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10. Resolution 
2. Napolean Complex 
3. Speration Anxiety 
4. The Seperatist 
5. High Anxiety 
6. Smack crack Left 
7. Smack Crack Right 
8. Veasy 
9. Split Personality 
Ender 
Groth Spurt 
Hustons Arete 
Napolean Face Left 
Napolean Face Right 
press it out 
Press it out Direct 
Schlick It Up 
Seperation face 
Smack Crack left Dyno 
Things just got harder 
Venom 
Warm up Center 
Warm up Left 
Warm up Right 

Plan B Area

Submitted By: Chris treggE on Apr 15, 2009
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Description 

Plan B is the southern half of the Group B bouldering area. I left the numbers on the older routes from JJ Schlick's original problem list.

See topo map below:

Updated (2009) Group B topo with Plan B Area and the Backbone Ridge split into east side and west side. Alternate approaches are the dotted lines.
Updated (2009) Group B topo with Plan B Area and the Backbone Ridge split into east side and west side. Alternate approaches are the dotted lines.
Submitted By: Chris treggE on Apr 15, 2009


Getting There 

If nobody is camped at Group B site, park there and take the trail uphill. When you get to the saddle between the 2 ridges, go left (south-ish). Plan B is this area. You will come to the Seperation Boulder first. If someone is camped at Group B Site, please follow the alternate directions: either park at the bathroom and walk straight uphill (you will come to the Cave) or left left towards Group Site A and park along the right side of the road and walk straight uphill towards the ridge (you will come up near Press It Out).


The Classics

Mountain Project's determination of some of the classic, most popular, highest rated routes for Plan B Area:
6. Smack crack Left   V0+     Boulder   
3. Speration Anxiety   V0+     Boulder   
5. High Anxiety   V0+     Boulder   
Warm up Left   V1-     Boulder   
2. Napolean Complex   V3     Boulder   
4. The Seperatist   V3+     Boulder   
press it out   V3-4     Boulder, 10 feet   
Hustons Arete   V5     Boulder   
Venom   V5     Boulder   
9. Split Personality   V5-6     Boulder   
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Photos of Plan B Area Slideshow Add Photo
The Sweaty Cave. From the cinderblock bathroom on the way to Group B, hike straight uphill into the woods towards the rock. Can't miss it. Discovered or rediscovered last summer by John Freaney (of course), 2 lines have been done and there is potential for more but will be very limited by the choss factor. The left line (A) is good and pretty solid, but tall. The right side of the cave is fairly chossy, but (B) is kind of fun but short. See "Groth Spurt" and "Schlick it Up" descriptions.

BETA PHOTO: The Sweaty Cave. From the cinderblock bathroom on...

Couple lines on the Napolean Boulder. Napolean Complex overhanging arete on the very left. The right (uphill) face holds 2 decent seperate lines, undoubtedly done before (Schlick?). Napolean Face Left and N. F. Right. Both around V1, both pretty fun warmups for the area.

Couple lines on the Napolean Boulder. Napolean Co...