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Jones Cliff offers good bouldering; the following selection will get you started. Directions assume that you are viewing the cliff and the boulders from the road.

Standing in the parking lot at the left end of the cliff, look up and left to the top of the sandhill. The boulder on the edge is the Doomsday Boulder. Several routes start out of the cave on the back side of the boulder.

Burn the Flag V0+ 3m
Start on the right edge of the cave on the big holds at chest level, go straight up (the obvious nose of rock is off-route).

The Sound of No Hands Slapping V3 3m ***
Start on the big holds on the lip; use small slopers to get to the top. The top of the nose and the big hold up and left (over the lip) are off-route.

No Borders V1 3m **
Start on the left-most big holds, then go up and right.

Strip Search V0 4m **
Uses a series of big holds above the undercut wall to the left of the cave. The grade applies only if you can reach the first hold.

Why Me? V0+ 3m
Just to the right of the previous boulder is a boulder with an obvious overhanging face. Going straight up this face is a beautiful mantle problem.
 

To the left of these boulders the cliff breaks into upper and lower walls. To get to the lower wall, walk left until you come to a cleared spot at the base of the cliff. The upper wall routes are almost directly above the lower wall.

Headcheese V1 4m *
Located on the lower wall, this route climbs up and over the prominent bulge on good incuts.

Granite Jesus v?m
This hard problem is on the upper level, just right of Headcheese. Sit down at an undercut crack and weasel your way over and up.

Bruised Heels V1 4m ***
Just below and right of Les Boys is a boulder with a gently overhanging face: the Tooth Boulder. Climb the left side of the face on excellent incuts. Lots of scary, committing fun on good rock. A spotter is recommended.

Clear Cuttin' V0+m *
The right face of the Tooth Boulder.
 

Directly below Driven By Desire is a 5 meter high boulder. This is the Spud; its many easy climbs make it a very enjoyable boulder.

15m right of the Spud and a bit further away from the cliff is a boulder with a severely overhanging side where it touches a smaller boulder, forming a sort of tunnel. This is the Jones Boulder.

Keeping Up With The Jones' V4 R 4m ***
At the bottom of the overhanging wall is a small crack that ends at a large sloping hold, start with both hands on this hold. Follow the line of big holds up and left to the lip of the overhang and belly your way over. Mega tricky; a spotter is essential.

Buttkiss V2m **
Start sitting down at the extreme right end of the boulder that the Jones Boulder touches (behind previous route). Traverse right to left through the tunnel.

Nanukutuk the Seal? V1 2m
The Inuvik Boulder is the large boulder between The Spud and The Jones Boulder. One side of this boulder has an overhanging face; mantle over this face just left of center at an obvious break.

The Pimp From Puckatawagen V2 2m **
This is a hard route to find. When walking on the road side of Inuvik Boulder you will come to what seems to be its end. Start sitting down at the bottom of the ramp-like boulder that touches it. From this somewhat cramped position, pull to the lip and then work your way over.

Smokin' V0-m **
To the right of the Jones Boulder is a right facing 2 meter high wall. This is the Man Am I Ever Fried Boulder. Traverse the short face of this boulder either way to get a good pump.

Tearing V ?m ***
Just to the right of Smokin' is a little cave (~2 m high) on the main cliff; start in the back of this cave. Jam out along the 2 meter long roof crack, being careful not to touch the boulder on your right side. Move over the lip and go up until a finger crack exits right. Follow this crack until you can easily step off.
 

Sunnyside boulder is the obvious box-shaped boulder a short walk down the road from the parking lot. It is always in the sun, has easy access, a grass landing, a good place to lace-up, and seemingly every conceivable type of problem.