Black Velvet Wall

BETA PHOTO: Black Velvet Wall

Description 

This is one of the premier walls in Red Rock. It features a wealth and variety of good climbing from the chimneys of Epinephrine to the balancy edges on Dream of Wild Turkeys.

Getting There 

From the Black Velvet parking lot, follow the old bicycle road west for a few hundred yards. When the road turns left, continue west on a good trail. At the base of Whiskey Peak, the is a trail branching left to climb up to Frogland and nearby routes; continue west, climbing slightly before dropping into the deep wash on your immediate right. Follow the streambed up until it is blocked by a cliff band. On the left side of the wash trails lead up to a steep 3rd class route through the band. From the top of the cliff either go straight south toward routes near Dream of Wild Turkeys, or drop back to the streambed and continue upstream a short distance to the Epinephrine area.

Featured Route For Black Velvet Wall

Epinephrine 5.9  NV : Red Rock : ... : Black Velvet Wall

This is it. THE classic red rocks route. And its just as good as everyone says it is.Approach as for the Black Velvet wall. After climbing around the chockstone, return to the stream bed and walk another minute or two upstream. The bolts on the first pitch will be easily spotted on the left.This route has lost some of the original seriousness now that bolted anchors have been placed all the way up. This speeds things up considerably and prov...[more]

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Black Velvet Wall. Photo by Blitzo.	BETA PHOTO: A typical day in the Velvet. Red = Prince of Da...	Climbers on pitch 3 of Wild Turkeys and myself (at...
Frogland buttress.