Pull on from small crimps at about 6' high, both of which are from a small flake.  There is a small rail for both of your feet.  Make a big fun move to the right onto another small crimp at the top of a flake.  Work your way up that flake and reset your feet on the face below you.  Throw really big again to the right, aiming for a sloper.  Matel onto the less steep terrain (crux) and climb the easy slab topout. 

  There is a sit start which I was told is V11, it's all yours.

Evolution

Revolution

Terrorist Left

Downward Spiral

Spiral Tap AKA Kemple's Direct

Woodfords Reserve

Monkey Press

Mothra Stewart Variation

Mothra Stewart

Blaow

Storm Traverse

Brett's Mom

Zap Left

Glass Blower (aka Pygmies & Cornrolls)

Pikachu

Polish Terrorist

Four Eyed Blues

The Three Graces

Further Down The Spiral

Monkey Crotch

Blaow's Cousin

The Wizard

Mothra Stewart Left

Vintage

Mr. Natural

Ride the Lightning

Tessa

Innovator

Revolution Left

Warrior

Indiana jones

Squeeze Play

Storm Pockets

Terrorist

Fun moves on big edges and pinches take you through some dikey and potentially loose rock to the top of this blunt arete. Height and jumbled landing conspire to warrant a highball designation.

A one move wonder.  Sit start with a crimp/gaston for your left hand and a small but good flake for your right.  The feet are decent, but once you pull off the ground, dyno with every bit of energy you can find (steal it from other people if you need to) and latch a crimp somewhere around 7' up.  Using another crimp and a jug up and left, topout through the groove.

The left version of Terrorist. Although they share the same name, this climbs like an independent line. If you like Terrorist, you'll like this line too. Another bit of Pawtuckaway trickery.  

  Start on the chalked jug left of Terrorist that Squeeze Play starts on and head straight up. There's an obvious good spot on the arete/lip. Get your feet up, and from here figure out how the heck you're going to get onto the slab (crux).

The extended start to Ride the Lightning.  Squat/sit start with two holds in the crack and a good right foot.  Make a big move left to grab a sloper, drop right hand into the left start hold, then work your feet left.  Match the sloper (crux) and move to a jug or an undercling before grabbing the holds of RTL.  Finish on RTL. 

  The moves can be fun, unfortunately, the problem is wet most of the time.  It is rare to find it in climbable condition.

Stand start the horizontal to the left of the tree. This tree separates "Further Down the Spiral" and "Brett's Mom". Pull on to the wall and move up to a sharp diagonal rail and bump or go big the better one. From here, figure out some tricky foot beta and reach up lefty for an edge. From here another move or two gains the slopey lip and a rad sloping mantle.

Sit start on a decent left hand crimp and a tiny right hand crimp pick some feet and make the crux move into a gaston up and right. From here, make a strenous move up to the jug below the lip. Hit the lip and top out.

Left of the Mothra Stewart start is another super hollow flake that feels like it'll rip out.   The sit start starts here. Otherwise, I started out with my left hand here and my right hand up on a good sidepull. Crank up to a crumbly crimp and make your way right into Mothra Stewart and finish on the climb. 

  This guy is less reach dependent than the original and therefore more shorty friendly. If you're not tall enough to ride Mothra Stewart, check out the variation and have your ogre sized buddies do the original.

Start on a hollow sidepull flake. Reach up to an undercling crimp in the roof above your head, a jug, a long move, and a hard bump get you to the key hold. Tension and good footwork get you to the jugs. Keep calm because the jugs get smaller at the top.

Start high on two crimps above head height (they are bad!!) Deadpoint all points off to jug up and left. It looks possible, but it isn't. 

  For a V5 boulderer I have decent crimp strenght. I can support my body weight on these crimps and pull up with feet on, but man i can't imagine what kind of training it would take for me to feel confident dyno-ing off these crimps.

