Northwest Branch video- five classic traverses

With another bout of snow and ice looming yesterday, I took advantage of the remaining mild weather to run through one of my favorite circuits down at Northwest Branch.  I've always loved traverses, and Northwest Branch has several of my favorites, providing a perfect blend of slopers, crimps, and diagonal cracks, all with relatively clean landings that are ideal for a solo bouldering session.  The video below shows what I feel to be five of the best traverses, as well as being five of the best moderates at Northwest Branch:

Santero (V0)

Crack Line (V2)

Snowflake Traverse (V4)

Mikey Likes It (V5)

The Traverse (V5)

Northwest Branch- Crack Line Boulder

While the Crack Line boulder isn't the first one you come to on the trail from the parking lot, it's the first one I remember getting on at Northwest Branch.  Walk past the Tulip Boulder from the parking lot, and shortly after you'll see Crack Line up the hill on the left.  Click here for a handy map.

Crack Line Boulder (explanation of number symbols here)