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Jungle Wall

Nevada > Southern Nevada > Red Rocks > (11) Juniper Canyon
Warning Access Issue: Red Rock RAIN AND WET ROCK: The sandstone is fragile and is very easily damaged when wet. DetailsDrop down

Description

Jungle Wall is a really cool place to go and do some craggin. It is in the shade pretty much all day. The rock is hard and beautiful. You won't have to wait in line for a route. And when you rope up, you can count on doing a whole lot of climbing before you untie. Oh, and the view is awesome.

Getting There

Park at the Pine Creek pull off and go towards Olive Oil on Rose Tower. Continue up past the base of Olive Oil and follow the right hand side of the gully until you near the top 1/3 of it. The the Jungle Wall is on your left. It is the obvious dark varnished wall that will catch your eye.

Routes from Left to Right

5.10d 6b+ 21 VII+ 21 E3 5b
 14
● Left Edge
Sport
5.11b 6c 23 VIII- 23 E3 5c
 50
● Jungle Wall
Sport
5.10 6b 20 VII- 19 E2 5b
 2
● The Monkey King
TR
5.8 5b 16 VI- 15 HVS 4c
 4
● Bear Necessities
Trad
5.10d 6b+ 21 VII+ 21 E3 5b PG13
 9
● Jungle Gym
Trad
5.11 6c+ 23 VIII- 23 E4 5c PG13
 24
● Black Rose (AKA Emerald Forest)
Trad
5.10c 6b 20 VII 20 E2 5b PG13
 3
● Jorge of the Jungle
Trad
5.10a/b 6a+ 19 VI+ 19 E2 5b
 3
● Canopy Crack
Trad
5.10c 6b 20 VII 20 E2 5b
 9
● Mowgli
Sport
5.9+ 5c 17 VI 17 E1 5a
 12
● Bush Pig
Trad
5.6 4c 14 V 12 S 4b
 4
● Cougar Ledge
Trad
5.10b 6a+ 19 VII- 19 E2 5b PG13
 4
● The Puma
Trad
5.9 5c 17 VI 17 HVS 5a
 2
● The Panther
Trad
5.8 5b 16 VI- 15 HVS 4c
 2
● Catamount
Trad
5.10a 6a 18 VI+ 18 E1 5a
 5
● Elephants on Parade
Trad 3 pitches
5.9 5c 17 VI 17 HVS 5a PG13
 8
● Jungle Rot
Trad
5.8 5b 16 VI- 15 HVS 4c
 29
● Little Britches
Trad
5.10- 6a 18 VI+ 18 E1 5a
 5
● Vanilla Gorilla
Trad
5.10 6b 20 VII- 19 E2 5b
 1
● Strangler Fig
TR
5.9 5c 17 VI 17 HVS 5a
 2
● Aye-Aye Cap'n
Trad
5.7 5a 15 V+ 13 MVS 4b
 1
● Toothless Tiger
Trad
5.7 5a 15 V+ 13 MVS 4b
 3
● The Shwack
Trad
5.6 4c 14 V 12 S 4b
 1
● Amazon Prime
Trad
Route Name Location Star Rating Difficulty Date
● Left Edge
 14
5.10d 6b+ 21 VII+ 21 E3 5b Sport
● Jungle Wall
 50
5.11b 6c 23 VIII- 23 E3 5c Sport
● The Monkey King
 2
5.10 6b 20 VII- 19 E2 5b TR
● Bear Necessities
 4
5.8 5b 16 VI- 15 HVS 4c Trad
● Jungle Gym
 9
5.10d 6b+ 21 VII+ 21 E3 5b PG13 Trad
● Black Rose (AKA Emerald For…
 24
5.11 6c+ 23 VIII- 23 E4 5c PG13 Trad
● Jorge of the Jungle
 3
5.10c 6b 20 VII 20 E2 5b PG13 Trad
● Canopy Crack
 3
5.10a/b 6a+ 19 VI+ 19 E2 5b Trad
● Mowgli
 9
5.10c 6b 20 VII 20 E2 5b Sport
● Bush Pig
 12
5.9+ 5c 17 VI 17 E1 5a Trad
● Cougar Ledge
 4
5.6 4c 14 V 12 S 4b Trad
● The Puma
 4
5.10b 6a+ 19 VII- 19 E2 5b PG13 Trad
● The Panther
 2
5.9 5c 17 VI 17 HVS 5a Trad
● Catamount
 2
5.8 5b 16 VI- 15 HVS 4c Trad
● Elephants on Parade
 5
5.10a 6a 18 VI+ 18 E1 5a Trad 3 pitches
● Jungle Rot
 8
5.9 5c 17 VI 17 HVS 5a PG13 Trad
● Little Britches
 29
5.8 5b 16 VI- 15 HVS 4c Trad
● Vanilla Gorilla
 5
5.10- 6a 18 VI+ 18 E1 5a Trad
● Strangler Fig
 1
5.10 6b 20 VII- 19 E2 5b TR
● Aye-Aye Cap'n
 2
5.9 5c 17 VI 17 HVS 5a Trad
● Toothless Tiger
 1
5.7 5a 15 V+ 13 MVS 4b Trad
● The Shwack
 3
5.7 5a 15 V+ 13 MVS 4b Trad
● Amazon Prime
 1
5.6 4c 14 V 12 S 4b Trad

