Ethan Saffer

Classic climb for the valley

Awesome problem. Hard for me even in pretty ideal conditions with good beta. So psyched to finish it up

Probably feels better when it’s cold out. First big move may be crux. Top out is harder if you try to stay left, going straight up through incut crimp seam get you to jugs and is a bit easier

Hard to grade. Take your pick from V6-V9. Probably double digits if it’s hot out. Fun problem though definitely worth doing

Worth doing for some extra moves

Another good easier problem

Big fun move to the lip

Fun problem with just enough good holds to not be too crazy

Turned out to be way easier than I initially thought after the seam was throughly cleaned. Super fun movement out a cool feature

Funky start to powerful fun moves. Hardest one on the boulder so far. Psyched!

Had to come back for revenge on this one after the nasty knee pop. Thankfully still went without having to heel hook. May be soft for the grade, went down pretty easy after beta was all sussed out

Fun moves out a rad feature. Topout has gotten better and better with more cleaning. So much moss… now for the sit

Rough first move. Both topouts are good but the right version just feels more satisfying!

Hard couple of moves to an exciting top out. Scope the top for sure before heading up this one

Fun problem, great landing zone for tall-ish top out

Climbed way better than it looked initially. Move to the lip is awesome! Right hand start hold sounds hollow (hence the name) but pretty sure it’s not going anywhere

So psyched this went from the sit. Move to the lip is amazing!

Fun warm up on a cool feature

Fun alternate finish to the original line!

Great problem! Love the pocket!

Great problem with fun holds and good movement

Hard, tensiony, cool first moves through an unreal pod into a fun topout. Great find by Malcolm!

Fun little linkup, cool big move out left to the arete hold is probably the crux

Felt hardest out of all the lines. Didn’t go around the corner cause that didn’t seem like much fun but may add a grade to do that variation

Smaller than it looks in picture. Nice warmup, cool top out hold

Cool moves through weird and cool features

Did the described line, also did a variation moving left hand to side pull rail and going straight up through jug rails. Felt about the same grade and a little more fun this way

Kind of fun to do just because it’s there, not even close to as good as the traverse. Could start left hand lower on a side pull but seemed a bit silly, made the start super thrutchy and dabby for the butt and right knee

I think this could be my favorite problem of the whole area. Clean solid rock, aesthetic feature, fun movement, and a great topout. Maybe hard V4, easy V5, hard to say. A must do in my opinion

Hard two mover into good topout

Pretty crumbly rock down low, holds I used seem solid though. Fun move into the start hold, otherwise detracts quality from the stand

Fun climb through the flake. It’s hollow but should stay attached as long as it doesn’t get pulled out on too hard

May be as hard as the arete, just not quite as good

I like the name cause I’ve walked right past this thing before… didn’t feel too hard after the first move. May even be soft at 8 but really cool movement on pretty good rock

Felt hard. Hope the left hand start hold doesn’t break someday. Good find

Fun climbing, would get another star if all the holds didn’t ring like a drum when you use them

Tried this just to do something different on the boulder, ended up being way more cool and fun than I thought. Feels probably a grade easier than endless numbered days but harder than everything else on the boulder. Likely much harder if your short

Amazing! The holds, the position, the texture all incredible! Not sure if I did this first or not, all chalk washes off the arete with any rain so hard to tell if anyone has climbed on it. Might be the best line in the area. I’d call it Riverdance if it were up to me…

Felt pretty hard even with what I assume is the right beta. Great problem, wish it was climbable for more than a few months out of the year

Some cool holds on this one. Need low water levels for the start

Wow what a cool problem! Just enough holds in just the right places, wild improbable feeling beta. Tough to say how hard it is, hardest part for me was figuring out how to do it.

