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 Print a Mini-Guide - Includes Routes!DescriptionThis is the small summit on the left side of the canyon (in front of Black Velvet Peak from the parking lot). Of course, small is relative here as its NE face is probably 700' high in places. Routes on this face tend to be quite shady and can be very cold on windy days, or in the winter. Getting ThereWalk up the main drainage and head left ot the base of the wall, depending on the route. Approaches to all routes on this wall are less than 1/2 hour, and many are popular. The ClassicsMountain Project's determination of some of the classic, most popular, highest rated routes for Whiskey Peak:
Bourbon Street 5.8 Trad, 7 pitches, 650 feet, Grade III
Frogland 5.8 Trad, 6 pitches, 700 feet
The Misunderstanding 5.9 Trad, 2 pitches, 160 feet
Wholesome Fullback 5.10a Trad, 2 pitches, 210 feet
Sand Felipe 5.10- Sport, 2 pitches, 110 feet
Triassic Sands 5.10 Trad, 6 pitches, 700 feet, Grade II
Our Father 5.10 R Trad, 3 pitches, 300 feet
Mazatlan 5.10d Trad, 1 pitch, 150 feet
The Delicate Sound of Thunder 5.11a Trad, 2 pitches, 200 feet
Ixtlan 5.11c Trad, Sport, 3 pitches, 200 feet
Only the Good Die Young 5.11c Trad, Sport, 5 pitches
Featured Route For Whiskey Peak
 This route ascends the left side of the large pillar at the right side of Whiskey Peak. Approach from the streambed up a trail just past a house-sized boulder on the right side of the wash.I'll describe 3 pitches but any two can be combined.P1 (5.10a, 50'): climb a thin crack just right of a dihedral that leads up to the obvious crack higher up. The crux comes almost immediately and is well protected. Step left below an obvious hand-sized crac...[more] Browse More Classics in NV |
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