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FA: [Steve Mammen or maybe Mark Wilford?]
Type: Boulder
Consensus: V5-6 [details]
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Submitted By: Peter Franzen on Oct 16, 2001


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The Kahuna Roof, Carter Lake.


Description 

This is is perhaps the most ultra-classic problem at Carter Lake, and is practically a destination by itself. It's located on the steepest overhanging side of the Kahuna boulder. Start with your hands matched on the large half-moon hold, find a way to stick the sloping shelf a few feet up, and then crank a couple more solid moves to top out. Like much of the rest of Carter, it's on fantastic rock, the landing really couldn't be any better, and the moves are truly spectacular. Definitely one of the Front Range's best problems.


Protection 

A crashpad or two will be plenty for this problem.



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Mitch Musci on Kahuna Roof.

Mitch Musci on Kahuna Roof.

The first move on Kahuna roof: a dyno to the large sloper.

The first move on Kahuna roof: a dyno to the large...

Scott inches away from catching the sloper.

Scott inches away from catching the sloper.

Sticking the sloper is the easy part, moving off of it is the real challange.

Sticking the sloper is the easy part, moving off o...

Top view.

Top view.

All set up for the move to the right hand sidepull.

All set up for the move to the right hand sidepull...

Eric Cutler on The Kahuna Roof.

Eric Cutler on The Kahuna Roof.

Playing in the snow.

Playing in the snow.


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By Peter Franzen
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From: Portland, OR
Dec 4, 2001

I'm really not up on my Front Range bouldering history, so maybe someone a little more knowledgable can help me out with the first-ascent info for this one.

By Anonymous Coward
Dec 5, 2001

I think it was Steve Mammen or maybe Mark Wilford.

By Adam Holmes
Apr 2, 2002

Definitely one of the best sandstone problems around. A variation to Kahuna Roof moves to the slopers then move right along the lip. I heard it was called "Turtle Head". I don't know the grade. Seems harder than Kahuna roof.

By Andy Mauk
Dec 18, 2003

I heard that the crimp at the top of the route has now been broken off.

By Anonymous Coward
Dec 18, 2003

Yup, the crimp on the face below the lip is gone. The lip is good, so it doesn't affect the difficulties much.

By Anonymous Coward
Aug 26, 2004

Did this on my first visit to Carter. Couldn't do it on my second visit. I hate that!

By Tom C
Jun 19, 2006

I flashed a V7 and did Tommy's Arete (V7) the day before and couldn't pull near the second move on this. So, I'm not sure about the grade. Ahem, sandbag.

By Captain Splatt
Sep 17, 2006

That problem is sick! A must do! The hardest part of the problem is the second move to the right hand sidepull, after that it's not really too bad.

By Brandon English
From: Fort Collins, CO
Apr 5, 2007

This is the perfect boulder problem.
Not a single flaw.

By martin tikusis
Jan 26, 2009

Right side pull has broken for second move. Still goes but after all the breaking in the recent years, most would probably consider this to be V6 or maybe even V7. It is a classic though, so maybe V5 should always remain not that that makes much logical sense.

By Spencer Anderson
From: Fort Collins, CO
Jul 9, 2009

I was on Kahuna recently now that the water is low enough (freaky rain this year) and the side pull seems the same as it was last season. I've always felt that V5 was a bit of a sand bag but certainly not V7.