The Cube is the first boulder you come upon if you...
Description
The Kraft Boulders are located before the Red Rocks Visitors center. Great Boulders outside of a residential area. Hundreds of problems from V0 to V10. The very first boulder is called the Cube and it is hard to miss considering its size. The cube is about 25 ft. with a many routes including Agent orange (V8). There is a rap anchor on the north side of the boulder if you get sketched out down climbing the V3.
Getting There
From Vegas, take highway 159 past the campground but not quite to the visotrs center. Take the right turn to red springs. You will wind through a neighborhood but keep going straigit on the main road. The road will have a pull off for a trailhead which is popular but go right and straight down that road. The road has a dead end with grey rock on both sides of the road, park here. Take the trail in front of you. From there the trail takes you to the boulders in about a minute or two depending on how fast you walk.
The Pearl is a classic line on The Pearl boulder. The face is slightly overhanging, and the start holds barely there. The regular start is standing up. It's really only a move or two depending on how you do it until you are home free. Descent is on the opposite side of the boulder. ...[more]
Recently the residents of Calico have put up signs in the cul-de-sac, that tell people not to park in the very end of the cul-de-sac so please don't, just park before the signs, be courteous and don't taunt the labs!
Use the parking lot for Cannibal Crag-- http://mountainproject.com/v/nevada/red_rock/calico_basin/53>>>>> -- and walk on the road that goes directly 'right' from the parking on the map (thanks for posting that) and you go down into a gulley and back out, if you keep heading straight you come to the Cube. Angle to the right if you want to go towards Potato Chip or Pearl boulders, etc. The bouldering guidebook available at the Red Rock visitor center is good.
Kraft Boulders
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