A cool sloper traverse that scales the appealing sloping arete from the very right side of the Mothra Stewart headwall all the way to the Storm Pockets topout. A fun problem that shares the crux with it's classic neighbor (storm pockets), which will feel even harder after all the pump. A good problem worth doing if you like this sort of thing.

Sit start on a good hold in the crack just right of the tree (same as for Glass Blower (aka Pygmies & Cornrolls)). Move up to a smiley face edge. A big move to a sloping rail over the lip, move right and up for the tough mantle (find a crimp for success!). Dynamic, delicate, fun!

Start on horn to the left of Zap sitting on a rock. Move right on crimps into Zap and finish the same. Fun line with a hard cross off the start and a nice feeling gaston on the first good crimp of Zap.

Although wet most of the time, when dry, this crack traverse/dyno problem is great.  Sit start on a jug in the crack just right of the tree.  Follow the overhanging crack to the right with good feet.  Just past the tree, slot your L hand into a vertical crack, grab a bad crimp on the R face, and dyno R hand to the lip (crux).  Once you match the lip, you can work out a thrilling topout. 

  keith climbing Glass Blower 2013 

youtube.com/watch?v=MIGV_eI…

 

A fun problem that be climbed with long power moves or with short beta intensive trickery.  

  Start on a neat sloper/knob thing poking out of the rock that has a good ridge in it and a sloper to the right of this. Follow the lip to the left by slapping along slopers and some good crimps until you reach the little peak of the lip. From here, find the holds you wanna use and pull a tough mantle. Run up to the top. 

  Here's a video of the problem: 

youtube.com/watch?v=Ov58IrL…

Sit start of Terrorist.  

  Edited to Add 9-12-07. Thank you Tristan Perry.   The start is extreme lowball (scary, you're almost lying down) and it's really hard to pull off the ground, let alone get on with the rest of the problem. That is by far the hardest move on the entire problem. Small but positive crimps follow up and right to the rest of the Terrorist to gain the starting stance for Terrorist.

Sit start to the right of Mr. Natural on small crimps or slopers on the arete. Pull on and make a few tedious moves to reach a mega jug and top out on the slab with confidence.

This is the obscure and slightly more difficult right variation of Ride the Lightning.  Start as for Ride the Lightning and get both hands up to the crack.  Rather than move left along the crack, undercling the top of it and bust straight up to a tiny crimp below the lip with your right hand.  Snag the lip and move left to pull the mantle.

The extended sit start to The Three Graces.  Essentially this is Downward Spiral with the alternate ending.  Start as for Downward Spiral in the grove of trees with two holds in the crack and bust left to the perpetually wet sloper.  Continue left into the start of The Three Graces and finish it up.  As with Downward Spiral, if it's dry, climb it because it might be your only chance!

For this one move wonder start left in a small seam and right on sloper both on the apex of the feature. Smear your foot out left and pull/slap up to the top.

A cool variation on a crimp testpiece. Start as for Blaow on two small crimps. Find your feet and instead of dynoing to the jug straight up, cross up and right to the cool sidepull pinch. Fire up and right to some better crimps then top 'er out.  

  A sweet jump start variation goes to this at about v7. Start holding the right starting crimp, find out which foot you want to keep on the ground, then jump and catch the sidepull pinch with your left hand. Finish up the same way.

This is a never-done crimp problem that tackles the blunt prow directly below the topout of 'Pygmies and Cornrolls'. It's incredibly sharp and I highly recommend avoiding it unless you are desperate for a tick and even then I feel that you should think about it. 

  Sit start on a good RH sidepull and bad LH crimp. Bump your right to a sharp crimp, and decide how much you want the send. Do you want it so bad that you would be willing to lose enough skin/blood that you would be out for the day? If so, than continue onward! Jump for a good crimp, and keep an eye on your fingers as they start to throb and bleed. It'll feel like crimping a katana. Hit the slopey crack before jumping to the lip. Topout same as Pygmies and Cornrolls, and curse yourself for ever attempting this god-forsaken pile o' pain.

Start on two underclings, then dyno to a jug. Trend right a little and finish on Storm Pockets.

