Black Velvet Canyon climbing
142 routes · 4,491 ft elevation
Access
The 13-mile Scenic Drive requires a timed-entry reservation October to May and has seasonal gate hours. Calico Basin and Kraft Mountain sit outside the Scenic Drive and need no reservation.
Areas
- Black Velvet Wall (28)
- Burlap Buttress (14)
- Corduroy Ridge (2)
- Mustang Wall (6)
- The Monument (16)
- The Texas Wall / West Velvet Wall (17)
- Western Spaces Wall (8)
- Whiskey Peak (51)
Hikes, approaches and descents
- Black Velvet Canyon Approach — Class 2
- Approach to The Monument — Class 2
- Black Velvet Peak Descent Route — Class 3
- Black Velvet Parking Trail — Class 3
- Black Velvet Parking Trail (upper) — Class 3
- Epinephrine Error — Class 3
- Burlap Direct — Class 4
- Whiskey Peak Approach — Class 2
- Approach to The Rad Cliff — Class 2