Bouldering at the Wood is great. There are TONS of possibilities and it is year-round. In the summer, shady places like the Fountaine Bleau boulders let you hit the slopers, while in the winter, great rocks such as the Phallic boulder are creek-side and south-facing. There is quite a collection just West of the ranger station at the North park entrance. Wintertime bouldering can be found near areas such as the Playground, Falls Wall, or any S-facing areas (which are numerous).
Getting There
Just explore the park. Also see the new book "Colorado Bouldering" by Phillip Benningfield. It lists good beta for some of the rocks here. Also Hanson's guidebook lists some good bouldering spots, but no specific problem info.
The Classics
Mountain Project's determination of some of the classic, most popular, highest rated routes for Bouldering:
This problem is on the Falls Trail near the waterfall on the west side of the creek. Approach from the car is 5 minutes or less.This strenuous problem begins with a sit down start. Sidepull your way up the pumpy and continuous arete on dicey feet until you can dyno for the lip. Once at the lip, the secondary crux is topping out on the exposed boulder.I thought about putting a bolt below the lip to protect the secondary crux, but decided agains...[more]Browse More Classics in CO
Once you walk up near the grocery store wall, head right. You should come across a good set of problems for anywhere from beginner to moderate to semi advanced. It's the most fun in the canyon I have found so far, better for summer or warmer weather, because it's in the shade.
Does anyone know what the traverse is called over by Gorilla's Milk on the Grocery Store Wall? It's actually a really fun traverse with some great heel hooks. I think it goes at V1.
Hey, my friend dropped my chalk bucket while bush-whacking up near the Buddha Cave-Titanic Block area. If you find it, there's a reward in there somewhere for you....
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