Climb up on positive holds to gain a downward pointing spike.   Pull right passed this onto the slab.

The slab is straightforward, but tall.

Problem A

Mooned

Sidewinder

Problem C

Junior's Arete

Buttermilk Gem

Burger Barn Boogie

Junior's Achievement

Problem B

Thin face climbing on barely-there crimps leads to an awkward crux near the top. Taller folks sometimes start from the left. One of my favorite lines in Buttermilk Country!

This problem is somewhat obscure but surprisingly it climbs really well if you like difficult slab boulder problems. To the right and around the corner from the featured face with a few unnamed easier problems, find an obvious 'hold' (clean looking sloping horizontal edge) to the right of the arete. It's possible to start matched on this hold with a high foot but it might be kosher to use a higher right crimp as well. In any case, rock onto the slab with difficulty and use magic feet, body english and thumb press shenanigans to move up the face. At some point it's possible to reach left to better holds or stay straight and right with a few more tenuous moves, but either way the crux is done. Height and technique dependent and as such hard to rate, but well worth it if you enjoy this kind of tomfoolery.

A very powerful intro leading to a delicate and technical upper section!

Sit start on a glassy rail matched or with a bad undercling just to the right. Pull off the ground with difficulty and deadpoint up to a small but decent crimp. Don't dab and move up lefty to a worse hold. From here make a few more hard powerful moves to slopers above the lip and execute a fine mantel before finishing up the holdless slab.

Steep pulls off the ground on good holds leads to the left facing flake. Surf the flake up onto the slab and continue up easier climbing to the top. This is also the downclimb from the boulder, but a fun problem in its own right.

Stand-start on good edges on the east face then make a move or two up to gain the arete/lip.  Work your way up and right along the arete with good edges on the lip - finish on the easy slab.

An underrated tall slab.

Make a tricky first move to get off the ground onto the slab (crux), then climb straight up just left of the arete.

Crux is down low, pulling on sharp edges. After you're to the lip, just trust that rubber and climb up the face straight up to the top. Do this if you're bored or shutdown by Junior's for the day.

Climb up the steep wall passed a good flake hold.   Gain the slab and cruise to the top.

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