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Arrow is parking, Orange is the standard approach, yellow is a slightly longer newer mtb trail, purple is the hike off the back side to the buckskin cliff shadows parking. Waypoints are start of route.
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Pitch 3
General route overview from approach. Green is 5.10b pitch 2 variation
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Sam Boyce
Jan 22, 2022
“Arrow is parking, Orange is the standard approach, yellow is a slightly longer newer mtb trail, purple is the hike off the back side to the buckskin cliff shadows parking. Waypoints are start of route.”  

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Route and descent overview (approximate!)
The many different ways to approach and descend. This will continue to change as the housing development progresses
Pitch 3
Arrow is parking, Orange is the standard approach, yellow is a slightly longer newer mtb trail, purple is the hike off the back side to the buckskin cliff shadows parking. Waypoints are start of route.
General route overview from approach. Green is 5.10b pitch 2 variation
Contagion - Cleod 9 Trail to Secret Menu Trail
P2 variation
Small parking at at the base of the climb up to the start of Contagion. Approximately 3/4 of a mile west of West Lake Mead Blvd and Desert Foothills. Access will change as the subdivision road construction evolves.
Congo line of ~7 people heading up Contagion. Photo taken from the base 3/11/2023
Photo from Thomas G.
Photo from Thomas G.
Photo from Thomas G.