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Hunter S. Thompson Dome Rock Climbing

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	Chrome Dome S 5.10a 6a 18 VI+ 18 E1 5a
	Crazy Eights S 5.8 5b 16 VI- 15 HVS 4c
	De-Nogginizer, The S 5.11a 6c 22 VII+ 22 E3 5c
	Fear & Loathing II T 5.10+ 6b+ 21 VII+ 20 E3 5b PG13
	Gonzo Dogs T 5.10a 6a 18 VI+ 18 E1 5a
	Liquid God T 5.11b 6c 23 VIII- 23 E3 5c
	Mother's Milk S 5.8 5b 16 VI- 15 HVS 4c
	Psychotic Derangement S 5.11 6c+ 23 VIII- 23 E4 5c
	Runout Rodeo T 5.10 6b 20 VII- 19 E2 5b R
	Safety of Disbelief, The S 5.11a 6c 22 VII+ 22 E3 5c
	Soggy Grapenuts S 5.11b/c 6c+ 23 VIII- 24 E4 6a
	Squire S 5.10c 6b 20 VII 20 E2 5b
	Throttle Control S 5.10d 6b+ 21 VII+ 21 E3 5b
	Walking the Vertical Beach T 5.9+ 5c 17 VI 17 E1 5a PG13
	Walking the Vertical Bolts S 5.9 5c 17 VI 17 HVS 5a
	Weaponized Incontinence S 5.10d 6b+ 21 VII+ 21 E3 5b

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Access Issue: Red Rock RAIN AND WET ROCK: The sandstone is fragile and is very easily damaged when wet. Details

Holds rip off and climbs have been and will continue to be permanently damaged due to climbers not respecting this phenomenon. After a heavy storm, the rock will remain wet, sometimes for several days. PLEASE DO NOT CLIMB IN RED ROCKS during or after rain. A good rule of thumb is that if the ground near your climb is at all damp (and not powdery dry sand), then do not climb. There are many alternatives (limestone, granite, basalt, and plastic) nearby.

HUMAN WASTE Human waste is one of the major issues plaguing Red Rocks. The Las Vegas Climbers Liaison Council and the AAC provides free "wag bags" in several locations (Black Velvet, First Pullout, Kraft Mtn/Bouldering, The Gallery, and The Black Corridor). These bags are designed so that you can pack your waste out - consider bringing one to be part of your kit (just like your rope and shoes and lunch) no matter where you go. Once used, please dispose of them properly (do not throw them in the toilets at the parking area).

Description

Hunter S Thompson Dome is the dome-shaped cliff with a huge, 50' wide by 8' deep roof about halfway up its right end. It's easily identified from the parking lot and located behind Black Corridor and Sweet Pain wall. It is a taller 'adventure' wall relative to its pure sport climbing aforementioned neighbor crags.

It has a mix of sport and trad routes from 5.8 to 5.12 with several new, fully-bolted sport climbs. And all the new sport climbs and original trad lines (from the 80s/90s) have updated bolts/anchors with glueins as of summer 2023. The sport climbs have lower-off anchors and the trad lines with bolted anchors have rap rings. The trad lines that reach the top of the cliff (gear belays) can be done in a single long pitch with a 70m rope, otherwise a 60m easily covers the climbs at HSTD.

The wall faces west to southwest and receives morning shade with afternoon sun. Think HSTD in the morning shade then Sweet Pain or Black Corridor in the afternoon shade, or the reverse if it's cold and you want the sun.

The descent if you top out is a walk off to the right/southeast to the boulder field approach for Great Red Book area.

Getting There

Same approach as for Sweet Pain, Black Corridor, Great Red Book area. From the parking lot follow the trail down to the wash and head left/north. After 100' in the wash scramble up/right through a low point full of tanks (often with water) to a sandy wash area full of scrub oak bushes and braided trails. From here you can just barely see climbs in one end of the Black Corridor and Sweet Pain wall on the left side up a gully/wash that heads uphill in front of you. Scramble up through the Sweet Pain wall gully/base area and at the top of the base area HSTD will come into view across the bigger gully to the right/east. This gully is the upper entrance/exit of Black Corridor down to the right/south. Scramble across the gully to the base of HSTD right in the middle of the wall, left of the huge roof. 15 minutes at most if you nail it.

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Classic Climbing Routes at Hunter S. Thompson Dome

Mountain Project's determination of the classic, most popular, highest rated climbing routes in this area.

5.8 5b 16 VI- 15 HVS 4c 227 ● Crazy Eights Sport
5.8 5b 16 VI- 15 HVS 4c 164 ● Mother's Milk Sport
5.9 5c 17 VI 17 HVS 5a 11 ● Walking the Vertical Bolts Sport
5.10a 6a 18 VI+ 18 E1 5a 146 ● Chrome Dome Sport
5.10c 6b 20 VII 20 E2 5b 100 ● Squire Sport
5.10d 6b+ 21 VII+ 21 E3 5b 6 ● Throttle Control Sport
5.11a 6c 22 VII+ 22 E3 5c 126 ● The De-Nogginizer Sport
5.11 6c+ 23 VIII- 23 E4 5c 7 ● Psychotic Derangement Sport