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All Locations > Nevada > Southern Nevada > La Madre Area > Lake Mead Buttress > Contagion (5.10a/b 6a+ 19 VI+ 19 E2 5b)
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.
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Contagion - Cleod 9 Trail to Secret Menu Trail
Contagion - Secret Menu Trail to Base
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Nov 6, 2022
“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.”  

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First pitch from the base. There is now a permadraw before the left traverse early on in the pitch
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.
Route Overlays for Contagion, Patient Zero, and Killer Nano Robot Infection
General route overview from approach. Green is 5.10b pitch 2 variation
Photo from Thomas G.
Contagion is a fantastic backup climb if you get some rain on your Red Rocks trip! The whole route was in the clouds
P5 off the ledge
Just below the Pitch 1 crux and at the same time 30 mph April winds were getting in my head and sapping my confidence. Photo with permission from Kevin Gardner
Descent overview (approximate!)
The many different ways to approach and descend. This will continue to change as the housing development progresses
Congo line of ~7 people heading up Contagion. Photo taken from the base 3/11/2023
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