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The Reserve | One of Devils Lake best bouldering areas. This is not the largest area, but the problems here are classic and super fun. Well worththe hike for anyone who wants to get schooled by some Devils Lake boulders. Again I do not know all the names, grades and FA's at thislocation. I'm basing what I post off of what I've climbed here, and also what friends who have developed and spent time in this area have told me.Please fill in any blanks that I have missed, I would love some feedback. Anyway, enjoy this beautiful and amazing Devils Lake bouldering area.Welcome Crack V0-1 Climb up tall and super fun crack. Just around the first corner you turn. Just before the pedestal.Pedestal Mantle V-easy A must try! Mantle up on short pedestal near entrance to Reserve. Harder than it looks- Glassy feet! Cool looking pedestal separated from boulder. Around the first corner into the Reserve. Awesome looking geology.Power of the scoop V5 Using cracks, hike your way up side-pulls and move out to slopey arete to jug. From there work your way up slopers totop. Tricky. Climb goes up cracks and slopers just to the left of Hard Zshiesche problem (face in middle).Pocket Problem V1-2 Start low and work you way up good side-pulls into large slopy pinch. Hike foot into pocket and go for the lip, great top-out! Directly across from the West face of the lake boulder.Short Boulder V3 Boulder just behind the Lake boulder. Start low with right hand on small side-pull, left on crimp, work your way left throughfun rail. Boulder just in front of Starfish.
 
Starfish (l) V6 On the East Face of the Lake Boulder, start with hands high of starfish like hold, hike your feet up and throw for the doughy lipup right. Top out straight up. Classic!Lake Boulder crack V6-7 The crack on the East Face of the Lake Boulder is one of the last unclimbed obvious lines at the reserve. EZ and Ispent a lot of time trying to unlock the cryptic sequence of this problem. It doesn't seem difficult until you trey to send it. Very thought prvoking.lake boulder lunge V3 On the left side of the east face of the lake boulder is the classic huck of the reserve. climb into two good sidepulls andshoot for a perfect soap dish and top out on the center of the face. EZ and I were repeatidly missing the hold while being heckeled by a buch of drunks and pot heads before it got sent.SW Corner (r) V3 SW corner of Lake Boulder. Start low and climb up slopeing arete. Lake boulder classic.SE Corner of Lake Boulder V1-2 Climb up the SE corner of the Lake boulder by starting on slopy rail, and working your way to the lip. Fun problem, easiest on the Lake Boulder.Corner right of Starfish V6 This is one of my favorites. Climb corner just right of Starfish. Start with left hand on icey side pull, paste feet andthrow for good sloper. Match hand and heel and yard up to the slopey lip. Topping out is the crux.West Face of Lake Boulder V2 Climb up West Face of Lake Boulder using gastons and reachy side-pulls.Flypaper V7+ Super subtle problem on the left side of the west face of the lake boulder. Eric sent this on a cool oct. day as high friction is key.Start below big jug on the corner problem and climb face without using corner. A few super balancy moves sets one up for a quick pop to the jug.A testpiece in control.
 
 NW Corner V2 NW corner of the LakeBoulder. Stand start with good hold up left.Basically campus through slopers to the finish.Variation- sit start with underclings and smallcrimp, move up into slopers.- V7face left of west face lake boulder V3Instaed of climbing the standard route up thewest face climb th eface to the left using asmeared palm and decent side pull with theright hand. A tenuous move out left to acamo'd crimp leads to good pulls to the top anda straight mantle finish. One of my favorites atthe reserve.Flying Mancuso V3 Start with good ledge, slapright hand up and undercling with left, fight your way to the top. Boulder just south of the Lake boulder. Problem faces south.Seams Tight V4+ From good start holds, hike feetand get into thin seam. Yard you way up on smallholds to top. Just to the right of Flying MancusoEasy Flakes V-easy Climb up face usingmultiple holds, fun. Face with many features,around corner south of the Lake boulder.Tall Boy V1+ Climb up features in steep andtall face. Super fun and a great warm up. Just tothe SW of the Lake boulder.
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