat Man boulder; right hand on a face hold and left hand on the corner. The face at right is "off." Pull up and make hard moves up and left around the corner and up the face. 

  Please offer a grade for this problem. I only labeled it V8 to get some attention.

Classic sit problem, right on the walking trail. Sit and squeeze both corners, stand/stab into a good right hand, and then to the top. Two variations-- the easier variation uses a low right/good foot, and a left bump for a foot. The more fun/"tough" variation uses only the left foot/arete-- the low right foot is off. Have fun!

Traverse the Fat Man Boulder (contains Miasma, Bad Habit), however you like.

A toprope/highball straight up through the roof/fist crack in the middle of the face. Right of Genetic Control. Akward. I'm not aware of anyone who has bouldered this line. For the Taylors connesouer/hardman.

At the far left of the wall. Climb the end of the wall, using "both" corners at the end of the wall.

Direct line to the Flusher. Start on the thin face, pull straight up. Start on one pad, any more than that more is cheating!

The Sizzlefoot Wall is one of the most visible sections of rock at Taylors, and hosts several very hard topropes including Genetic Control (5.13a) and Sizzlefoot (5.12b). There are some nice warmup boulder problems, as well as a challenging classic V3-4, Miasma.

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Routes in Sizzlefoot Wall