The Crusty Crab
5.10b sport · 100 ft · 15 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: Ross Erickson, Thomas Gilmore
Description
A strenuous move off the ground on sharp corral leads to more enjoyable and consistent 5.9/5.10- climbing to the anchors. Anchor needs steel lower offs.
Location
This is now the first route you will encounter on the approach which is 75 feet right of Atlantis and 15 left of big obvious broken pillar.
Protection
15ish 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
- Spinal Tap 5.11+