Super easy warm up. Sit start is more v1 territory because of the serious lack of feet. Start by matching on the crimp or getting a higher right hand, rest is easy. Descend down the right side of the Boulder and step off onto some rocks over there.

Babooshka

Manatee trad traverse

Jelly Bean hand traverse

The Murray Highball

D-1 Sit Start (From M&M Guide)

The Manatee

H2 Crack (from the Mayer & Moret online guide)

Highball H1.75 (from the Mayer & Moret overview map)

Arete to Crack

Unknown, E2.5 (from the Mayer & Moret online guide)

Highball slab problem

E3 Overhanging Crack (from the Mayer & Moret online guide)

Knob Problem

Kaiser Soze

This is a shorter problem near the great highball V2. The crux revolves around a difficult first move to gain access to the larger holds just above the smallish bulge. Although not as continuous as the V2 to the right, it still offers some fun moves on great rock.

 Mayer & Moret describe this one as E2.5, "I found a new (?) line on the north arête of that large boulder; a beautiful, clean line, with a hard start right below a small ledge with a bit of grass; start with a strong but low right sidepull and a very high (you need to be at least 5'9" to have any chance) left crimper (sharp!); move your feet to two good footholds and throw for the jug on the ledge; mantle and finish up the easy top part of the arête; V3-ish if you are over 5'9", at least V6 otherwise."

An awesome warmup, and a good intro to bouldering for your trad friends who continually whine about how short and crimpy and stupid bouldering problems are. Start underclinging the manatee's upper lip, traverse right across it, and then work your way up diagonally to the right on flakes and hand jams until you reach the flared hand/fingers crack that goes straight up to the top of the boulder. Amazingly friendly-textured rock for jams. Don't use the boulder behind you for feet (though you can step off onto it at any time). There's a great fist jam-to-flared-hand-jam sequence at the transition from traverse to straight-up exit. Make up your own sequences (eg, cut out flake "jugs" and do more jams) - can make the problem harder and more fun.

Start as low as possible on the right side of the boulder's cut off vertical face. Traverse left on slopers to the top, and then either mantle up, or continue traversing left and down until you can swing your feet around the edge of the boulder.

 This is F1 from the Mayer & Moret online guide. "Hand traverse. Probably V1+ or 2.. go right to left. Crux is reaching past the slopey bit just before the highest point and again the part after it going back down."

This U-Mound classic is on par with The Manatee (in my opinion) but strangely, it sees far less traffic. Perhaps it's the really bad landing or hard to reach start? Either way, this is a must do. While it is definitely easier and not quite as tall as the The Manatee, it requires a different level of commitment and risk.  

  Can also be linked via a low start on the arete which makes it a formidable hard line for those who have U-Mound dialed.

Sit start from jug to horizontal then over the top.

One of the taller lines at U-mound, though this would still barely qualify as a highball in many areas. Technical and insecure climbing to go along with a strong reputation still make this a desired tick.

 There used to be an unstable plate about the size of a kitchen table that rocked back and forth in the landing area that has since migrated down the hill and settled.

 Work up into the big underclings then ooze your way out to where you can grab the good hold over the lip with your left. Match briefly and reach up to a right crimp and match, now hoist your foot up over the lip onto the previous hold and some how reach out left to a hard to see sidepull. Work your way up crimpy side pulls until you can reach some rounded holds on top and start paddling.

 This is problem H1.5 from the Mayer & Moret overview map. "The Manatee direct The top has a pair of bolts for the face problem above the undercling; nice powerful moves; the crux is getting your feet up on that face. Really high -- high enough you want several crash pads    and high confidence or, better, use a rope; feels like V3/V3+, but working    it without rope makes it feel a lot harder -- making the last moves on the rounded top is somewhere between exhilarating and terrifying...  Last time I was there, some idiot had chopped the bolts."

On the back side there's a tricky crack that arcs up to the left. (Balance is interesting -- you have to force your body in a  somewhat unnatural position to keep frictioning; top is easy.) Perhaps V1+? Can also be done from a sit-start in the crack.

From the Mayer & Moret online guide, "On the right (east), overhanging side is some reconstructed "hueco" quite high up after a sequence of very thin edges -- definitely a hardman problem (no guess as to the rating); it too had one bolt, now chopped."

 Very tall, with bad landing.

 I'm adding this one because it's pretty inspiring. I haven't done it, and don't know the grade. If anyone has more detail, please add it.

Starting on the arete just below The Murray Highball and finishes via the crack.

Crux is pulling off the ground. You can either start matched on the lower black feature (significantly harder, due to lack of feet), or reach up and start with your left hand on the next higher black feature. Crimp to a mantle move, then stand up and collect yourself for some easy but heady crimping to the top. Downclimb is on the opposite side.

 This is problem E2 from the Mayer & Moret overview map.

From the Mayer & Moret online guide, "Overhanging crack; nice short problem from a standing start (say V1+); a sit-start is possible, but silly, because it is so much harder (vanishing feet under the overhang; perhaps V4)."

The problem with an obvious big knob in the middle, and a smaller knob along the left arete. Start sitting with both hands underclinging, and work around to grab the knob. From there, it's an awkward throw to the upper knob with difficult feet. Careful of the boulder behind if you come flying off.

 This is problem E1 from the Mayer & Moret overview map.

First move crux powerful sds. Suck up into the rock and then make a powerful burst to the thin crimp edge. Right hand goes out to a slope that looks worse than it is slap up to the top for a strong mantle to finish.

A cluster of boulders with a variety of problems and a nice sheltered nook to hang out in. Great place to set up "camp" on crisp sunny days.

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Routes in Upper Mound (main upper cluster of boulders)