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Saddle Rocks - Skirt (West Face) 


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Description 

This is the large face seen from throughout the valley and is home to a number of quality crack and slab routes up to 5.12 in difficulty. Some of the better ones here include Right On (5.5), Walk on the Wild Side (5.8), Where Have all the Cowboys Gone (5.10d) and Silver Spur (5.12).


Getting There 

Hike east following the marked trail which leads directly to the massive west face of Saddle Rocks. The approach takes about 10 minutes from the parking lot at Hall of Horrors.


The Classics

Mountain Project's determination of some of the classic, most popular, highest rated routes for Saddle Rocks - Skirt (West Face):
Right On   5.5     Trad, 4 pitches, 350 feet   
Orange Flake   5.8     Trad, 2 pitches   
Walk on the Wild Side   5.8     Trad, 3 pitches, 250 feet   
Santa Cruz   5.10a     Trad, 1 pitch, 100 feet   
Harley Queen   5.10c     Trad, 2 pitches   
Harlequin   5.10d R     Trad, 3 pitches   
Where Have all the Cowboys Gone   5.10d     Trad, 3 pitches, 200 feet   
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Tony Sartin on the crux third pitch.

Silver Spur 5.12  CA : Joshua Tree National Park : ... : Saddle Rocks - Skirt (West...
This route is a variation to Bosch Job. Pitches 1 and 2 follow Bosch Job and the 3rd pitch climbs up and left where Bosch Job moves right.Begin by scrambling up a low-angle slab (at a right-facing corner) to a big ledge about 75 ft. right from the start of Right On. Pitch 1: Go left around the corner, then up a low-angle slab (5.5) to a belay at a small ledge with a block. Pitch 2 (10a): Up steepening face to a bolt, move left to a thin flake which leads to a small left-facing corner. Follo...[more]   Browse More Classics in CA