Spinal Tap
5.11+ sport · 110 ft · 16 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: Sam Boyce, Lani Chapko Jan 2021
Description
The first route developed at the crag. Great sustained vertical climbing
Location
Between Neptune's Kiss and Nautilus
Protection
70m rope, 16 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
- Nudibranch 5.12b
- The Crusty Crab 5.10b