Climb up the Ant boulder just right of center, straight up from the right side of the large hueco.  There is a crux move up high to reach the lip.

Piss Ant

Trails in the Kitchen

The Ant Traverse

Chocolate Ant

Jason's Favorite

Aunt Bea

Arachnophobia

Ant Arete

Army Ant

This boulder has two left-facing, sloping side pulls, and Chocolate Ant climbs the face between them.  You may find yourself pulling on suspect edges for this one.  Get down by downclimbing the tree to the climbers left.

Straight up on good buckets almost directly behind the downclimb tree on the Ant Boulder. I usually grab the tree to top out.

Start in the crack/seam of

Jason's Favorite

and traverse left, topping out on

Aunt Bea

(V4-5) or Flying Ant (> V5). Many possible variations.

I've only done it by traversing into the two obvious starting holes of

Aunt Bea

and going up from there. This seems like the most natural finish with the boulder's current conditions.

The traverse past the two holes gets quite thin very quickly. I suspect that continuing the traverse to finish on Flying Ant is harder than V5, but probably not by too much.

On the backside of the Ant boulder, start on the good seam and move a little left at the top through some good crimps to top out.  Descend by downclimbing the tree to the climber's right.

On the backside of the Ant boulder, start on the two hand-sized huecos and go pretty much straight up.  The slopers on top make for an exciting top-out.

This is an excellent puzzle problem, and well worth the effort. It took me a bit of work to figure out, though I can usually on-sight a few grades harder. Perhaps it would help if you're a little shorter (I'm 6'1").

Fun arete on the far left side of the back of the ant bolder. Start sitting with a left hand of on sharp fin in the hole and make a few powerful bumps to some nice slopers.

This boulder has two left-facing loafs, and Army Ant climbs the center of the face using the left of the two loafs as a left hand.  Excellent slab climbing using good slopers and positive edges.

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Routes in Ant Boulder