A steep face climb with several hard sections, and one devious crux. Quality! The crux is similar to the top slab move of Center Stage, and seems impossible at first.

 Stick clip if you're nervous about the first few moves. Climb straight up to an overlap, step right, then go straight up using horizontals, sidepulls, and smeary feet. Gain a crack and follow this to a fixed anchor.

Hot Flash

This small crag is located near the Boxcar swimming hole on the North Fork of the Boquet River. The crag has two routes, one older route that is now pretty dirty (Heat Wave, 5.10) on the right side, and the other a high-quality, steep face climb (Hot Flash, 5.12a) centered in the face.

 You can set an anchor for toproping via a short, easy rappel. This anchor serves the two known routes, although to toprope Heat Wave you will need some directional gear (the route leans left for its entire length). To access the top, walk right and scramble up a depression in the face.

 The Boxcar swimming hole is also known as Shoebox Falls, and is labeled as such on some maps.

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Routes in Boxcar