Climb up the right-leaning arete on the south side of the boulder. Slide over to the slabby topout after gaining the top of the arete.

Constrictor

Asp in the Grass

Rattlesnake

Sidewinder

Red Touches Black

This is a slightly reachy route on good holds with a bit of a bunchy start.

Find the knee bar at the bottom of the overhang, and position your body to the left of it. Work right to the chockstone (rattle), and then link up with Sidewinder, and top out to the right of the overhang. The shelf for the kneebar is angled and long, so it's forgiving for short or long legs. 

  The route is slightly harder if you choose to avoid the sketchy chockstone. It's very loose, but it cams in if you pull down on it.

Climb a short traverse from the jug at the bottom of the SE corner.

Black Mamba Boulder is an odd, black boulder studded with quartz and lumps of iron under the power lines. It is highly featured and much smoother than the typical granite in the area making it an excellent warm-up boulder. Be watchful for loose rock. I pulled off a few large chunks when feeling out routes that I thought were solid. 

  The rock seeps a bit after rains suggesting that it is riddled with cracks and probably won't hold up well to freeze thaw cycles and will likely shed quite a bit every spring.

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