Sit start variation to (Lean On Me) Use the two granite edges and some fancy footwork to pull yourself up towards the good rail. Get your balance game on rocking over to the slab and reaching for the top! Although this climb is short it has awesome movement and the granite is stunner.

Lean On Me (Sit)

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Boz Boz Slab

Neil Slab

Ice Troll

Yoda

Jah Pull Up

Ether

Just Keep Swimming

The Deciever (High Stand)

Heavenly War Path

Bros and Cons

Hibbity Dibbity

Time Crunch

The Deciever

Pepper Jelly

Long Dong Silva

Lean On Me

Groove Train

Prince Albert

The Crown

Indigo

Obi Wan

Illmatic

Start on the right side of the Arete and work your way up. The hands start off with decent holds and soon turns into a combination of good technique and brute strength. A true arete battle, worthy of many burns.

Stand start on low crimps with techy feet. Make your way up and left with a big move to a Gaston. Head up to better holds near the lip. Sit start goes at V5, could feel way harder if your tall.

A Boz eh-spe-chi-al. Stand start with right hand on decent crimp on the slab face. Use magical powers to get onto slab reaching for a tiny edge on the face. This is a do what you gotta do kind of climb to get in position. Finish direct to the slopey top-out!

Get your toes warmed up and climb all over the Neil Slab named after the one and only Neil Young! I think if Neil was a climber he would rock the free world by doing the chillest slab with mad style. Slab is on the Esmeralda boulder right side of the fallen tree.

Sit start with left hand on the arete and right hand on the crimp side-pull. Make your way out to the big ledge and go direct for the sloper at the top(dyno). If you can stick it gather your strength to go for the other sloper and give it all you got to the super positive finish. Epic fun line

Start at the base in the crack and move out right to a bigger jug and a good stance. Make a quick left to some crimps and than keep right next to the arete. Crux is sustained vertical crimping with some foot majic using the arete. Finish at the jug close to the top or top it out in the quick but hard finger crack which goes at 11a!

Jah... Rastafari. Start on crimps make a move to the lip and praise Jah as you swim over the top. Super fun and short route.

The boulder problem is on the Gangstar boulder, which also holds Illmatic and a multiple potential double digit projects. Start left hand on a very sharp small crimp undercling/sidepull and a right hand on a sloper rail a little higher up. Either heel hook and bump your right hand up the rail to the top, or bust a phat Dyno from the start holds straight to the lip. After gaining the lip perform a thoughtful mantle and call it a day!

Pretty much eliminate the first crux of the lower hands start. Start with left hand on the high semi crimp rail and right hand on the decent undercling side pull. Balance up and go for the (crux) huge right hand reach up to another small side pull. Hit the left hand on the sloper incut rail close to the lip get psyched and jet for the top!

Take (Heavenly Path) at the Happy Boulders and introduce it to its alpine evil twin (Heavenly War Path). Start off in the crack the same as (Pepper Jelly) make the first couple powerful moves to the jug on the lip of the boulder. Just Like (Heavenly Path) reach up to a right hand crimp on the slab and crank down. Reach for the top and watch your feet, pull over the lip and do a zesty "I just did that" dance...

Esmeralda Boulder is perfect for warming up and this is a great line to add in the circuit. The reason I added + is due to the start which requires a wide stance and high foot to get going. If your short, I'm sorry :( Stand start with left hand on the side pull on the face right hand on a sloping rail. Get a high foot and pull onto the slab. Use the Arete to balance and make your way to the top!!

A classic line on a beautiful boulder! Stand start with left hand on the large under-cling rail and right hand on the arete. Use fancy foot beta and find your own way up, once you make some progress get ready for crux 1. Find a good stance and make a move towards a grey solo nob on the face. If you stick the nob get prepared for crux 2 by reaching up high to a decent semi crimp rail and rock on to the slab. Finish on a beautiful highball slab top out, reaching for a large crack past the slopey lip. A must do climb!!

This might be one of the most enjoyable climbs I've found so far at Hurd Lake! As far as having cool moves, and a spicy finish.. Sit start with left hand on the arete right hand on the low side-pull. Make your way out to the bigger ledge and throw up a heel. Hit the higher awesome crimp with your left hand get sideways and bump your right and up all the way to the lip!! if your short this might feel much harder than V3 but I'm sure if you use crafty beta you can get the send.

This line lives up to its name, once you start pulling you realize your in for some serious burn. Start with left hand on the chest high diagonal crimp rail and right hand low on the good side pull. Use fancy footwork to get through the bottom and towards a higher right hand sidepull/undercling. Once established get ready for a huge lock off reach (which if your short this will feel like V8 or possibly harder)

One of the best lines at Hurd Lake. Flowing climbing on slightly overhanging rock with good holds and a crux at the very top. Sit start with two hands in the amazing crack seam and work your way up to the crimps underneath the roof. Go for the jugs at the lip and traverse left over a smaller boulder. Take a spoonful of that pepper jelly and bust a heel/toe mantle to the positive holds high above. A must do climb!

Start on Jah Pull Up making the first move to the lip, instead of topping it out head for the right finish along the rails. Make one big move to a positive rail finish. Helps to have a wider wingspan, but creative beta can make it possible.

(Stand Start V2) Start with your left hand on the super good rail on the arete. Balance your way up and rock onto the face for the top out.

(Sit Start V5) FA. Boz Mon, This sit start is surprisingly hard and requires effort and good technique. Start with both hands on the small edges and use creative foot beta to bring you into the stand start of Lean On Me

Get your groove on, a super fun climb with great holds all the way up! Crux is the sit start with one left hand on the arete and the right hand on the side pull. Find smearing feet to make your first move to a more positive ledge. Make your way out left and enjoy some slightly overhanging juggy-ness!

Start on the rail on the arete and work your way right(traverse) across the face. Crux is at the end as you make a big right hand move to a decent rail and top out. A very fun fun line. Get on it early or when the sun is going down.Your gonna want at least 3 pads to protect the fall.

This beautiful block is the first boulder you see as you approach Hurd Lake. This tall arete is a majestic and beautiful climb. Start low on the good rail and move up to a right hand Gaston(crux) from there use the good crimps to top it out. Not for the faint of heart, and not a climb you want to fall on

Slab Cruzin' a good boulder to take in the view!

Same start as Yoda but stay left instead of going right to the arete. Crux is using two side pulls about halfway up and finishing left by the crack with a semi mantle of desperation onto a ledge. This route will get better if it sees more traffic!

A contender for best line at Hurd Lake! Stand start in the cave with a left hand on the really good jug and the right hand on the undercling crimp rail. Find small feet on the roof to lift off the ground and match on the good left hand. From there work your way out of the cave by using smart foot work and core strength. Crux is throwing for a sloper/rail out of the cave from tiny crimps, a really fun move. The top-out is also a beast, all around sick line. Give it a go! A rare granite roof climb, seldom seen in the bishop area.

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