Sever Block:  

  Sit Start on the far right side of the front, trail facing face of the Sever Block. The start holds might be hard to describe so look for the hold you shoot up to off the sit start. This hold is a medium sized, "flat baseball" type of drop stone, and is very smooth. It should be about chest height.  

  Sit start on two varied knobs, and shoot a right hand up to the aforementioned stone. Continue up through fun move that follow basically directly above the sit start to a dirty top out which I would recommend cleaning before attempting.

Gray Squirrel

Esmeralda

Scissors

Sever Slab Left Traverse

Rock

Paper

Sever Slab Right Traverse

Sever Block:  

  As you approach the Sever Boulder from the trail this will be the first portion of the whole part of the Sever Block (the separated block from the main boulder. This will be the closest face to the trail.  

  To find "Esmeralda" find the dead tree lying on the block. Stand start directly under it with hands matched on the low undercling ledge. Establish feet, pull on, and climb directly up to gain the edge under the tree itself. Trend right from under the tree, and top out to the right of the tree itself. Tree is off...

Sever Block:  

  Easy!!  

  When you approach the Sever Boulder & Block, walk to the clean split between the two. The smaller Block is the Sever Block, the massive boulder being the Sever Boulder. The Sever Block has a cool, shear (but well featured) slab side in the split, and a fun front side where you will find the easy slab problems called; "Rock" "paper" & "Scissors" and also the slab traverses "Sever Slab Left Traverse" and its right counterpart.  

  "Scissors" can be found easily if you locate where the fallen tree crosses the top of the boulder.  

  Start very low (standing) under the tree overhead. Climb the easy face via nice edges to and easy top out. Tree and rear boulder face are both off limits.

Sever Block:  

  Fun and Tricky!    When you approach the Sever Boulder & Block, walk to the clean split between the two. The smaller Block is the Sever Block, the massive boulder being the Sever Boulder. The Sever Block has a cool, shear (but well featured) slab side in the split, and a fun front side where you will find the easy slab problems called; "Rock" "paper" & "Scissors" and also the slab traverses "Sever Slab Left Traverse" and its right counterpart.

 For the "Sever Slab Left Traverse" stand start on the far right side (when looking at the slab side of the Sever Block). Start standing up on the small block at the low portion of the arête on the right side of Sever Block. Start with a right hand low on the acute arête, left above the right and also on the arete.  

  Traverse low along the fun slab across the blocks entirety to reach the far left side. No top out required, just continue to walk up and scramble up onto the low blocky portion at the far left side.

Sever Block:  

  Easy!!  

  When you approach the Sever Boulder & Block, walk to the clean split between the two. The smaller Block is the Sever Block, the massive boulder being the Sever Boulder. The Sever Block has a cool, shear (but well featured) slab side in the split, and a fun front side where you will find the easy slab problems called; "Rock" "paper" & "Scissors" and also the slab traverses "Sever Slab Left Traverse" and its right counterpart.  

  "Rock" is the left of the trio "Rock, Paper, Scissors." that are found on the back side of the Sever Block in the split, on the slab face.  

  Find the point where the tree lays across the top of the split. Walk past the midpoint of the slab face, to the left side before the point where the face diminishes. Start on good feet and low rails. Continue up through thin hands to easy top out.

Sever Block:  

  Easy!  

  When you approach the Sever Boulder & Block, walk to the clean split between the two. The smaller Block is the Sever Block, the massive boulder being the Sever Boulder. The Sever Block has a cool, shear (but well featured) slab side in the split, and a fun front side where you will find the easy slab problems called; "Rock" "paper" & "Scissors" and also the slab traverses "Sever Slab Left Traverse" and its right counterpart.  

  "Paper" can be found if you locate the point where the overhead tree crosses the split. now walk 5 or 6 feet left to the mid portion of the slab face. find the large flat ledge at the bottom of the block. Stand start low there and work to the easy top out.

Sever Block:

 Fun, Tricky, and a little silly since youre slabbing downhill...

 When you approach the Sever Boulder & Block, walk to the clean split between the two. The smaller Block is the Sever Block, the massive boulder being the Sever Boulder. The Sever Block has a cool, shear (but well featured) slab side in the split, and a fun front side where you will find the easy slab problems called; "Rock" "paper" & "Scissors" and also the slab traverses "Sever Slab Left Traverse" and its right counterpart.  

  Go to the far left side of the slab face on the Sever Block. Start where hands can comfortably match with a stand start on the face at the far left side. Traverse the low length of the slab face to the left side. End when your right hand is in control on the acute right end arête. For added spice (and more cool points) once you gain the right side arête, continue up the arête to top out at the left side of the tree that is across the split.

Sever Block is unique and host to several easy-going, fun, short boulder problems. If you haven't been climbing long, you'll enjoy checking this block out, and ending your day here. the holds are knobby and crimpy and inside the split is a slab face with multiple short slab lines that are as soft as your puffy jacket...

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