Time to climb one (maybe 2) routes in Red Rock
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There's a good chance I'll be heading down to Vegas for a bachelor party November long weekend. I'm considering heading out to Red Rock for one day (maybe 2) of climbing. |
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without a doubt, triassic sands... the two .10 pitches are incredible!! |
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Lone Star or Rainbow Wall Original. both are long great adventures. Lone Star is a lesser traveled climb that has amazing pitch, exposure, and a lot of climbing, 2000ft! Rainbow wall is slightly more difficult, but is very obvious climbing and easily aided of you cant pull a move. a bolt is always there protecting the hardest moves. |
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If I had just one day at Red Rocks I'd go to Willow Springs and climb a whole bunch of great single pitch routes and play on the boulders. |
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I don't climb 11's, but Triassic Sands is definitely my favorite route in RR. There's lots of other stuff nearby too to round out the day. Black Orpheus is a close second. |
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Not a huge fan of Black Orpheus much because it is not sustained. One 5.10 move at most, a big 5th class section, maybe one 5.9 pitch other than that. |
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Wow! So many options... :D. |
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I just did Adventute Punks on my last trip there. Super fun!! |
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You should definitely climb at the Magic Bus. It's got an easy approach, fully bolted routes (some with some mixed pro if you're into that sort of thing), great views of the 2nd Pullout, and it's usually crowded. Probably could split up Neon Sunset into two pitches if you wanted to. |
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Let me add in all seriousness that if you're thinking about climbing the Cloud Tower you definitely should. It's actually quite amenable despite it's lofty difficulty rating and commitment grade (a IV, really?) and Dow advertises it as "only two pitches of 5.11" and that's correct. Those pitches and the remaining pitches are outstanding. Handren gives it the 12a grade... but I wouldn't argue with 11d either on that pitch. |
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^^^^^^ Neon Sunset as two pitches??? Yeah that sounds pretty rad. Maybe even big wall style.....bring a ledge for god sake!!! |
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Princess Mia wrote:^^^^^^ Neon Sunset as two pitches??? Yeah that sounds pretty rad. Maybe even big wall style.....bring a ledge for god sake!!! :-DYou're on to something here... but I think hauling on that visible of a big wall would cause some aesthetic damage to the rock that the BLM would be pretty displeased about. No? |