Pass the Sputnik Boulder like you are going up to the main area for the Lower Satellites and the Third Flatiron. Do a big S-turn past some other boulders and you will come to a fork in the trail. Go left towards the main Satellites area and the huge wall immediately on your left is The Wave.

Low Frequency ascends the left side of The Wave's massive west face a few feet right of an obvious low angle crack that goes to the top. Go up the slab to a couple holds below the bulging topout and pull up and over.

Low Frequency

Midrange

Riding the Wave

Catching Waves

High Frequency

Angular Momentum

The Wave Traverse

Making Waves

Wave Overhang

Pass the Sputnik Boulder like you are going up to the Lower Satellites. Do a big S-turn past some other boulders and you will come to a fork in the trail. Go left towards the main Satellites area and the huge wall immediately on your left is The Wave.

What seems like the best way to do this problem is to start on the far left at the crack and traverse to the right - staying low the whole time - 60 feet or so to good holds on the southwest corner. A good warm up or warm down on mostly small holds and every bit as good as the Tree Slab Traverse on Flagstaff.

Pass the Sputnik Boulder like you are going up to the main area for the Lower Satellites and the Third Flatiron. Do a big S-turn past some other boulders and you will come to a fork in the trail. Go left towards the main Satellites area and the huge wall immediately on your left is The Wave.

Midrange ascends the middle of The Wave's massive west face. Look for some decent holds up under the bulging topout and that's it. Do a thin slabby move straight up to the holds under the bulge and pull up and over on easy terrain.

Traverse the top lip of the wave boulder from left to right.  The feet get thinner as you go but the lip is bomber the whole way.  Topout at the end of High Frequency.

Pass the Sputnik Boulder like you are going up to the main area for the Lower Satellites and the Third Flatiron. Do a big S-turn past some other boulders and you will come to a fork in the trail. Go left towards the main Satellites area and the huge wall immediately on your left is The Wave.

The southwest corner is prominent and overhanging on its south side. Catching Waves goes to the top on the south side of the arete. [Climb the south and overhanging side of the arete from the good edge.] Start low on obvious incut edges on the southwest corner. Slap up the rounded corner until you find a place you can hold on and go with your right to the obvious edge just below the lip. The top-out moves are fairly tame after you've overcome the burlyness below. Pretty fun

Benningfield mentions this problem in Colorado Bouldering Vol. I, but gives no details including the name, grade or FA info. Although I've given it a name here (which goes along with the wall its on) so that its not just another unknown or unnamed problem, if anyone knows the real name, feel free to leave a comment and I will submit a correction.

Peace.

Pass the Sputnik Boulder like you are going up to the main area for the Lower Satellites and the Third Flatiron. Do a big S-turn past some other boulders and you will come to a fork in the trail. Go left towards the main Satellites area and the huge wall immediately on your left is The Wave.

High Frequency ascends the right side of The Wave's massive west face about ten feet left of Making Waves and Catching Waves, both of which start low on the southwest corner. Look for a prominent ledge system about 10 feet up and 4 feet from the top. Climb straight toward the ledge sytem and over.

Approach the Lower Satellites. As you pass the huge wall known as The Wave on the left, an obvious arete problem will be right in front of you on the trail.

Ascend the sloping arete and arching ridge to the top and pull over. Although it was covered in lichen the first time I got on it, particularly up high, others certainly had touched the first couple holds and may have climbed it. If so, I will retract the FA claim and rename it accordingly.

Peace.

Pass the Sputnik Boulder like you are going up to the main area for the Lower Satellites and the Third Flatiron. Do a big S-turn past some other boulders and you will come to a fork in the trail. Go left towards the main Satellites area and the huge wall immediately on your left is The Wave.

The southwest corner is prominent and overhanging on its south side. Making Waves goes to the top on the west side (or just left) of the arete. Begin on the obvious incut edges on the corner. High-step and do a reachy move to a good edge up on the face. A couple more moves on edges and you will be pulling over the top leftof the arete.

The holds higher up on this problem were inundated with lichen the first time I started working it. I sent it with Ben soon thereafter. Although the starting edge was covered in chalk, I assumed this was from people trying the more obvious line around to the right mentioned in Benningfield's guide to Colorado Bouldering (herein called Catching Waves), which ascends the south side of the same arete.

Pass the Sputnik Boulder like you are going up to the main area for the Lower Satellites and the Third Flatiron. Do a big S-turn past some other boulders and you will come to a fork in the trail. Go left towards the main Satellites area and the huge wall immediately on your left is the west face of The Wave.

The Wave Overhang is on the south side of the rock. Start low under an overhang on the right, move left to positive edges and surmount the bulging overhang without using the huge horn out right.

Short but maybe worth doing if your trying to get in a circuit of problems.

Description

Protection

Routes in The Wave Boulder