Brachiopod
5.11a sport · 100 ft · 15 bolts · ★★★☆
Upper Tier has 13 routes, from 5.10+ PG13 to 5.12b; 5 are harder, and 1 other is the same grade.
First ascent: Thomas Gilmore Feb 2023
Description
5.10- climbing leads to a thin crux up high. Decent warm up. Make sure to check out the Nautilus fossil left of 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. Brachiopod 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, 15 bolts (follow all black hangers)
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
- Ammonite 5.11+
- Atlantis 5.10b
- Barnacle 5.12a
- 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