A trad que

What area is the best place to lead trad for the first time 

Yer gonna die..

But seriously, get a guide book do research and find an easy 5 or 6 that "eats gear" preferably with rap anchors at the top.  

Eldo.

^^Hah!  "Oh, hey...you can climb 5.7, right?"

Skeeter aka richard wrote:

What area is the best place to lead trad for the first time 

Hey, when I'm ready, my plan will be to start with a sport line that takes gear, for practice. In my area, some of the lines can be either. Just poke through your local guidebook, or pick old timers brains.

Have fun! Helen

Gunks.  It's a long drive for you so plan to spend the weekend.

Okay my troll meter seems to be malfunctioning just a bit.  Somebody help me out am I missing something or is this just a post by an innocent?

The gym of course.

City of Rocks, drive up here so I have a partner next weekend

I think this is would be right up your alley: https://www.mountainproject.com/v/city-park/106328525

But seriously there's this crazy thing on mountain project where you can search for climbs in your area that meet your criteria.  You should give it a try. 

Red rocks is a good option gor a first lead. Ig you haven't been there before. Do a day or two of sport to get used to the feel of the rock. Dont climb hard sport though. Try putting some gear in half way through day 1 or on day 2. Then take a day or atleast get a later start and try a trad route. That would be my advice.

Devils Lake, hands down!

yosemite

Gunks it is sport climbing with trad rack on most climbs. Not to mention lots but of fun. Also, try the jtree there are plenty of well protected cracks 

Here's a sample search of easy Albuquerque area single-pitch climbs.

I recommend climbing a well protected sport route that will also take some gear.  Climb past a couple bolts, clip a bolt and place gear right above this, then start taking lead falls to build your confidence in the gear. Ideally, place the gear at varying levels of what you would imagine is secure.  This way you can tell if what you think will hold actually does, and you can see what constitutes a poor placement in practice.  

Safe Climbing!

LIke, anywhere in country? Try Fortress Wall, Red River Gorge

OP asks where to do first trad lead.

Profile says leads 5.7 trad.

Does not compute.

Skeeter aka richard wrote:

What area is the best place to lead trad for the first time 

Moab splitters. Hard to fuck up cam placements there unless you have no idea how a cam works.