This is an atypically bouldery route for Rifle and has been called stout for the grade. It is on the left periphery of the Winchester Cave proper, two routes left of the 7pm show (the central line up the blue streaks in the middle of the cave).
You can stick clip the first bolt to protect the opening moves, though they aren't super hard. Increasingly steep climbing on those big old Rifle pinches leads to a cryptic crux. More hard business awaits on the headwall above.
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