The Virus

5.11b sport · 50 ft · 7 bolts · ★★★☆

Area 51 has 19 routes, from 5.10d to 5.14a; 14 are harder, and 2 others are the same grade.

First ascent: John Heiman, late 1990's

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.

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