I found a route on the upper right-hand face of Whirlpool Rock and don't know who did it or what they named it. I climbed it and thought it was 11 c or d. I believe it had six bolts. I am looking for information on who did it and what the name is!

Climb about four bolts up on an arete of four bolts into a bouldery roof area. The chains were put to far back from the lip, so it's horrible on your rope when you're cleaning the route.

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Flexible Variation

Aqualad

Edge of Darkness

Aqua Man

Snake Dance

Flexible Flyer

Whirlpool Arete

Cohen's Crown

This is a short solid boulder problem that traverses left from the "shore" just above the water before topping out about 10 feet over the frigidly cold creek. It features fun moves including a mini-kneebar, undercling crimps under a large roof, and solid jug bash to top out.

I only had to clean a few holds, so I have to assume it's been climbed and named before.

This is a deep water solo that traverses from the left into "

Aqua Man

." This route is done without rappelling in or swimming over to the start. Start on a mellow slab into some possibly dirty slopers close to the water. Don't dab your butt or heels into the water here, and finish out into "

Aqua Man

."

It's a decent-sized, vertical crack that leads to a ledge above.

Crux crimping leads to flake liebacking and the top. The edge of the flake feels a little flexing, particularly at the start, but it didn't snap on me anyway. This route gets little to no discernable traffic, so there is a fair amount of dirt on it, particularly at the topout.

This is an amazing DWS. It starts low down by the water on a sloper rail and very poor feet that are slippery from the water. Do a few bouldery moves to the crux where you have get a high foot and then stretch to get next sloper. Match on the sloper work you feet up and top out. Super Fun!!!

It's a low angled face. It has some fun parts, but climbing through 2 different bushes is not the highlight.

Find this beautiful route just right of a distinctive south-facing arete on Whirlpool Rock.

The route begins [off the ledge] 20' above the ground and works up a right-facing dihedral through a couple of small roofs & an angling splitter to a big ledge. The gear is creative: look for small slots and shallow stopper placements. From the ledge, place some small gear (blue Alien, stopper), crank up huge edges to the single bolt, and solve the beautiful crux move to a ledge below the bomber anchor bolts.

Rap 85' back to the slab, carefully watching the ends of the rope.

This is an archetypal, ship's prow arete problem on flawless granite with a perfect, flat landing, tucked into a shady grotto at the base of the whirlpool wall. It comes complete with its own warm-up block and wild raspberry bushes, it's two minutes from the road and across the street from a swimming hole. Even the most jaded Front Range boulderer would have to admit that it's pretty much ideal.

Start with your left hand high on the slopey rail/pinch, and jump off the ground to a tiny, oppositional divot on the right side of the arete with your right hand. A somewhat devious sequence of heelhooks and body tension will allow you to slap up the arete before exiting slightly left of the arete on positive holds. The holds can be temperature-dependent.

This route is an old school classic, featuring some of the steepest 5.9 gear climbing around. Due to the traversing nature of the bottom half of the route, careful placements and extension are required to keep rope drag reasonable. Or it can be broken into two short pitches.

Start on the left side of the cave and work left to a pin below the grey flake where the steepness begins. You can get an optional belay here for rope drag purposes. Continue up the steep, juggy climbing plugging cams and clipping a modern pin before the exciting finishing move.

Build a gear anchor at the top of the climb, walk off to a gully on the climber's right side of the formation.

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