Weekday red rocks crowds

I'm making my first trip out to Red Rocks in the beginning of November and looking at a lot of route descriptions and comments on here, a lot of the quality multi-pitches get pretty crowded and have lines on them. Obviously there is a bit of chance involved here, but are these crowd descriptions for busy weekends or typical during the week too? I'll be there on weekdays. My partner is new to trad and multi pitch so I was looking for something easy-moderate (5.8/9 and below) for one day and maybe Unimpeachable Groping into Blade Runner another day. However, my trip is short and I don't want to spend a lot of time waiting around stuck in lines so I'd definitely just search for less popular routes if the general wisdom is to expect lines on any popular routes. Thanks in advance, really stoked for my trip.

Not expecting specific route recommendations here since there are many other threads with that info, but if you're inclined, context for our group is solid single pitch 5.12 sport climbers, 5.10 trad (but will want to keep it lower than this).

If you're not looking for specific route recommendations, and you understand that by definition "popular" means "attracts crowds," and that "obviously there is a bit of chance involved here," then what exactly are you looking for?  There is nothing different about this post than any of the hundred other posts asking the exact same thing.  

Use the forum search function, do your research both here and in guidebooks, pick some candidates for your trip, get an early start, and go prepared with a Plan B in case you find a line at the route you hope for.  RRNCA has hundreds of excellent routes right next to classics, that are just as good, and never see traffic.  If everyone posted about them, then they would no longer be the hidden treasures that they are.  You have to earn them.

My experience as a regular visitor over many years is that I do not experience crowds on moderate multipitch routes 5.10 and below, on weekdays (when I typically climb) unless it's a Holiday of some kind, like the Monday of a three day weekend or "Spring Break" weeks. Depending on where you are heading, a number of the multpitch routes on various walls are close enough together that, if you get there and someone slow is on the route you want to do, you can always do an equally nice route quite nearby. 

Weekday vs weekend crowds are about the same imo.  The way to avoid crowds is climb the popular routes during the summer

Adam W wrote:

Weekday vs weekend crowds are about the same imo.  The way to avoid crowds is climb the popular routes during the summer

This is the real beta.

If you're not looking for specific route recommendations

I'm open to them :)

then what exactly are you looking for?

At least where I do most of my climbing (the northeast) I have had a lot of success finding very popular routes/crags completely empty during the week that would normally be a zoo on the weekend. I was just wondering if that is similar in RR or if I should not have the expectation.

Appreciate all the responses so far. Sounds like I should just be prepared with backups.

Be in the gate at 6 AM and try to be first on a climb. That increases your chances of not waiting.

I did a November trip there last year. The days are short and climbs in the shade are cold. Everybody is trying to climb the routes in the sun, which is a massively smaller subset of the classic moderate routes there, i.e., heinous crowds on the sunny routes (like the worst I've seen at any climbing area) and no crowds on the shaded routes. Bring your puffy for the Plan Bs!

FrankPS wrote:

Be in the gate at 6 AM and try to be first on a climb. That increases your chances of not waiting.

Or, more work but maybe even better...

Park at the lot at the loop road exit and hike in prior to the gate opening.