Start seated underneath the overhanging section of the lion's nose.  Climb up to overhanging section of the nose and mantel directly over the middle of it (without going out left or right).  Basically start under the nose and climb into the Nostrils.

The Nostrils Sit

The Nostrils

Mane Mantel

The Eye Sit

The Eye

Start standing with hands matched on the "nostrils" of the lion and mantel directly over the middle of the nose.  No cheating by going out left or right.  Just a pure mantel over the overhanging middle section.  Burly.

In an old Supertopo discussion from 2007, John Bachar himself described this boulder has having some "bad ass mantels," including this one.

Run and jump (or just jump) to the lip on the right (north) side of the Lion's Head boulder and mantel over.  Not too strenuous but somewhat dynamic. This one required a lot of cleaning, but it feels solid now.

From a sit start, climb up to the "eye" hueco and mantel over.

From a standing start, use the lion's eye to mantel over the nose.

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Routes in Lion's Head