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Crack Boulder Problems in Yosemite

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Ben Horowitz · · Bishop, CA · Joined Aug 2014 · Points: 136

I'm curious if anyone has a good list of crack boulder problems (of any size through off width) around Yosemite Valley. I am hoping to find some good places to practice hard crack climbing technique between partners/when I'm not in the mood to lead hard things. I'm thinking of things like Bachar Cracker.

Thanks!

Rob Dillon · · Tamarisk Clearing · Joined Mar 2002 · Points: 775

circuit breaker, mini-meanies, cedar eater, grant's crack...

Steven Sheets · · Livermore, CA · Joined Jul 2007 · Points: 30

It would be more useful organized by size & location & rating

Bachar Cracker - Hands, Camp 4, v4
Cedar Eater - OW, mist trail?, v5
Circuit Breaker - Finger, Staircase falls, v2
grants crack - finger, Swan Slab, 5.9
Mini-Meanies, ???,
Short Circuit, Hands, HW140 entrance, 5.11
Generator Crack, OW, Generator Station, 5.10c
Conductor Crack, Fingers, Generator Station, 5.10d
Sasquatch, Fingers, Housekeeping Boulder, v11

I don't have guidebooks in front of me so feel free to add to the list.

Bryan G · · June Lake, CA · Joined Nov 2007 · Points: 6,167

At Camp 4:
The Camp 4 Bivy Crack (V0+) fingers
The Robbins Crack (V0-) OW
bunch of easy problems or short solos at Swan Slab
Also doing laps on the first 50 ft of Doggie Diversions is really good for practicing your squeeze chimney technique.

At the Lower Falls area:
Falk's Fracture (V1) thin hands
Mini-Stein Way (V2) thin hands

At the Lost Boulders:
Cedar Crack (V5) OW roof
Deliverance (V8) fingers out roof
The Other Crack (V5) tiny tiny tips crack

Just to the right of the Leanie Meanies is
Half-Pint (V6) tips in pin scars

and further up the Horse Trail is
Bad Ass Mama (5.11 OW, toprope or lead, not a boulder problem)
Bad Ass Baby (V1) fingers

to the left of Circuit Breaker is
Broken Circuit (V5) tips, but the crux is moving up to a sloper face hold

Michelle Waller · · Fresno · Joined Feb 2018 · Points: 5

Anyone have any better beta to find bad ass momma?!

DANC · · Unknown Hometown · Joined Mar 2006 · Points: 10
Steven Sheets wrote: It would be more useful organized by size & location & rating Bachar Cracker - Hands, Camp 4, v4 Cedar Eater - OW, mist trail?, v5 Circuit Breaker - Finger, Staircase falls, v2 grants crack - finger, Swan Slab, 5.9 Mini-Meanies, ???, Short Circuit, Hands, HW140 entrance, 5.11 Generator Crack, OW, Generator Station, 5.10c Conductor Crack, Fingers, Generator Station, 5.10d Sasquatch, Fingers, Housekeeping Boulder, v11 I don't have guidebooks in front of me so feel free to add to the list
 Some of these aren't necessarily  boulder problems. 
Max R · · Bend · Joined Jul 2014 · Points: 292
DANC wrote:  Some of these aren't necessarily  boulder problems. 

Neither was El Cap.

ginger · · Unknown Hometown · Joined Oct 2016 · Points: 86

​Crack Boulders:

Left mini-meanie V0
Right Mini-Mini V1
Circuit breaker V2  
Falk's Fracture V2
Mini-Stein-Way V3
Bacher Cracker V4
Built to Destroy V4
Broken Circut V5
Ceder Eater V5
Ceder Crack V5Half pint V5The Other Crack V6
Fine Line V7
Do-Bop V7
Half Pint V7
Deliverance V8
Sasquatch V11

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