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Bucket Cave Boulder aka Pumphouse

Colorado > Grand Junction… > Unaweep Canyon > Nine Mile Hill > Nine Mile Bould… > Black Wave Boulder Area

Description

This is a great boulder with a ton of routes. The front side has great rock and has lots of possibilities from long traverses to vertical and slab climbs. The backside is pretty tall and has lots of overhanging and vertical climbs. This is a pretty well-known boulder and probably has a number of different names, but I think Pumphouse Boulder is most common.

Getting There

Park the first pulloff for the Black Wave area, and it's straight down the hill a little way and you can't miss it.

Routes from Left to Right

V2 5+
 7
● Nineness
Boulder
V2 5+
 8
● Unaweep Collective
Boulder
V1 5
 3
● Right Side of Average
Boulder
V4 6B
 3
● Pumphouse Traverse
Boulder
V2 5+
 2
● Good Weather for an Airstrike
Boulder
V3 6A
 7
● Pumpin' It
Boulder
V1 5
 9
● Daily Circumstance
Boulder
V2 5+
 10
● Amanda Mode
Boulder
V2 5+
 6
● Such and Such
Boulder
V1+ 5
 4
● Scrambles
Boulder
Route Name Location Star Rating Difficulty Date
● Nineness
 7
V2 5+ Boulder
● Unaweep Collective
 8
V2 5+ Boulder
● Right Side of Average
 3
V1 5 Boulder
● Pumphouse Traverse
 3
V4 6B Boulder
● Good Weather for an Airstrike
 2
V2 5+ Boulder
● Pumpin' It
 7
V3 6A Boulder
● Daily Circumstance
 9
V1 5 Boulder
● Amanda Mode
 10
V2 5+ Boulder
● Such and Such
 6
V2 5+ Boulder
● Scrambles
 4
V1+ 5 Boulder

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Pumphouse east face:<br> <br> 1. Pumpin' It (sit start).<br> 2. Daily Circumstance.<br> 3. Amanda Mode.<br> 4. Such and Such (variation).<br> <br> Not pictured, just out of view to the right of the picture is Scrambles.
[Hide Photo] Pumphouse east face: 1. Pumpin' It (sit start). 2. Daily Circumstance. 3. Amanda Mode. 4. Such and Such (variation). Not pictured, just out of view to the right of the picture is Scram…
The pumpy east side overhang of Pumphouse.
[Hide Photo] The pumpy east side overhang of Pumphouse.