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Lake Mead Buttress Rock Climbing

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Routes in Lake Mead Buttress

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	Anti-Vax Crack S 5.11a/b 6c 23 VIII- 23 E3 5c
	Bone Collector T 5.9 5c 17 VI 17 HVS 5a
	Booster Direct S 5.13a 7c+ 29 IX+ 29 E6 6c
	Booster Shot S 5.12b 7b 26 VIII+ 26 E5 6b
	Contagion S 5.10a/b 6a+ 19 VI+ 19 E2 5b
	Herd Immunity S 5.11a 6c 22 VII+ 22 E3 5c
	Killer Nano Robot Infection S 5.12a 7a+ 25 VIII+ 25 E5 6a
	La Madre Flu S 5.9 5c 17 VI 17 HVS 5a
	Lake Mead Buttress Original Route T 5.9+ 5c 17 VI 17 E1 5a R
	Land Before Time S 5.8+ 5b 16 VI- 15 HVS 4c
	Mr. Bones' Wild Ride T 5.9+ 5c 17 VI 17 E1 5a X
	Mutation S 5.12a/b 7b 26 VIII+ 26 E5 6a
	Patient Zero S 5.10a 6a 18 VI+ 18 E1 5a
	Sleeper S 5.11d 7a 24 VIII 25 E5 6a
	Super Spreader 35 S 5.12b 7b 26 VIII+ 26 E5 6b
	Tectonic Tango S 5.11b 6c 23 VIII- 23 E3 5c
	West Side Story S 5.10a 6a 18 VI+ 18 E1 5a

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Elevation:	5,000 ft	1,524 m
GPS:	36.2169, -115.36439 Google Map · Climbing Area Map
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Description

Lake Mead Buttress is the last big cliff in the La Madre Mts on the east end. It's the 800' dark grey limestone cliff that looms up large at the west end of Lake Mead Blvd, which is how it got the name. Also of interest here is a large beautiful agave roasting pit on the slope just below the cliff.

Getting There

Lake Mead Buttress can be seen very prominently from the west end of Lake Mead Blvd. Park on Kettle Ridge Drive (36.20486, -115.35282). Walk west to Lake Mead Blvd, turn right and follow the road or sidewalk and take a left on the first road. As of Dec 2024, this is a dirt road for construction access. Be respectful!

Walk the road for 1 minute and drop off right into the wash. Look for cairns out right for the trail (36.20754, -115.35484). Follow this to the intersection with the Cleod 9 mountain bike trail. Turn left and follow this to the junction with the signed Secret Menu Trail. Go right on Secret Menu until you reach a faint cairned climbers path up a ridge below the buttress (36.21176, -115.36446). Follow this up past another mountain bike trail to a split at the base of the wall. Left for Contagion thru West Side Story, right for Anti-vax Crack thru Booster Shot.

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Classic Climbing Routes at Lake Mead Buttress

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5.8+ 5b 16 VI- 15 HVS 4c 63 ● Land Before Time Sport 6 pitches
5.9 5c 17 VI 17 HVS 5a 12 ● La Madre Flu Sport
5.10a 6a 18 VI+ 18 E1 5a 17 ● West Side Story Sport 7 pitches
5.10a 6a 18 VI+ 18 E1 5a 74 ● Patient Zero Sport 8 pitches
5.10a/b 6a+ 19 VI+ 19 E2 5b 181 ● Contagion Sport 6 pitches
5.11a 6c 22 VII+ 22 E3 5c 27 ● Herd Immunity Sport 5 pitches
5.11a/b 6c 23 VIII- 23 E3 5c 13 ● Anti-Vax Crack Sport 5 pitches
5.11b 6c 23 VIII- 23 E3 5c 21 ● Tectonic Tango Sport 6 pitches
5.12a 7a+ 25 VIII+ 25 E5 6a 14 ● Killer Nano Robot Infection Sport 4 pitches
5.12a/b 7b 26 VIII+ 26 E5 6a 5 ● Mutation Sport 2 pitches
5.12b 7b 26 VIII+ 26 E5 6b 15 ● Super Spreader 35 Sport 5 pitches
5.12b 7b 26 VIII+ 26 E5 6b 4 ● Booster Shot Sport