Upper East Face

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BETA PHOTO: Blob Rock Area. Original photo by Jack Wyatt.

Description 

Upper East Face is the steep wall on the right side of East Blob Rock.

It has some great, harder routes like Schizofrantic (11b), The Ticket (12a), and The Enlightenment (13b). It also has the most popular multi-pitch sport climb in Boulder Canyon, The Young and the Rackless (9).

Routes from left to right:

A. The Young and the Rackless, 9 **, multi-pitch sport. Start by dead tree.
B. Unknown Right of Young and Rackless, 9+ *, bolts plus gear.
C. Nighthawk, 10a *, gear. Wide crack and corner.
D. Mile High Comic Crack, 12a **, gear.
E. Shock Therapy?, 12-
F. The Enlightenment,13 ****, 8 bolts.
G. Schizofrantic, 11b ***, bolts plus gear.
H. Saturday Treat?, 8
I. Vicious Rumors?, 11
J. The Ticket, 12a ****, 11 bolts.
K. Long Live Rock, 11a **, gear.

Getting There 

Take the trail to Blob Rock. Head right and down below Blob Slab, then cut up the gully on the right side of East Blob. The Young and the Rackless starts by a dead tree; the other routes lie up the gully from there.

The Classics

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BETA PHOTO: East Blob from below.