Ammonite
5.11+ sport · 110 ft · 17 bolts · ★★★☆
Upper Tier has 13 routes, from 5.10+ PG13 to 5.12b; 7 are harder, and 1 other is the same grade.
First ascent: Thomas Gilmore Feb 2023
Description
Really fun climb although a little contrived and squeezed. Both cruxs can be avoided by climbing left of the intended route.
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. Ammonite is the second bolt line left from the pillar. Black bolt hangers leading through an obvious crux bulge at bolt 3.
Protection
70m rope, 17 Bolts
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
- Adrift 5.10b
- 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