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Glass Elevator
5.7 YDS 5a French 15 Ewbanks V+ UIAA 13 ZA MVS 4b British
Avg: 2.6 from 20
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Routes in Angel Food Wall
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Domestic Bliss T 5.8 5b 16 VI- 15 HVS 4c |
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Eigerwand T 5.9 5c 17 VI 17 HVS 5a |
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Glass Elevator T 5.7 5a 15 V+ 13 MVS 4b |
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Gobies for Gumbies T 5.11a 6c 22 VII+ 22 E3 5c |
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Group Therapy T 5.7 5a 15 V+ 13 MVS 4b |
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Healy's Haunted House T 5.8 5b 16 VI- 15 HVS 4c X |
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Purblind Pillar T 5.8 5b 16 VI- 15 HVS 4c |
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Sandy Hole T 5.7 5a 15 V+ 13 MVS 4b |
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Stilgar's Wild Ride T 5.8 5b 16 VI- 15 HVS 4c |
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Tele-vision T 5.9+ 5c 17 VI 17 E1 5a |
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Tunnel Vision T 5.7 5a 15 V+ 13 MVS 4b |
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Tunnel vision / stilgar variation T 5.6 4c 14 V 12 S 4b PG13 |
| Type: | Trad, 650 ft (197 m), 5 pitches |
| FA: | unknown |
| Page Views: | 2,711 total · 95/month |
| Shared By: | Sam Boyce on Dec 16, 2021 |
| Admins: | Luke EF, Larry DeAngelo, Aaron Mc, Justin Johnsen |
Access Issue: Red Rock RAIN AND WET ROCK: The sandstone is fragile and is very easily damaged when wet.
Details
HUMAN WASTE Human waste is one of the major issues plaguing Red Rocks. The Las Vegas Climbers Liaison Council and the AAC provides free "wag bags" in several locations (Black Velvet, First Pullout, Kraft Mtn/Bouldering, The Gallery, and The Black Corridor). These bags are designed so that you can pack your waste out - consider bringing one to be part of your kit (just like your rope and shoes and lunch) no matter where you go. Once used, please dispose of them properly (do not throw them in the toilets at the parking area).
Description
This route climbs a major weakness on the far left side of angel food wall. When we first climbed this a couple years ago we found restaurant signs on one of the ledges and bootied a stuck cam in the chimney. It must have a long history and different name so I would love to update if anyone knows. Start under the large house sized chockstone left of sandy hole.
P0/1 Squeeze through a short tunnel behind the chockstone to a ledge. Tag packs up then ramble up the chockstone to a large ledge system with many scrub oak bushes.
P2 150’ 5.4 This is Kind of bushy and sandy but will clean up. Head up and right through the path of least resistance aiming for the base of a large obvious chimney. Belay here on a good ledge. Some tree wrestling required.
P3 100’ 5.6 Head up the crack on the face up sometimes friable plates but mostly good varnish to a good ledge. There is a rope eating crack down low that will give you heinous rope drag if you are not careful.
P3v 100’ 5.9 Alternatively, climb the 5.9 chimney on the left, this chimney is wicked slippery, maybe the slickest I’ve ever climbed (maybe second to the kor ingalls polished calcite…). This option has some loose rock but goes to the same ledge.
P4 150’ 5.5 Head up and left into the large gully. Ramble up the path of least resistance to the “restaurant sign ledge”, most of the signs have been washed away in a storm it seems. There is a small Charlie Brown style pine tree to mark this ledge.
P5 150’ 5.6 Walk left to the elevator shaft on “domestic bliss”, climb that routes last pitch for an absolutely stellar pitch of splitter varnish crack climbing. The first time up we climbed the crack system straight up and found it moderate but very friable and chossy with a couple death flakes, would not recommend.
Descent: Head left on the top out ledge. Follow this ledge all the way left to link into the standard descent for angel food wall.
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