This 15' blockish boulder is located approximately 100 yards from the pit toilet at the end of the back loop of Hidden Valley Campground along obvious trail.  Several excellent problems exist.  Pinhead follows the prominent fingertip crack along the west face.  Fingerlocks up crack and mantle to top.  Downclimb east face.

Pinhead

Holenoid Right Side

Zippy the Pinhead

Holenoid (aka The Grundle from Down Under)

Pinhead Traverse

Paddler

Start left of

Pinhead

and climb the off-vertical face with a delicate and semi-comitting crux move near the top.

This problem isn't listed in the Joshua Tree Bouldering Guide but is an obvious line with some good moves that's worth a go when in the area.

Like

Zippy the Pinhead

this is an obvious line that is not in the guidebook. Start right of

Holenoid

, and avoid the right arete.

Use the big hole in the face around and left of

Pinhead

to get into a right veering, flaring trough to reach high for topout.

Start just right of

Pinhead

at the obvious chunky dike and climb up and right on mostly good holds to finish on a ledge below the top of the boulder - continue traversing right to the backside to descend. Probably about 5.8 or so in difficulty and done from a sit start is only slightly harder (5.9).

Climb up the left edge of the face that

Pinhead

is on, using the arete.

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Protection

Routes in Pinhead Boulder