A classic line that I am really surprised that I couldn't find online before. Perhaps an FA by me -- likely a barefoot first ascent. Start on Chocolate and Cheese V2 on the Open Gates Boulder. Traverse left then slightly down into the middle of Open Gates V4/5. Finish up by executing the crux of Open Gates and topping it out. Initially FA'd barefoot by me, which probably made it harder than it had to be -- but also more fun. Felt like a V7 or a soft V8 since I couldn't get the left foot down to the jug foot for the crux of Open Gates -- some other beta would probably soften this up a bit so some repeats are welcome!

Open Gates Extension

Open Gates

Kung Fury

Vomitorium

Double Rainbow

Gatekeeper

Flugelhorn

Chocolate and Cheese

Sit-start to Open Gates. Starts in the hueco down and right. Getting of the ground is the crux. Lift off the ground using mental fortitude that your bicep doesn't burst and fall into a slopey crimp. Get a heel toe cam in the hueco and reach up for a weird 2-3 finger sideways pocket. lock that off to the crimp on open gates, busting left to the pinch and throw to the finish. 

  I've searched for a first ascentionist to what I thought was an obvious problem. The only thing i have found is that Luke Parady may have done this problem many many years ago but the person was unsure. So if anyone knows, I'm all ears!

Sit start on the far left side of the overhang. Crux is a fun dyno off a left-hand pinch.

Kung Fury has the same start as Flugelhorn, but instead of topping out directly up, you move left behind the tree on small sharp crimps.

We started seated off a right handed crimp with a left heel hook, and moved up onto slopers before continuing left towards flugelhorn's topout. Finishes with a fun mantle. It's a pretty fun lowball sloper battle and figured more people aught to try it out. 

 Name is just something fun we thought of and the grade is a guess. This line was already pretty clean so I assume it has been done before by someone. I figured I would go ahead and post it here, but if you have any information on it then please let me know. 

Start low on pockets, traverse up right and top out behind the tree.

Short, steep, pinches & compression on the far right side of the boulder.

Start on obvious diagonal shelf in the middle of the boulder and then up and over the bulge on huecos and horns. A variation of continue to the left side of the crack is also possible and a smidge harder. Obviously been done before but no info here. If it already has a name, feel free to edit.

Like many of the boulders at the Holies, this one has recently seen some development and now offers one of the most popular moderates in the area. That being said, there's clearly still more potential yet to be sussed out.

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Routes in V: Open Gates Boulder