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Mount Potosi Rock Climbing

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Elevation:	8,467 ft
GPS:	35.966, -115.502 Google Map · Climbing Area Map
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Shared By:	Mike Lewis on Jul 5, 2012
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Description

Mount Potosi has at least a few different areas for sport climbing. The most prominent is the Clear Light Cave. There is also the Buena Vista wall, and maybe more by now. This area is relatively secluded and not very populated. The limestone is of relatively good quality. There are a plethora of routes from at least 5.10 to 5.14, with potential for harder routes.

Getting There

When driving west from Las Vegas on 160 toward Pahrump, you will take a left on an obvious dirt road about 6.0 miles west of the intersection of 160 and 159 - this is only about 1.2 miles west of the Black Velvet Canyon dirt road on the right, for reference.

See individual crags pages for their very different approaches on unpaved desert roads.

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Classic Climbing Routes at Mount Potosi

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

5.10a 6a 18 VI+ 18 E1 5a 7 ● Ichabod's Icicles Sport W Side > … > Lower Cliffs > Clean Slate Wall
5.10a 6a 18 VI+ 18 E1 5a 11 ● Ichabod's Poop Chute Sport W Side > … > Upper Cliffs > Spit Roasted Wall
5.10a 6a 18 VI+ 18 E1 5a 4 ● Tempered Tantrum Sport W Side > … > Upper Cliffs > Tantrum Wall
5.10b 6a+ 19 VII- 19 E2 5b 3 ● Full Count Sport W Side > … > Upper Cliffs > Upper Deck
5.10c 6b 20 VII 20 E2 5b 9 ● Capt'n Stab'n Sport W Side > … > Upper Cliffs > EnTRAPment Wall
5.11a 6c 22 VII+ 22 E3 5c 5 ● Guns and Provolone Sport E Side > Porcelain Wall
5.11b 6c 23 VIII- 23 E3 5c 30 ● Whamo (1st anchor) Sport E Side > Clear Light Cave
5.11b 6c 23 VIII- 23 E3 5c 3 ● 80 Feet of Heat Sport W Side > … > Upper Cliffs > EnTRAPment Wall
5.12a 7a+ 25 VIII+ 25 E5 6a 21 ● Moment of Clarity (1st anchor) Sport E Side > Clear Light Cave
5.12b 7b 26 VIII+ 26 E5 6b 9 ● Santorini Sport E Side > Clear Light Cave
5.12c 7b+ 27 IX- 27 E6 6b 8 ● Captain Caveman Sport E Side > Clear Light Cave
5.13a 7c+ 29 IX+ 29 E6 6c 5 ● Caveman Ecstasy Sport E Side > Clear Light Cave
5.13c 8a+ 30 X- 31 E7 7a 3 ● Power Windows Sport E Side > Clear Light Cave
5.14b 8c 33 X+ 33 E9 7b 3 ● Reverse Polarity Sport E Side > Clear Light Cave
5.14c 8c+ 34 XI- 35 E9 7b 3 ● Annihilator Sport E Side > Clear Light Cave