Flight Path Area  Photos:  Recent | Best | Popular Page Views:  5,425. Good page?    Administrators:  Larry DeAngelo, Tom Erickson Submitted By:  John Hegyes on Apr 22, 2005 Make this area a Favorite What's New   Print a Mini-Guide with routes Add Route  Add Photo  Add Comment  Add Event  Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat 90° | 68° 88° | 64° 82° | 59° 82° | 63° 82° | 63°

BETA PHOTO: Flight Path Area

Description 

Flight Path Area on Bridge Mountain has at least ten quality routes rated from 5.6 to 5.10-, mixed and trad. Most of the routes are broken up into a couple smaller areas, where groups of four routes share common belay/rappel anchors. This is ideal if you'd like to lead up a moderate route and then set up top roping on several more difficult ones. The routes face east and only get sun in the morning. Nearby routes exist to the north in Gemstone Gully and to the south in Stick Gully.

Getting There 

From the Pine Creek parking lot, the Flight Path Area is located on Bridge Mountain, well to the right of Straight Shooter Wall. An approach could be made via Straight Shooter, but involves bushwhacking. The preferred way involves taking the Pine Creek trail west, toward Mescalito, then hanging a right (north) about a half mile up the trail, on to the Dale Trail. About a quarter mile up the Dale Trail, which parallels the massif, as you drop into a streambed, look for a climbers trail that branches left, toward the crags. This trail is well marked by cairns. Look at Flight Path from here and observe the weakness in the red cliff band below it. Follow the trail up the cliff to the area. This approach takes 30 minutes.

The Classics

Featured Route For Flight Path Area

Doin' the Good Drive 5.9  NV : Red Rock : ... : Flight Path Area

An underrated and overlooked sister climb to nearby Straight Shooter, with everything including tips crack, flaky face, hand jams, a roof, a mantel, and easy-off chain anchors. Easy to toprope two other climbs on this face from same anchors. My partner felt this was 10a on toprope, I felt it was solid 9 and worth 3+ stars, not the *1* listed in the B/McM book....[more]   Browse More Classics in NV

Photos of Flight Path Area Slideshow

Add Photo

Ugly Mary Hammer used to hand drill on lead first...	Flight Path Area before the fire.	BETA PHOTO: Left side of the Flight Path Area