PRINT: Rock Climb Big Black Cadillac, Mount Charleston

Big Black Cadillac

5.12+, Sport, 50 ft (15 m),

Avg: 2.7 from 3 votes
FA: Keoni Onsaga
Nevada > Southern Nevada > Mt Charleston > Route 157 (Kyle… > (03) Blue Sky Bluff

Access Issue: Partial closure due to flood damage Details

Severe flood damage in August of 2023 has caused closures on parts of the mountain.

Latest update as of May 2025:
fs.usda.gov/r04/humboldt-to…

~* Open / Accessible *~
ROUTE 158 CRAGS
All Open (Starter Crag, Robbers Roost, Glasshouse, etc.)

CATHEDRAL ROCK AREA / SOUTH LOOP
The Dark Tower
Palantine Wall
Chert Locker
The Chapel
Sonar Wall
The Belltower
Sound Garden
Walden
Weakness Wall
Cathedral Rock N Face

BLUE SKY BLUFF / PIRATES COVE
Open

THE HOOD / THE BALCONY
Access from N Loop Trail only

!!! Closed !!!
MARY JANE AREA
Imagination Wall
Fast Food Crag
Universal Wall
Mary Jane Cliff
White Pine Cliff
Yellow Pine Cliff
Walla Walla Wash
Nueva Esperanza

Description

The first route right of the unbolted scooped/overhanging area. Beware the guano

Not a very consistent route. Basically it is 5.10+ climbing to a 3-4 move V6/7? to 5.9 climbing.

Location

Just right of the unbolted overhanging area. There is a crack/ramp area after the 2nd bolt.

Protection

6 stainless bolts to double mussy anchor.

This route was bolted solely for the purpose of allowing for the attempted first ascent, and the attempted first ascent information is posted here solely to document the history of the first ascent. No person should read this posting with the assumption that this route or the fixed gear left behind is safe in any way or otherwise appropriate to allow for safe subsequent ascents. Climbing is dangerous and should only be done with the appropriate training and risk management practices that include providing for the climbers own safety. Attempting to climb this route as described above or by any other means or methods could result in injury or death.

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Blue Skies and Black Death

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Keoni Onsaga

Not sure if i got the FA since its been up awhile. Couldn't find any info on anyone doing it. As of today its officially not an open project. 12d makes sense for the grade but hard to tell since it is just 4 or 5 moves. Apr 17, 2021

Kyle Smith
Southern Nevada

I tried this route on TR solo a few weeks ago, the moves felt heinous so I'd love to see the sequence you climbed it with! Did you climb straight up through the bolts using the tiny left hand sidepull or out right of the bolts? Apr 17, 2021