Start 5 feet to the left of Central Crack on the right end of a white patch at thigh level. There is an interesting few inch wide smooth sloping hold here that sticks out and is made of darker varnish.

 Go up the small non obvious features up and slightly right towards Central Crack but curving left again just before reaching it near the top.

West Face - Left Side

South Face - The Downclimb

South Face - The Seam

West Face - Central Crack

My wife's balls

West Face - Central Crack Direct

West Face - Left Side Lieback

West Face - Right Side

North Face - Hollow Block

East Face - Undercling

East Face - Left Side Lieback

SW Arête

Start as per Left Side and move up and left as much as possible on thin feet. Use sidepulls just over half way up that are committing to lean on and trust.

A low angle broken crack on the shortest side of the South Face. 

Start four feet to the left of The Downclimb on a horizontal crack and reach left for a sidepull the up.

Go up the crack in the middle of the face continuing into the notch at the top via all of the easiest holds.

This is a sweet traverse that starts just left of the main part of the cave with two hands on a really nice horizonal rail/crack at about head height. Power up to the next rail above it and keep traversing right till you are about middle of the face then shoot straight up on small fingers and pinches. I didn't finish this route as of 10/29/2019..so the FA is up for grabs...I think it goes around V2-ish. We were just visiting the area and it looked like a fun line to work on and it was!  Two pads are really nice to have to keep moving them as the climber traverses.  Have fun!

Start on Central Crack and go straight up the seam rather than the main wider crack that curves left.

Go up the face using crimps and horizontal seams avoiding any major features. Identified by the white spot a few feet up where the varnish has broken off.

Begin on an undercling on the overhung bottom of the boulder that may have a spider web in it. Reach up to the obvious ledge which is at eye level when standing. From here mantel the ledge and follow the seam that begins to angle up and left to a shorter side of the boulder.

 This ledge and the block it is formed by make a medium / high pitched ring when knocked on. This is the origin of the name.

Start on the undercling right of center on sloping feet. Gain a right handed crimp and throw for the next positive looking hold. Many of the moves require quick moves to not be thrown off this steep face.

Start matched on the sloping left facing vertical rail (a 2" dihedral, if you will) and go straight up. Getting both feet off the ground while maintaining control is the hardest move but the excitement isn't over. 

 While the rock quality on this boulder is mostly superb, the top of this face is probably the worst.

Mantel on a sloping varnished ledge around stomach height. Pull up on small crimps that get bigger as you go. Sometimes out right and sometimes out left

This boulder is a mostly square and vertical sided boulder with a very dark and hard varnish on the majority of the exposed rock. It stands alone roughly 100 yards south of the main trail to Black Velvet Canyon approximately 15-20 minutes walking distance from the black velvet parking lot.

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Routes in Black Boulder