This is a nice crack for its grade that starts off the ground with fixed anchors makes for a mellow crack experience. The Ramp also serves as the start for

Independence

(10b) or

Chemical Dependence

(11a).

The Ramp

Livin' On The Edge

Slip...Not!

Grave Line

Corner Crack

Tradding Water

Hike a short way up the cliff side until at the major pine tree that leans into the rock. Right behind this is a nice little 5.12 start to good 5.11 edge climbing on greyish granite. Tricky moves right off the deck give the line its 12 rating, otherwise things are reasonably moderate. Good continuity, good pro, and ususally open. The pine tree kills most of the sun to be had further uphill. This is a recommended route and one that I usually jump on each time I go to Monitor.

This is a fun climb.  Can be a bit slabby especially at the start.  I don't think this is really a .10d except for the first few moves.  After the second bolt the climb becomes easier with larger holds.  The top move after the last bolt is a bit of an overhang and can be a little tricky.

You are able to climb up

Grave Line

and top rope this climb.

From the point where the trail intersects the wall, hike left along the wall passing the leaning tree. Just after the tree and just before the obvious trad crack is a bolted line that runs up on slabby but excellent yellowish rock. Clean solid climbing can be had if you don't get jammed up behind the queue.

Climb up the obvious trad route on the Boulder Wall.  It offers great stemming on solid rock.

Pitch 1.

Climb

Grave Line

, 60’, 8 bolts to a stance.

Pitch 2.

Climb easy terrain past one bolt and then into a mellow corner, placing gear as needed. This corner has certainly been climbed before. After about 50 feet, locate a bolt to your right, and begin moving right into an angled, right-facing corner. Once in the corner, climb up past another bolt then up to a couple stacked blocks. Move right once more, placing gear as needed. Climb into some brownish rock with bolts protecting you to the anchor. Two fun sections await, the first .11-, followed by a fun .10+ bit. An easy 20’ more takes you to a two-bolt anchor, 150’, 5.11-, mixed protection.

Pitch 3.

Move left on easy terrain to a bolt, then move down a move and then upward following bolts to a cool flake feature and a bolt protected move into the start of a fun crack section. Follow this fun broken crack all the way to a nice ledge. This is a good, fun, mixed pitch, 120’, 5.10.

Pitch 4.

From the ledge, climb easily past a few bolts to a short gear section and then a bolt below a small roof feature. Step left around the roof, easy, and continue up to another even nicer ledge below the crux pitch, 60’, 5.8, mixed protection.

Pitch 5.

This has the route's crux pitch - climb 5.9 terrain past several bolts. As the wall steepens, the climbing gets on you. Begin trending right past a couple of bolts, and hit a few stout moves, 11+. After clipping the final bolt, scoot right into a low angled corner. It is easy climbing in this section, but it would be probably wise to bring a finger-sized cam to protect this corner. Once you exit the corner, climb another 15’ on low angled rock to a 3 bolt anchor, 120’, 5.11+, bolts and a couple finger-sized pieces.

Descent:

Option 1. Walk up to the summit and down the gully to the left.

Option 2. Scramble down and right to the anchors atop

Meltdown

, and do a full 35m rap as described on that route page. I would avoid rapping Tradding Water as there are many flakes that could snag your rope. Also you would need a second rope for getting down the long pitch.

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Location

Protection

Routes in 4. Boulder Wall