Training Grounds
5.6 sport · 3 pitches · 250 ft · ★★★☆
Southwest Face has 2 routes, from 5.6 to 5.7 PG13; 1 is harder.
First ascent: FFA: Kevin Heinrich
Description
Are you looking for an easy, well bolted route to practice your multi pitch skillz? Look no further! 3 pitches of well bolted sports clipping. Skip the lines on Big Bad Wolf and check this thing out. Please utilize the local limestone and stay off wet sandstone! This route needs traffic and some brushing but will clean up nicely. Don't mistake this for the route to the left as that one is run out. 1p 50 feet 4 bolts 5.5 you can easily link 1 and 2 but if you are practicing transitions, why not pitch it out? 2p 100 feet 8 bolts 5.6 3p 100 feet 9 bolts 5.6 Descent: 3 rappels with a single 60 or 2 rappels with two 60s. You can also hike off to the north on the main hiking trail This route is included in the new guidebook for multi-pitch sport climbing in Red Rock. Check it out for more information, photos, and topos for this route and others like it! https://www.theclimbingguides.com/product-page/red-rock-multi-pitch-sport-climbs
Location
Go up the biggest gully on the WSW face.
Protection
Sport route
Access
Lone Mountain stands on its own in the northwest of the Las Vegas valley, apart from the La Madre range: it isn't part of the La Madre Mountain Wilderness.
More routes on Southwest Face
- The Lone Ranger 5.7 PG13