Introducing wife to climbing Red Rocks
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Hello all who are familiar with Red Rock! |
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Black Corridor might be one solid spot. Some easy 5.9's and a smattering of other grades. Gets shade other than when sun is at its highest angle. |
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Is red rocks the ONLY option? So many spots in the country that have much more enjoyable climbing that time of year... Not a great idea to take someone out in 110 heat their first time climbing, even if they like the climbing she probably wont have much fun. |
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Yes, Vegas is the spot. We don't want to venture "too" far. |
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James Bellamy wrote:Yes, Vegas is the spot. We don't want to venture "too" far. I did specify that we are looking for somewhere "cool", if its possible to find some top rope areas in the shade. Black cooridor sounds good but the grades seem stiff for a beginner. Thanks again.For Vegas in the summer, you pretty much have to head up to Mt. charlston. Unfortunately, I don't think there is much in the way of TRs or beginner climbs, but you might check out the database and see what you find. |
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The grades in the corridor aren't stiff at all - a perfect beginner climb there is Bonaire. Mellow, maaaaybe a 5.9 move on the thing, and very intuitive and straight forward. Avoid the 5.7 in there, not a very fun climb even for one at the grade. The other beginner sport crags like the Cut Your Teeth Crag typically get sun all day, but I'm also not much of a sport climber and thus am not totally aware of the best options. I do know that the Black Corridor is prime in the late afternoon... |
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Not sport, but I took some newer climbers here: |
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Hit the Hamlet wall early in the morning, you'll have shade until about 10:30am and it is quite comfortable. The lower hamlet has four toprope routes and the upper hamlet has a really mellow, 5.3ish, bolted route and a couple of really fun 5.7's. |
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Have done the black corridor in summer without too much trouble, also nice because there will likely be no one there. Temps stayed manageable and you can climb a load of good moderate sport routes. |