Really Cool, Vertical Climbing Horizontally! This problem is in the lower bouldering field.

Virtizontal

Phat man in the Tub

The Owl

Widow's Walk

Blood Sweat & Chainsaws

The Shocker

Trigger Finger

The Woodpecker

And Then

Sacrificial Lamb

Schisty Pox

Straighty Eight

The Tallon

Ambulation

Cake Walk

Pookie's Hole

The Finch

This climb starts sitting on the sharp arete of the shield like boulder at the bottom of the lower boulder field (just below the stacked boulders with the cave).

Start the same as 'Now', pull left around the arete, and traverse the lip, to the slopey jug at the end of the lip (past tree), then dyno/deadpoint up to the small ledge and mantle out right.

Start on the right side of Emma's Boulder on the sloping rail. Fire across the the face to the crimper at the lip, then continue up and left to the top. Lowball.

The Widows Walk is located in the lower field and is the obvious problem on the stacked boulder that doesn't have a nice landing...

Project on the backside of the large boulder. I spent quite a few hours chainsawing and clearing this area. This is the gem waiting to go. . .

Sit start with your right hand on the AWESOME hueco down low and climb up and right along the right side of the buldge to the top. Crux is the last move before the mantle.

The lowest boulder in the field, Emma's Boulder, has 4 good low ball variations. This problem is the hardest and starts on the center start holds. Throw or dyno from an awkward start to the jug. Crimps top the topout. CAUTION: if you slip after the dyno you will be pecked in he crotch by a very sharp boulder (pictured). Lowball.

Start sitting under the overhang, same as 'Now', pull left around the arete and climb straight up and pull the tricky mantle.

Sit start underclinging the overhanging arete feature. Fire up to a good pinch, then out to the arete. Make a dynamic move to a good sloping jug, then up to the lip and pull a cool mantle move.

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Start Sitting under the small overhang, climb along arete to small smooth flake, throw for the top jug.

This problem is located in the lower bouldering field and climbs the stone with the shield shaped face with chicken pox like features. Sit start.

Climbs the center line of the outcrop directly to the right of the Tallon Boulder. High Ball.

Start low in the small cave, boulder your way up and left to the lip/tip of the Tallon on good holds.

Start on the backside of the big boulder on the center jug down low. Traverse right along good features and then make a few cool moves up the face to the lip and mantle.

Just to the left of Widow's Walk is a short arete which provides a nice warm-up with a bit of a sketchy landing. Start sitting on the jug and traverse left and up to the arete then finish up the corner and mantle or step out left.

Start just to the left of 'Sacrificial Lamb' on the undercling and pocketed crack, shoot for the big sloper, then up to the good flake hold. From there climb crimpers to the lip and mantle.

Start from the center start of Emma's boulder on the awkward starting holds. Fire straight up to a tiny crimper then fire for the lip and cruise to the top, lowball.

This small bouldering area has several nice schist boulders located below a small cliff. The cliff might be good for some beginer top roping 5.2-5.7 and offers some unique hueco features but requires some cleaning. At the base of the cliff is a large HB boulder we call the Tallon. Directly to its right is another set of problems with okay landings. 

    Further down the hill at the bottom of the slope is another two cluster of boulders. There are a quite a few lines, both difficult and easy, on these boulders. Mostly good landings with some poison ivy in the area. Buggy in the spring. I named the place after the large quantity of tree tops which had fallen on top of the boulders. The massive trees have been since chainsawed and cleared away from the problems (Jan. 2012).  

  (If some elder folks know of this area and a have different name please PM me.)

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Routes in Tree Tops, Bethel CT