Nudibranch
5.12b sport · 110 ft · 17 bolts · ★★★☆
Upper Tier has 13 routes, from 5.10+ PG13 to 5.12b; this is the hardest.
First ascent: Josh Diggs Feb 2023
Description
Start with a boulder problem off the ground. Easier climbing leads to a tricky to read thin crux. From there things thin way out on hard slab climbing to the chains. Currently, this is the hardest route at the crag.
Location
between Nautilus and Invertebrates
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
- 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
- Spinal Tap 5.11+
- The Crusty Crab 5.10b