Start at the obvious blocky jug in the back of the cave, work out blocky jugs up and right then top out.

Cave Right

6 Feet to freedom

Crimps

Cave Left

Starting on obvious blocky jug, go left into the jug slot. Find feet, then work up and over the lip. Doesn't require going to the other blocky holds up and right.

One move lowball, but the one move is worth doing while you're here.

 Start on an incut slot and blocky crimp rail down low; finagle some feet on (several options) then explode up and top out.

Step onto the slab on the center of the boulder, traverse right into incut crimps, work up to a slopey sidepull then bump to the lip and top out.

 Var: Pull onto farthest right crimps and traverse the opposite way, climbing onto the slab and then topping out left.

Big sloping boulder on the hillside right next to the random bottle boulder. Features a juggy shallow cave on the downhill side, a concave slab on the uphill, and levels out toward the top of the hill.The Arete just right of "Cave Right" is another problem, about as difficult as the other two, with a sit-start. And a traverse has been done from "Cave Left" going right to "Crimps", although the massive ledge in the middle takes out some of the excitement.Directly uphill is another boulder with a traverse called "Backslapper", about V6. The stand-up finish (sw arete) is about V4. There are dozens more established problems at the Tick Ranch that didn't make the guidebook, as they are a little harder to find. Hopefully, they will be added into future editions.

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Routes in Big Slopey