Photos [Hide ALL Photos]

Three routes on Jungle Wall.
[Hide Photo] Three routes on Jungle Wall.
Sitting area at base of Olive Oil. Tuck in around that wall to find the hanging tat.
[Hide Photo] Sitting area at base of Olive Oil. Tuck in around that wall to find the hanging tat.

Comments [Hide ALL Comments]

Jason Halladay
Los Alamos, NM
[Hide Comment] The wall must get its name from the bushwacking you'll do to get there. Thankfully, as of today, the bushes have been clipped and the going is much, much easier. That said, it still took us at least an hour and a half to reach the base of the wall and we're quite familiar with RRCNCA trails and approaches. Nonetheless, it's totally worth the hike to climb on the wall. Great rock and amazing position. Dec 27, 2013
Rprops
Nevada
[Hide Comment] 50 Minutes from Pine Creek to Left Edge. 70 minutes from Oak Creek.

Approach: Walk to the start of Olive Oil. Turn left at the sit down bench of rock and tuck into the bushy alcove. Cairns and a trail are easy to follow.

Scramble up and get to the left wall. Take this until you a run into a hard to pass boulder. Look right, and use the branch to climb up, and cross to right wall. Follow obvious trail until the trail crosses under an overhung boulder to Jungle Wall. Oct 17, 2017
Ben Townsend
[Hide Comment] In early-mid May, the wall didn’t go into the shade until about noon. Little Britches seemed to be the first route to get shady.

Lots of short route-finding puzzles the first time up the approach, but overall it’s pretty straightforward. We stayed mostly near the right wall until it was obvious to traverse left at the overhanging boulder. May 9, 2018
William Thiry
Las Vegas
[Hide Comment] As Jason said, expect at least an hour and fifteen minutes if you're moving fast and know the way. Fantastic area worth the effort to get there. Mar 3, 2021
Alex W
Bloomington, MN
[Hide Comment] I wish I would have read the comments before heading to this crag. We wanted a chill rest-ish day between multipitch days and didn't realize the approach was a bit of a mission. We did the hour hike to get to the start of the gully where this wall is, took one look at the bushwacking 4th class boulder scramble and turned around. We walked "around the corner" to Geronimo and did the first pitch pretty nice and approach was a bit less "jungley" and less bouldery as well. Maybe we'll come back after a proper rest day. Looks like a great spot though and a really nice hike.

From the Pine Creek Canyon lot we followed trails to the crag using Google maps GPS coordinates. The approach description above was spot on.

Note: All of the goat trails from Knoll trail are visible on google maps on satelite mode and my phone GPS worked till we got to the gully. This could have saved a bit of approach time if we knew before hand. My phone says it was about 5 miles round trip.

We were able to get 4G/cell signal in the open area just before entering the gully to Jungle Wall. Apr 26, 2021
Josh Janes

[Hide Comment] Wow this wall has really matured since I was last up there. Lots of fun new routes to climb and the approach has become much less of a hideous schwack. Unfortunately, the hardware up there (both anchors on new routes as well as the rebolting of some of the old ones) is a mess. Some examples:

Left Edge has been rebolted but the old bolt holes were patched with unsightly smears of grey patch on the otherwise beautiful black varnish. Jungle Gym was rebolted but someone failed to remove two of the old 5/16” button heads (understandable - they are hard to get out) but then took an angle grinder to one of them - leaving the bolt and rock mangled. Next time maybe a Hurley Sr or just leave them alone? They also felt the anchor, which already had two old (but reasonably good) bolts and one new one, was inadequate so another was added but in such a location that one of best of the existing bolts was rendered unusable (I did my best to re-equip this anchor with the hardware I had to equalize it). The anchor atop Jorge of the Jungle has a botched bolt (but neither removed nor patched) and the two good bolts were driven too deeply (possibly by the nut - remember, no one likes being hammered on the nuts) and now the nuts are just barely fully threaded. The anchor atop Bush Pig is indeed “bomber”, as described, but a chain clipped to a hanger with a carabiner? Really? The anchor atop Little Britches is currently webbing directly through hangers and a single quick link. This is just what I saw today.

I don’t know if it was amateur hour or if someone just didn’t finish the job but hopefully this beautiful wall can get some more love in the future. Nov 7, 2021