Sit start on funky undercling, use pinch rail to fire to letterbox pocket up and right, then mantle up to the left.

The Paver

Bushtits

Electric Spines

Dollar General

Guppy Chompers

Leaf-tosser

Nutcracker

Scrub-jay

Tuff Arete

The Ramper

Brown Creeper

Tuff Grope

Tuff Strangle

Tuff Dog

Dark-eyed

General Tso's Chicken

Blade Runner

Titmouse

Nice Splitter

The Gate Agent

Ed's Traverse

Rail Riddler

Double Arête Project

The Shoveler

Climb splitter fingers, then down climb and jump, or adventure to the top

Sit start on the right side of the boulder and lip traverse up and left on slopers and crimps to a big jug shared with the problem that comes up from the left, Titmouse v3.

Right arête of this cool pocketed boulder. About 3 lines to the left, v2-v3 and a v5 traverse FAd by Ed Strang from right to left starting on Electric Spines arête.

Okay rock, climbs pretty good. Awkward start on right arete and left hand sloper edge. Move left then up on funky pockets, edges.

Perfect toddler project with a neat pocket and mantle move.

Sit start on good holds then move up to chunky Dungeon like edges and traverse left to a rockover move on the left side of the boulder. A some what sloper variation traverses in from the right side. Very short but fun.

Sit start and perform an awkward nutcracking mantle on to the arete or stand start (V0) then up the nice brown edges to the top.

Sit start on left rail and fire up and right to sharp pockets and bigger sloper rail system to crack jug. Several hard moves. Drop back down from here. If the top was cleaned up it would add a neat mantle move and downclimb on the left. Currently there are some large loose blocks making any kind of top out a bit sketch.

Sit start on the left edge in a big pocket and climb the arete on both sides.

Gorgeous polished rhyolite slab with awkward move near the finish

Fantastic moderate! Sit start on large rail and work up and right to funky move then climb up onto the slab, or stay on the right of the arête to the top of the boulder. Super fun.

Stand start with side pulls and/or and undercling. Pull up and slap/grope the arete to the top.

Stand start on good right pocket, left crimpy gaston then up and right.

Fun slab with thin features.    On this boulder L to R there are 4 problems, including this one.   V1 on the left edge on little pockets   V4 very thin smearing and a couple crimps that point the wrong way, kinda lame   V1 Tuff Dog. Probably the best one   V2/3 Donkey Holes. Climbs pockets and thin features on the right side. Be careful of boulder on the right if you fall.

Awkward stand start move above block on sharp pocket then up and left to bigger holds near the top of the boulder. Variation goes up and right on smaller holds. Also a V0 on the right slab.

East side of the General boulder. Very Tuff rock. Stand start up to good edge, slap out right, top it out.  Watch out for boulder on the right when toping out. Pretty rad.

Maybe the best problem here. Sit start on diagonal seam and crimp up and left through techy, thruchy moves, finishes in pockets. Rad!

Short problem, but fun. Sit start and crank through nice crimps and pockets but with poor feet.

Very neat moves on right hand arête lead to a ledge where you can either sketch out right and downclimb a slick slab on the right or downclimb and jump back onto the pad.

Sit start on Electric Spines arête feature, go up a couple moves then traverse left into a good pocket, then continue left on smaller pockets on crimps, with tough thin feet, until you can rock around the left edge and finish. Very sequential, very thin, very fun.

Start on the right side on chunky pocket rails and traverse left on rail-like edges to rockover finish on slab. If it cleans up it'll be a better problem.

Double aretes. Definitely looks doable and maybe the radest feature here. Needs a top rope until the landing is built up.

Sit start on underclings, grab some sloper pockets and right side pull then jump to a rough slot on the lip. Nice rock but kind of an ugly move.

A collection mostly moderate problems on welded tuff/rhyolite boulders and cliff band a short drive, and hike, from Los Alamos. The south facing hillside gets lots of sun, with few trees, making the boulders too hot in the summer but perfect in winter. Lots of thin slabs, aretes and sharp pocked faces will wear your skin down quickly. This boulder field is perfect for a quick sesh, at lunch, after work or when you don't feel like leaving town but it is definitely not a destination area. Fallen trees have been a challenge on the hike up and throughout the boulders the last few years. Scrub oak and locust (Robinia neomexicana) bushes also make getting around a challenge. Regular traffic would likely help this problem.

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