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  Climb the cleaned face to the left of Widow Left. The climbing is much harder than it looks.

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Double Heelix

The Handyman

Widowmaker

Single Heelix

Widow Leftside

Bitter Smile Stand

Sunset Crack

Some people dont like lip traverse boulder problems. Those people have not climbed Double Heelix. Start on the far right on the obvious spike. Throw a heel up, and start traversing left, past a slopey section, an awkward section, and to the left corner. Top out. Now thats what a lip traverse is supposed to be.

This is an interesting and unique problem that climbs the right side of the main Widowmaker face. It has a sketchy start, strange routefinding, and a hair-raising topout. One must be pretty handy to successfully complete this problem.   

  Start standing on the slab on the right. This slab sticks out from the base of the boulder, so make sure to pad it correctly and be mindful of the edge when you do the first few moves of the problem.  Reach high to a good hold at the lip, pull onto the wall, and start traversing left. Traverse a few moves left, about to the center of the wall, and then figure out the topout. Luckily, the leftward traverse moves one away from the scary slab ledge below, so the topout, though heady, has a pretty good landing below it.

Classic. This climb relies on an obvious pinch hold. Start with your right hand on the pinch (use the cheater stone if need be), and your left on an obvious crimp. Pull up, and throw to the left corner. Keep bumping up the corner to a heroic topout.

Double Heelixs younger sibling. This climb is much more mellow, shorter, and easier than its relative up the hill.

Start sitting on the left arête with your left hand on a good edge. Stand up to a crimp, heel hook left, and reach to a surprisingly good hold. Top out as for Widowmaker.

Start with your left hand on a pinch, and your right on a sloping edge around the corner. Slap to the slopey lip and top  out. The sit start is still a project.

The Davis Boulders answer to Hobbit Hole at P-Way, though this is a bit harder and arguably better than its cousin to the south.  Sit start on the left of the face. Use the left arête and thin holds to gain the crack. Follow the crack up and right to an easy topout. The stand start is V2.  

This area is named after a fallen tree that is suspended above the boulders.

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Routes in The Widowmaker Area