Ironically, the Hidden Boulder is the biggest of the Hillcrest boulders, but that doesn't prevent it from being hidden as you approach it. But once you get there you'll find numerous problems with a few of them being extremely highball. The (downhill) side of the rock is where you'll find the highball stuff on vertical faces, and the steeper stuff is uphill from that and much shorter.
Getting There
From the saddle boulders, take the well-maintained trail above them to the right. The trail ascends a steep slope then turns slightly to the left going to the top of the hill. Stay on this trail until you see the hidden boulder on your right about 50 feet of the trail. You can't miss it.
The Classics
Mountain Project's determination of some of the classic, most popular, highest rated routes for Hidden Boulder:
Traverse - Start just right of "gimme my forty sucka" and traverse left around arete and uphill using all holds. - Classic! ...[more]Browse More Classics in CA
your f.a. info is wrong again guys - maybe you should just leave the f.a. info out if you're not sure rather than ASSuming! here's the correct info before i forget:
- "gimme my forty sucka" was put up by my friend sean brady around the same time we developed the "cow boulder" and i did the problem "space lord" (V1) on "the mother".
-"natural disaster" was put up by mr. rough the same day i did f.a. of "brass monkey" (V2) on the same boulder.
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