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Coco Crag

Nevada > Southern Nevada > Red Rocks > (01) Calico Basin
Warning Access Issue: Red Rock RAIN AND WET ROCK: The sandstone is fragile and is very easily damaged when wet. DetailsDrop down

Description

This generally shady area has two EXCELLENT sport routes and two (o.k.) Trad routes. Worth a visit to climb them all in a day!! The route lenghts in the Brock/McMillan book for the two trad routes are VERY incorrect and will require walk offs that are pretty easy.

Getting There

The approach is super easy and should take about 10-15 minutes. Follow the trail from the west side of the Red Springs Picnic Parking Area in Calico Basin; follow the trail up toward the obvious unbroken cliff straight west. Pick up a trail and head for the large shady area just to the right of the Classic Corner of Calico Area. Super easy to find, just start hiking up the trail up the hill and the wall will appear on your left hand side.

Routes from Left to Right

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Beta photo showing several climbs from above. Climber in black is on Cocopuss
[Hide Photo] Beta photo showing several climbs from above. Climber in black is on Cocopuss
Identifier for the CoCo Crag - look for the dark rock.
[Hide Photo] Identifier for the CoCo Crag - look for the dark rock.
Taken from the bathrooms on the west side of the parking lot (not by the boardwalk). Arrow is pointing to Adventure Guppies route.
[Hide Photo] Taken from the bathrooms on the west side of the parking lot (not by the boardwalk). Arrow is pointing to Adventure Guppies route.
Upper view showing high parts of the right hand routes
[Hide Photo] Upper view showing high parts of the right hand routes

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Jeff O
Washington D.C.
[Hide Comment] Just to be clear, in case you don't know what the "Classic Corner" is -- the wall is directly west of the parking lot. Don't head North or South. Apr 13, 2015
Danny Smith
Tracy, CA
[Hide Comment] The GPS location on the IOS version of Mountain Project leads right to a collection of a couple climbs, but from the pictures on these routes, I’m not sure it was the same spot. I wouldn’t mind being wrong. I did one climb there and it was fun! I would say a 5.8 or 5.9. Jul 4, 2020
[Hide Comment] Danny, you were probably confused because the GPS coordinates for Coco Crag and Red Springs Rock were switched on Mountain Project (The two crags are very close to each other). I've now corrected them but it may take a bit for the app to update from the servers. If you want, check the routes listed here under Red Springs Rock and see if any match up with what you climbed.

To make matters more confusing, the current edition of the Handren guidebook lists TWO Red Springs Rocks on the Calico Basin topo. The "other" one is called Little Springs Crag here and the GPS coordinates for this area are correct. Jul 5, 2020