A fun variation to a classic climb. Start as for Mothra Stewart but once you make the long reach and the hard match keep moving left for another move or two and make a huge iron cross to a far jug (crux) from there continue straight up the face on some smaller holds and topout high off the deck.

Sit-start on a thin crescent-shaped flake.  Move up thru decent edges and bulbs on the steep wall with keen footwork to a series of sharp diagonal crimps.  As the chalk disappears and the holds get worse, find your way to the top with inconspicuously small edges on the steep slab.

A classic and committing intro to the grade. Squat start with an obvious jug (flexes so pull down) and a right foot way out right and pop up to the crack with your right hand. Bring your left hand up and match in the crack. Step up to the starting jug and cross right hand to next crimp (bad). Left hand to bad undercling, then move feet, bump left hand to crimp below topout, move up feet into the crack and grab those slopers. Moving from the crack to the crimps and then the lip is the short crux.  Get a heel and mantle for all you're worth.  Make sure you climb up the back side to brush off pine needles. Not to be missed.

This route goes left off of the start holds of Mr. Natural. Start in the flake, reach left and then fire right to the gaston crimp. Proceed to traverse up and left into Warrior.Go hard and exit the slab to the right, or exit straight up to the jug (depends on how strong you’re feeling

This tricky arete is either super crimpy or powerful depending on your beta.  Either way, sit start with a good knob/jug for your left hand and your right on a small crimp.  Pull off the ground and get your right foot up below your right hand before dropping into a sidepull/undercling crimp.  Now you can either throw for a good rail or bump up slopers/crimps to get there slower.  Once you get your foot up on the starting jug, the climbing gets easy.  Finish up the arete to the top.

Sit start, move up short overhanging face on sharp crimps to strange scooping topout directly above start.   Try this one with fresh fingers and watch them as they start to bleed.

I can’t believe this hasn’t been added yet!!This problem is the blunt Arête left of Revolution. Start on the left hand rail crimp either matched or with your right hand on the little ear under the face. The 3 start feet are very bad but more feet present themselves as you traverse into the top of Revolution.I feel it’s v10 to the Revolution top out but if you want to seal  the deal complete the v6 top out and climb the whole Arête.

This is the impressive right-diagonalling finger crack that splits the face between two arete problems. Good locks once you find them, though the crack is often wet. 

  "Graham O" feel that "This classic problem is a test of crack climbing and mental fortitude. Though obvious, aesthetic, and appealing, few decide to attempt it after seeing the landing. Those who decide to try it will be rewarded, as it is very unique for Pway and gives a New England climber a taste of the Buttermilks."

A one move wonder, start on a circular crimp and a low side pull. Pull on and jump to a jug then top out on jugs strait up.  If you try it, try it with lots of skin.

Start squatting to the right of the tree, squeeze through and move left.

Stand start on jug at above head height. Put on feet high on nubbins, deadpoint/dyno to next jugs up, Traverse right on delicate holds and pull over. 

 Note: The previous 3rd jug/rail to the left of the white spot on the face has blown off and the climb cannot be completed as previously described.

 This problem will scare you with its height and the level of commitment required at first but it becomes mentally easier the more pads you have!

Stand start with the obvious sloper ball in your right hand and a left hand on one of the low crimps.  Paste a foot in the corner and pull up to the sloping seam.  Rock up until you get a left foot on the starting crimp and stay balanced enough to free up a hand to crimp the higher seam.  Technique your way up the slab and topout on jugs.  More technical than powerful, but classic either way.

With one of the highest concentrations of hard classic routes, the Storm Boulders offer a virtual playground for strong climbers to explore and get shut down on. Classic V6s reign supreme in the Storm Boulders - Terrorist (V6) and Ride the Lightning (V6) are some of the best in the park and are both incredibly unique. For you super humans this area holds roughly 21 routes V6 and harder. Dont forget to tick off the fun moderates like Zap (V3) and Vintage (V4).

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Routes in The Storm Boulders