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Southern Nevada Climbing

Climbing Area Map

Areas in Southern Nevada

Arrow Canyon 1 / 53 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 54

Big Rocks Wilderness (aka Mecca) 1 / 0 / 0 / 2 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 3

Blue Diamond Area 0 / 48 / 0 / 4 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 52

Boulder City Area 3 / 6 / 1 / 32 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 41

Christmas Tree Pass 23 / 14 / 3 / 7 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 45

Eldorado Mountains 165 / 5 / 27 / 96 / 0 / 9 / 0 / 6 / 274

Henderson Crags 10 / 1 / 8 / 38 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 50

Highlands, The 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0

Jean Boulders 0 / 0 / 0 / 9 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 9

La Madre Area 9 / 265 / 2 / 12 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 287

Las Vegas East 13 / 2 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 15

Moapa Peak 2 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 2

Mormon Mountains 0 / 74 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 74

Mount Charleston 6 / 469 / 6 / 64 / 7 / 0 / 2 / 0 / 548

Mount Potosi 0 / 330 / 3 / 1 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 332

Needles and Haystacks 0 / 0 / 0 / 3 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 3

Rainbow Canyon 39 / 35 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 74

Red Rock Boulders 0 / 0 / 2 / 1,213 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 1,213

Red Rocks 1,665 / 1,094 / 172 / 3 / 0 / 20 / 0 / 1 / 2,832

Sun City 0 / 24 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 24

X-Cave, The 0 / 5 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 5

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Description

Southern Nevada is famous for easy to reach limestone and sandstone walls of all heights.

Local organizations of note:

Desert Rock Sports Las Vegas is a must stop spot for gear and info, right down the street from Red Rock.
Southern Nevada Climbers Coalition (SNCC) is the local Access Fund affiliate. They're on MP: Southern Nevada Climbers Coalition.

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Classic Climbing Routes at Southern Nevada

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

5.8 5b 16 VI- 15 HVS 4c 1,768 ● Dark Shadows Trad 4 pitches Red Rocks > … > Mescalito > Dark Shadows Wall
5.8 5b 16 VI- 15 HVS 4c 1,542 ● Frogland Trad 6 pitches Red Rocks > … > Whiskey Peak > N Face
5.8+ 5b 16 VI- 15 HVS 4c 1,180 ● Crimson Chrysalis Trad 9 pitches Red Rocks > Juniper Canyon > Cloud Tower
5.9- 5c 17 VI 16 HVS 4c 1,039 ● Armatron Trad 6 pitches Red Rocks > Juniper Canyon > Brownstone Wall
5.9 5c 17 VI 17 HVS 5a 1,687 ● Epinephrine Trad 13 pitches Red Rocks > Black Velvet Ca… > Black Velvet Wall
5.10a 6a 18 VI+ 18 E1 5a 854 ● Dream of Wild Turkeys Trad 10 pitches Red Rocks > Black Velvet Ca… > Black Velvet Wall
5.10a 6a 18 VI+ 18 E1 5a 663 ● Sour Mash Trad 6 pitches Red Rocks > Black Velvet Ca… > Black Velvet Wall
5.10b 6a+ 19 VII- 19 E2 5b 925 ● Unimpeachable Groping Sport 7 pitches Red Rocks > Juniper Canyon > Ginger Buttress
5.10 6b 20 VII- 19 E2 5b 1,027 ● Triassic Sands Trad 6 pitches Red Rocks > … > Whiskey Peak > N Face
5.10+ 6b+ 21 VII+ 20 E3 5b 597 ● The Fox Trad Red Rocks > … > Red Spring > Fox Area
5.10+ 6b+ 21 VII+ 20 E3 5b 531 ● The Nightcrawler Trad 5 pitches Red Rocks > Juniper Canyon > Brownstone Wall
5.11a 6c 22 VII+ 22 E3 5c 597 ● Yin and Yang Trad Red Rocks > … > Kraft Mtn Area > Yin & Yang Cliff
5.11b/c 6c+ 23 VIII- 24 E4 6a 866 ● Levitation 29 Trad 9 pitches Red Rocks > Oak Creek Canyon > Eagle Wall
5.11c 6c+ 24 VIII- 24 E4 6a 766 ● Yaak Crack Sport Red Rocks > Second Pullout… > Gallery
5.12a 7a+ 25 VIII+ 25 E5 6a 497 ● Cloud Tower Trad 6 pitches Red Rocks > Juniper Canyon > Cloud Tower