Triassic Sands
5.10 trad · 5 pitches · 700 ft · ★★★★
Route 16 of 29 from left to right on North Face, with Sandblast on its left and Cole Essence on its right. North Face has 29 routes, from 5.8 to 5.12a/b; 19 are harder, and 4 others are the same grade.
First ascent: J. Herbst, L. Hamilton, 1972; FFA J. Herbst and many others, 1979
Access
The 13-mile Scenic Drive requires a timed-entry reservation October to May and has seasonal gate hours. Calico Basin and Kraft Mountain sit outside the Scenic Drive and need no reservation.
Wet rock: Aztec sandstone loses much of its strength when wet. Do not climb for at least 24 to 48 hours after rain or snowmelt, or holds break off and routes are permanently damaged.
More routes on North Face
- Kenny Laguna 5.10d PG13
- Perplexity 5.10d
- Rain Dance 5.10a
- Closed on Monday 5.10a
- Amber 5.10b
- Bourbon Street 5.8
- Mazatlan 5.10d
- Sand Felipe 5.10-
- Geriatrics (aka Ben Dover Beelzebub) 5.12-
- Return To Forever 5.10d
- Ixtlan 5.11c
- The Delicate Sound of Thunder 5.11b
- Tales from the Gripped 5.11c
- Cole Essence 5.11c
- Frogland 5.8
- Quarantine Crack 5.10+
- Open-and-Shut 5.10d
- Desert Wave 5.11b
- Our Father 5.10c/d R
- Bourbon Hangover 5.8+
- Miss Conception 5.10+
- Sandblast 5.10- R
- Archaeopteryx 5.11a R
- Matzoland 5.12a/b
- Only the Good Die Young 5.11b/c
- The Misunderstanding 5.9
- Wholesome Fullback 5.10b
- Canadian Club 5.8