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Hellboy

Name: Hellboy
Rating: 2.9

5.8+ YDS 5b French 16 Ewbanks VI- UIAA 15 ZA HVS 4c British

Routes in Winter Wall

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	Basalt Therapy T 5.10a 6a 18 VI+ 18 E1 5a PG13
	Blind Faith S 5.11a 6c 22 VII+ 22 E3 5c
	Bosch Hogg S 5.7 5a 15 V+ 13 MVS 4b
	Clean Energy S 5.10a 6a 18 VI+ 18 E1 5a
	Gopher Broke S 5.10c 6b 20 VII 20 E2 5b
	Grape Ape S 5.10c 6b 20 VII 20 E2 5b
	Hellboy S 5.8+ 5b 16 VI- 15 HVS 4c
	Highly Caffeinated T 5.10- 6a 18 VI+ 18 E1 5a PG13
	Highway to Hell T 5.8 5b 16 VI- 15 HVS 4c PG13
	Naked Lunch S 5.10- 6a 18 VI+ 18 E1 5a
	Old Sling T 5.8 5b 16 VI- 15 HVS 4c
	Old Sling Straightened T 5.10- 6a 18 VI+ 18 E1 5a
	Original Face Route S 5.7+ 5a 15 V+ 13 MVS 4b
	Pale Face S 5.11+ 7a 24 VIII 24 E4 6a
	Post Moderate S 5.9 5c 17 VI 17 HVS 5a
	Protein Supplement S 5.10a 6a 18 VI+ 18 E1 5a
	Roid Boys S 5.10a 6a 18 VI+ 18 E1 5a
	SOL Man (aka Not In the End) S 5.10c 6b 20 VII 20 E2 5b
	Sunbaked S 5.10 6b 20 VII- 19 E2 5b
	Sunn o))) S 5.11d 7a 24 VIII 25 E5 6a
	Trough, The T 5.7 5a 15 V+ 13 MVS 4b
	Vitaman T 5.9 5c 17 VI 17 HVS 5a
	Xibalba S 5.10c/d 6b+ 21 VII+ 21 E3 5b

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Type:	Sport, 156 ft (47 m)
GPS:	35.68245, -105.95515
FA:	Jason Halladay, M Graf - 10/2008
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Shared By:	George Perkins on Nov 9, 2008
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Access Issue: Effective May 2025 - Climbing Fixed Hardware Authorization Process for BLM walls at Diablo Details

The BLM Taos Field Office implemented a Climbing Fixed Hardware Authorization Process for routes within its management area. The Diablo walls included in this plan are The Shack, Winter Wall, Sun Devil Wall, Solar Cave, Lake Street and Styx. The final document can be found online: shorturl.at/FYn4f

Description

Hellboy

climbs the less steep portion of cliff just right of Post Moderate. I think this climb is one of the better beginner leads in Diablo.

The first half of the route is in character with the first half of Post Moderate, with similar low angle cruising with positive edges. Reach a 2-bolt anchor at 28m just before the wall steepens. 5.7 climbers might be happy to stop here.

Above this anchor is the steep crux, then Hellboy moves right to a crack just for a short distance (this line is Highway to Hell). If you avoid the crack entirely (contrived), the face just next to it can be climbed on small edges at 5.10+ or something like that. After this crux section, follow the bolts on easier climbing to a higher 2-bolt anchor that is up and left of the anchor for Highway to Hell. You can't see the anchor until you're almost there, but just go straight up from the last bolt and you'll get there.

Location

Hellboy

is the faded red-hangered bolted climb right of the post and the classic 5.9 Post Moderate. Rappel from the 2-bolt anchor with 2 ropes; or, with a single 60m rope: rappel first to the intermediate anchor, then a 2nd rappel to the dirt.