Felt harder than eggs and bacon to me. Used some pretty morpho beta, may be harder for short folks

Started matched on the sloper rail (which is hollow and May break one day). Cool movement through the triangle hold, nice topout. Felt a bit soft. Only loses a star when compared to lines on the main breakfast boulder

Really cool line with fun movement. Maybe harder than v6

Matched horn and topped out path of least resistance. Not sure if this is the line for red handed or just another stay, definitely the most logical way up the boulder. Either way, amazing stone. Do this boulder

Glad I’m not the only one who thought this thing was way harder than v1

Felt like solid V7 to me, but could have been using bad beta. Cool features and movement on good rock, definitely worth doing

Hard first move

Cool problem, took me a minute to figure out the beta. Definitely worth doing if your in the area

Might be V9 if your short. More of a test in pain tolerance on the first right hand crimp than anything. That low start looks nails

Fun problem on some cool features

Better start to the left finish in my opinion

Not V10 with kneebars. Underclings and right hand flake crimp at the top of the big hueco are all hollow and flexing. If you don’t want to kneebar then bring some glue so this fun problem continues to exist

Not a fan of this topout compared to the other line(s) to the right

This is a really good rock climb, classic for the valley. Top seems like it’s cleaned up, not choosy now

Kind of a joke this is the same grade as it’s neighbor… don’t know which grade is the accurate one

Super hard for the grade. Climbs through awesome features. Painful thank god crimp at the top

Jug underclings to 2 jug rails, I think this thing is super cool

Tree branch encroaching on line. Top is the hardest part

Unique roof sequence. Cool but painful pocket just in the right place. If there’s an easy, secure way to do it I sure didn’t find it

Maybe hard V9/soft V10. I’ll take 10 points, that topout is no joke after the hard start. Classic must do for the valley

Great problem, choss below the start hold but that doesn’t really matter

Awesome feature, somewhat contrived avoiding the wall to the right. Way easier for the tall, definitely think V10 for those under 6’

Fun sit start, not sure it adds 2 grades…

Great problem, one of the best at the quarry

All the crimps flex but climbs so good

Best and definitely hardest problem on the boulder. Psyched to have figured it out!

First right hand ear hold broke, beginning is much harder now. Resent now feels like hard V7 or V8

Slightly harder than eternity’s gate, very fun problem

Amazing problem

Cool, hard, a bit painful

I did not enjoy this problem

Feels impossible when it’s warm out. Pretty height dependent. Very fun moves, sidepull is amazing

Hard turning the lip especially with pine needles in all the good pockets

Got a face full of tree on the topout

Probably V8 the way WTM does it in the video, but easier beta possible if you’re tall

Hard. Took 2 sessions. Fell off last move 3 times before send. If you dyno this from the bottom you are superhuman. Feels harder than worst comes to worst IMO

Good warmup, dirty topout

Holds you need are clean, otherwise covered in lichen. Once you find the holds it's a fun exit

hard to find holds up top, overall great problem

Really cool features to climb on. A little rough on the skin but definitely worth doing

Awesome problem, definitely easier for the tall

Another cool problem on this awesome boulder

one move wonder into V7. Awesome problem

IMO not any harder than float on

Cool slopey rail holds. First flake crimp is flexing, will be much harder if this breaks someday

Fun cross move off undercling, topout is kind of funky

Awesome problem. Unless this is an eliminate there is no way it's V10.

Great problem, might be best of the grade in the wolf creek pass area

Very fun problem, steep but juggy

Incredible problem. Definitely harder for shorter folks

Awesome rail traverse on a gorgeous boulder. Top is scary if you don't scope it out before you're up there, clean landing though

can't believe that flake hasn't broken yet... Update 7/2022: …and it broke. Left behind a smaller hold and probably goes with the same beta but it’s still hollow and probably going to break more. Much more fun/solid variation goes around v6 starting on the rail after the crux of the v5 traverse then moving up and right with a right facing crimp side-pull then going up with left to a solid crimp rail before throwing right to the lip

Hard top-out, easier than traverse if you're tall

Slippery feet, cool problem with fun movement

Tough start, a bit rough on the skin and tree branch detracts a little from the topout, but still fun

Awesome problem

good warm-up