Start sitting on back side of the Elephant Boulder on the left side near a tree. Climb the faint left arete to the top.

Punkass

Triangulation

Slam Dunk

Liquid Nails

Natural Selection

Weekend Warrior

Treefingers

Devolution

129 East

Wanker

Sit start on the arete right next to the trail with a right hand pinch and a left on a sloper around the arete. Pull your ass off the dirt and climb the short arete making use of a cool, vertical pinch/crimp hold in the middle.

Sit start with a big left hand pinch, a right hand gaston, and a good left foot. Crank up to the seam up and right and follow the arete rightwards with good feet to get the slam dunk jug, and top out over the peak.

Start sitting roughly in the middle of the sheer face with a high, left hand crimp and a low, right hand, pinchy hold. Pop right hand to a small crimp, lockoff, and get your left hand into the slot. Crank to a pinchy, crimp feature on the arete and then make a cool move to a big sloper higher on the arete. Continue up the arete with difficulty and top out at the peak.

Start sitting matched on a unique, winged-shaped crimp bar in the small cave and do a low traverse right about 6-7 feet using the crack and slots and then make a blind move around the corner battling the barn door and continue up the rising, slopey arete on marginal holds and feet. Set up and slap your right hand out to the obvious blocky side pull on the face. Keep slapping your left hand up the arete and top out over the peak.Grade is for the original extended start described above.  Grade can range pretty much dependent upon height/reach. Shorter climbers will find it to be harder while taller climbers may find it easier. Perhaps once more feedback comes in we can do a slash grade. Regardless of the grade, just enjoy the movement.

This is essentially the downclimb for this boulder. Start sitting on the far right on the back side of the boulder. Climb up tending slightly to the left.

Stand/crouch start under the steep, undercut bulge with a huge righthand pinch and a lefthand sloper on the arete. Get a heelhook and slap your way up with some different holds to choose from.

Sit start in an elevator-door on a small, right hand, horizontal crimp and a left hand, vertical gaston. Make a long move left to the arete (there is a small intermediate to help). Adjust and finish up through the crux of Natural Selection.

Start sitting low with jugs, then move into more jugs up and right, then top it out. This is a nice warm up.

Start sitting on the back side of the Elephant Boulder in the middle of the face about 4 feet to the left of Weekend Warrior. Climb straight up.

The Elephant Boulder is a 13 foot high, gray, granite beauty. The real attractions are the hard left and right aretes, but it also has a few easier problems, too. This boulder is great in the summer as it gets very little sun.

Punkass

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Routes in Elephant Boulder