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Upper Sehome Hill
There are two groups of boulders on upper Sehome Hill. The first group (West group) is located behind the repeater station to the left up the hill. There are two boulders here. Boulder #1 has several good quiality problems in the V3-V4 range. The top-out on boulder #1 is quite a doozy, but a heck of a lot of fun! My favorite route on Sehome would have to be route #3 on Boulder #1. Boulder #2 has a couple of easy problems with huge jugs and a good landing, but all of them have a crux at the top out.
| 1 | V 3+/4* HB | Start right and move to a set of scooped pockets, then out the slot on the prow, and throw to the jug. | |
| 2 | V4 HB | Brain Cancer | High start up to an incut hold, high feet and launch for jug high on right. Beware of large hold on left that could break at any time! Topout can be done the same as bombshell. |
| 3 | V4*** HB | Bombshell | Make sure to have the pads stacked and spotters spotting on this one! Same start as route #1. From the bucket on the left, move right to a rounded jug, slap prows edge and do some fancy footwork to a tough top-out. |
| 4 | V4*** HB | Start on the far right corner. Move up to a crimp under the roof on the left, and out to a small crack on the right. Highstep to get enough reach for the holds above the blank section. Finish straight up the right side. |
To get to the second cluster of boulders (East Cluster) just walk to the right of the repeater station and take a right onto a small trail just before you enter the tunnel. The first face that you come to on you left has a handfull of thin face problems, some cool huecos and a couple of dynos. As you walk a few more yards you will come to a second face that has a great traverse problem known as the "Pendulum Traverse" V2. Typically done right to left. This face has a very cool incut rail that traverses almost the entire face. There is a V8 problem, "Dr. Google Eyes" on this face. Just beyond the second face is a third face with a prow and a sloping arete.
In Alex Grande's guide to this area, I was suprised to see that there were only two problems shown on this boulder. I have listed those in addition to other lines that I feel would also go.
| 1 | V ? HB | This is a right to left traverse that has a lot of fun tension and balance moves. | |
| 1b | V7 | Full Monty | Link problems 1 and 3 (dyno) and add one more throw to the top and a top out. |
| 2 | V6? HB | Amazon Man | Start low in the middle of the face move left to a large jug, throw up to a crimp with a thumb catch. The right hand sidepull has broken since the production of the last guide to this area. A top out on this problem would be quite impressive, it scares the crap out of me just thinkin about it. |
| 3 | V6 | Monty | Start on the second dyno of Full Monty, on the far left side of the boulder. Get your feet up and huck! |
| 3 Variation | V ? (Non-dyno variation) | Start with left hand on high crimp, on the right side of the large hold, and right hand in high two finger dish. Get your foot onto the obvious large foot hold down low, and shoot up the the sloper with the right hand. You can figure out the rest of the sequence. Finishes on large jug, same as dyno. | |
| 4 | V ? HB | This is a thin squeeze problem with some technical footwork to stay on, another scary highball. | |
| 5 | V ? | This looks to be quite a hard problem. You start as for route #2 then about half way up make a hard left out onto a nasty sloper. If you can hang this thing let me know what it is rated. |
| 1 | V2*** |
Pendulum Traverse (A.K.A. Woo) |
Right to left or left to right traverse, along a swooping incut rail. |
| 2 | V8 HB | Dr. Google Eyes | Start as for Pendulum Traverse when you get to the pinch pocket go up. |
| 3 | V3 HB | The Ramp | Do Pendulum Traverse and then top out via the left to right ramp. You can also start to the left, for a shorter vartiation. |
| 4 | V5/6 HB | Superbowl | HB Straight up the middle, or start Pendulum Traverse on the right and continue straight up at the middle. |
| 1 | V1* | Unofficailly Named | Easy start followed by a slap out left to the arete. Get your feet up and find the edge on the right side, then go for it! |
Boulder #6 is located down the hill from #'s 3, 4 and 5. When in the upper parking lot, walk toward the tunnel and there will be a trail on your right just before you pass the repeater station. Follow this trail down the hill and follow it to the right. As you come around the bend you will see the boulder.
| 1 | V ? HB | This route start on two pockets and makes big moves to a dark feature. From there work up to a rail and suck it up for the big top out. | |
| 2 | V3 HB | Mist | Work up the left arete on some larger holds |
Boulder 7 is located further down the trail from boulder #6 and to the right. As you follow the trail past #6, you will see the large backside of #7.
| 1 | V2** | Eagle | Sit Start on the right side and follow the rail up and to the left to a large shelf. Establish and huck for the top. |
| 2 | V ? | Apparently this line is unclimbed | |
| 3 | V ? | Big L | Start on the undercling just right of the tree. Climb left past the tree and top out left of the tree. |
| 4 | V4 ? | Game Genie (not visible) | Sit start around left corner of boulder. Needs to be cleaned. |
| 5 | V4 ? | Goliath | Sit start next to Eagle start. Use only holds straight up from start. |
| 6 | V1( probably easier) | Super Muffy | (slab on opposite side of face) Smear your way up this conglomerated slab. |
| 7 | V ? | Africa (not marked) | Traverse the whole face, right to left. |
The Three brains are located on the boarder of upper and lower sehome hill. To find these boulders head up the arboretum road. A little ways before you get to the sharp left hand turn, you will see a pull out on the right, big enough to fit two cars. The trail to the Three Brains is about 150 feet South, or back down the road from this pull out.
| 1 | V5** | Left Brain | Start with right hand on large crimp and left hand on the corner. Fun moves and a tricky topout make this problem a must do. |
| 2 | V6/7 ? * | Middle Brain | All I can say is hug and squeeze. |
| 3 | V4*** | Right Brain | This is a fun problem that tests your skills with slopers. The reachy finish move may lend to a different ratings depending on how tall you are. |