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Western Nevada Climbing

Climbing Area Map

Areas in Western Nevada

Carson City Area 17 / 21 / 18 / 59 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 7 / 102

Elephant Land (aka The Lava Beds) 5 / 0 / 1 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 6

Humboldt Range 1 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 1

Iron Butte 21 / 4 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 25

Jungo Columns 2 / 0 / 2 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 2

Lake Tahoe Area 31 / 69 / 26 / 67 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 7 / 176

Lone Mountain 1 / 66 / 3 / 7 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 75

Pyramid Lake Area 3 / 25 / 2 / 48 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 2 / 77

Reno Area 16 / 60 / 13 / 177 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 1 / 261

Santa Rosa Range 2 / 21 / 2 / 0 / 1 / 0 / 0 / 23 / 24

Sheldon National Wildlife Refuge 0 / 0 / 0 / 26 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 26

Water Canyon 2 / 0 / 2 / 1 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 3

White Mountains 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0

Wild Granites, The 20 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 14 / 20

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Elevation:	4,236 ft	1,291 m
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Description

The Reno area, with Tahoe as its personal water tower, is the main population center in this region of open desert sagebrush broken by steep dry mountain ranges.

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Classic Climbing Routes at Western Nevada

Mountain Project's determination of the classic, most popular, highest rated climbing routes in this area.

V1 5 13 ● The Seamstress Boulder Reno Area > … 1 > E Side > Rd Cut Area
V2 5+ 24 ● Mountaineers Route Boulder Carson City Area > Washoe Boulders > Tsunami Boulder
V2 5+ 35 ● Silver Surfer Boulder Carson City Area > Washoe Boulders > Tsunami Boulder
V4 6B 14 ● Bear Cave Boulder Lake Tahoe Area > … > Mecca > Bear Cave
V7 7A+ 15 ● Peace of Mind Boulder Lake Tahoe Area > Zephyrs > Zephyr Boulder
5.8 5b 16 VI- 15 HVS 4c 92 ● Spring Break Trad Reno Area > River Rock > Main Wall
5.8 5b 16 VI- 15 HVS 4c 46 ● War Hammer Sport Lake Tahoe Area > Castle Rock > Armory Wall
5.9 5c 17 VI 17 HVS 5a 11 ● Paiute Pockets Sport, Alpine 5 pitches Santa Rosa Range > Paradise Valley > Cleft
5.10a 6a 18 VI+ 18 E1 5a 73 ● Karls Crack Trad Reno Area > River Rock > Main Wall
5.10a/b 6a+ 19 VI+ 19 E2 5b 6 ● The Dream Machine Sport, Alpine 4 pitches Santa Rosa Range > Paradise Valley > Cleft
5.10b 6a+ 19 VII- 19 E2 5b 17 ● Torch Light Sport Reno Area > Thomas Creek
5.10c 6b 20 VII 20 E2 5b 32 ● Crystal Offwidth (aka Right Line) Trad, TR Lake Tahoe Area > Crystal Bay Boulder
5.11c 6c+ 24 VIII- 24 E4 6a 24 ● Plant Food Sport Pyramid Lake Area > Pig Rock Area > Little Shop of Horrors
5.11d 7a 24 VIII 25 E5 6a 15 ● Thin Face Sport Carson City Area > Book of Red
5.12- 7a+ 25 VIII+ 25 E5 6a 7 ● Gold Dust Trad, Alpine 5 pitches Wild Granites > Mineral Wall