Adrift
5.10b sport · 100 ft · 14 bolts · ★★★☆
Upper Tier has 13 routes, from 5.10+ PG13 to 5.12b; 9 are harder, and 2 others are the same grade.
First ascent: Jake Blanton Feb 2023
Description
Begin on the same bolt line as Brachiopod; veers right following gray hangers when the routes split. When in doubt, go right. Bolts may feel a little spaced but it's all there. Make sure you check out the brachiopod fluted fossil at the anchor.
Location
The main section of the cliff is split by a giant pillar. On the right side of the pillar is Atlantis and on the left side begins the main section of the crag. Adrift is the first bolt line left from the pillar. Note: Brachiopod and Adrift share the first couple bolts. Brachiopod continues straight up on black hangers and Adrift moves right on gray hangers.
Protection
70m rope, 14 bolts (begins on black hangers and then follows the gray hangers to the right)
Hikes, approaches and descents
- Approach to Crustacean Crag (north start) — Class 2
- Approach to Crustacean Crag (south start) — Class 2
Access
Much of the range is the La Madre Mountain Wilderness, managed jointly by the BLM (Red Rock Canyon National Conservation Area) and the Forest Service (Spring Mountains National Recreation Area). In the wilderness, no motorized vehicles or mechanized equipment, and no gluing, chipping or chiseling of the rock.
More routes on Upper Tier
- Ammonite 5.11+
- Atlantis 5.10b
- Barnacle 5.12a
- Brachiopod 5.11a
- Crynoids 5.11a
- Invertebrates 5.10+ PG13
- Naegleria Fowleri 5.11c
- Nautilus 5.11d
- Neptune's Kiss 5.12a
- Nudibranch 5.12b
- Spinal Tap 5.11+
- The Crusty Crab 5.10b