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Meilee Area

California > Central Coast > Santa Barbara > Santa Barbara… > Lizard's Mouth

Description

Home to a few of the most popular boulder problems in the area including the Meilee traverse (V3) and several outstanding exit problems in the V2-V4 range.

Getting There

Located in the Southeast quadrant of the area, the Meilee boulder can be identified by a dark lizard which is painted on the north-facing side.

Click here for an area map.

Routes from Left to Right

V5 6C
 3
● Worst Idea Of The Century Crack
Boulder
V1- 5-
 21
● Nightmare Alley
Boulder
V6 7A
 17
● She had nothing to do with it
Boulder
V1+ 5
 24
● Sudden Fear
Boulder
V2+ 5+
 7
● Desperate Hours
Boulder
V0 4
 3
● Hamburger Heaven
Boulder
V0 4
 5
● Moon River
Boulder
V3-4 6A+
 56
● Meilee
Boulder
V2 5+
 12
● 13 Men
Boulder
V4 6B
 37
● Faided, Fat, Greedy Woman
Boulder
V2 5+
 96
● Ace in the Hole
Boulder
V2-3 5+
 43
● Breathless
Boulder
V7 7A+
 9
● Windwalker
Boulder
Route Name Location Star Rating Difficulty Date
● Worst Idea Of The Century C…
 3
V5 6C Boulder
● Nightmare Alley
 21
V1- 5- Boulder
● She had nothing to do with it
 17
V6 7A Boulder
● Sudden Fear
 24
V1+ 5 Boulder
● Desperate Hours
 7
V2+ 5+ Boulder
● Hamburger Heaven
 3
V0 4 Boulder
● Moon River
 5
V0 4 Boulder
● Meilee
 56
V3-4 6A+ Boulder
● 13 Men
 12
V2 5+ Boulder
● Faided, Fat, Greedy Woman
 37
V4 6B Boulder
● Ace in the Hole
 96
V2 5+ Boulder
● Breathless
 43
V2-3 5+ Boulder
● Windwalker
 9
V7 7A+ Boulder

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Lynn Hill (spotted by Sonny Trotter and Barry Blanchard) warms up on the Meilee boulder.
[Hide Photo] Lynn Hill (spotted by Sonny Trotter and Barry Blanchard) warms up on the Meilee boulder.
Meilee Boulder
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Elephant Walk Slab. Around the corner from Brute Force. Good for working sequences for blank topouts. There are some erosion grooves on the left side of the formation that I thought offered up the best line. I used huecos on the far left to get down.
[Hide Photo] Elephant Walk Slab. Around the corner from Brute Force. Good for working sequences for blank topouts. There are some erosion grooves on the left side of the formation that I thought offered up the…
One of the very best routes that comes out of the Meilee cave follows a finger crack up the north side of the boulder.
[Hide Photo] One of the very best routes that comes out of the Meilee cave follows a finger crack up the north side of the boulder.

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Joe Stern
Moab, Utah
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Meilee Boulder
1. Meilee, V3-4 mountainproject.com/v/calif…
2. Ace in the Hole, V2 mountainproject.com/v/calif…
3. Faided, Fat, Greedy Women, V4 mountainproject.com/v/calif…
4. Moon River, V0: right crack
5. Hamburger Heaven, V0: left crack, awkward finish
6. Breathless, V3 mountainproject.com/v/calif…

Elephant Walk Slab
7. Private Dic, V0-
8. Bedroom Dic, V0
9. Why Wait?, V0
10. Baby Elephant Walk, V0+
11. Ain't That a Kick in the Head?, V0+

Nightmare Alley
12. Nightmare Alley, V1 mountainproject.com/v/calif…
13. Desperate Hours, V2+ mountainproject.com/v/calif…
14. Sudden Fear, V1 mountainproject.com/v/calif… Jul 11, 2010