PRINT: Climb Keelhaul, Mount Charleston

Keelhaul

V10 PG13, Boulder, 25 ft (8 m),

Avg: 3 from 2 votes
FA: Harry Larson
Nevada > Southern Nevada > Mt Charleston > Mt Charleston B… > Subway > Main Cave

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

A beta intensive thug fest with a full value top out to boot!

Sit start matched on a jug rail on the left side of the cave just before it begins bulging up and out. Climb to the left through good holds and pinches in a near horizontal roof until you reach jugs on the vertical face. From here you face an easy but tall topout that heads to the left.

Some people choose to drop off after matching the second jug right before the topout (about 10 feet up) but that's no fun!