At the crux of Spiral Traverse go down to the lower rail instead of up to the good incut holds. Some side reaches are involved, and you're only about 6 inches max above the ground just before the chockstone head up to the finishing incut holds of Spiral Traverse.

Spiral Low Traverse

Chouinard's Slab

Spiral Traverse

Spiral Direct

Borealis

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Way finger intensive but classic.

Up onto the flake and lieback it up then head right and onto the traverse. Easy stuff leads to the blunt arete, round this (last great hold for a while) and into the crux section of fingery holds across, with polished footholds to better holds higher up and essentially a handrail to finish.

Delicately up the slab just right of center until better holds arrive.

Big fun.

Problematically to the undercling. Good crimp above this enables a small pocket to be reached and commitment...

Casually reach for the huge pocket on the lip, or not as the case may be.

Start near the beginning of the Spiral Traverse start. Use a high feet and good hands to begin a short slab section until a cut hold near the top.

Sit start with hands matched at a large jug/undercling. Move up and left to a diagonal rail, then up to and over the lip.

This can also be done as a sit start with a right hand starting on the low jug and a left hand starting on the diagonal rail, which goes at one grade lower.

(This is not in the guidebooks, but it is a fun line.)

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Routes in Spiral Boulder