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Aquarium Wall

Submitted By: Leo Paik on Sep 25, 2006
Administrators: Ben Mottinger, Leo Paik, John McNamee, Frances Fierst
Elevation: 6,600 feet
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Description 

Aquarium Wall is a small subarea of Bell Buttress separated here due to a request for further organizational clarity.

L->R (ish):

A. Lichen Has Feelings, Too, 11+, 1p, 80', bolts.
B. The Future of Life, 11+, 1p, 60', bolts.
C. Huck Finn, 11+, 1p, 70', bolts.
D. Nowhere Man, 11, 1p, 70', bolts.
E. Parallel Development, 10+, 1p, gear & bolt.
E1. Filet of Soul, 10+, 1p, gear.
E2. Convergence Corner, 10, 1p, gear.
F. Weed Killer, 9, 1p, gear.
G. Jerome Webster Memorial, 11+, 1p, gear.
H. Justin Alf Memorial, 10, 1p, 100', bolts & gear.
I. Gish, 10-, 1p, 110', bolts & gear.
J. Pigs in Space, 10, 1p, gear.
K. Eur-A-Peon, 11, 1p, gear.


Getting There 

Drive West on Canyon from Boulder and set your odometer at the bridge just east of the Dome. Drive 8.1mi up the canyon and a little ways beyond Boulder Falls, look for Practice Rock on the north side of the road with a gravel pullout. Park here then head across the creek on the south side of the road via a tree bridge.

To access the routes, hike downstream to the east end of the wall then scramble up an easy ramp to the base of the routes. Descent from the top is via rappel.

This subarea is on the left side, just above the water.



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Vaino styling the slab moves.

Huck Finn 5.11c/d  CO : Boulder Canyon : Aquarium Wall
This route is located on the Aquarium Wall at the rappel tree above Parallel Development (route 1, page 177, Rossiter's guide to Boulder Canyon). Access the route by going 100 yards downstream from the Aquarium Wall and cross the creek. Go right up a faint trail to the base of a moss-covered slab. Pitch 1: Climb the the dirty slab past three bolts to a belay anchor on the right side of the slab. Pitch 2: Start just left of "Nowhere Man" and reach...[more]


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Aquarium Wall, lower routes.

BETA PHOTO: Aquarium Wall, lower routes.