Silk Road

5.6 sport · 90 ft · ★★★☆

First ascent: A lizard

Description

Silk Road offers fewer big holds and more slab climbing than the rest of the routes in the area. Good for footwork. Well protected down low and where it's harder, and just a bit spacier when the climbing is easy - good for your mental game.Don't top-rope or lower through the fixed anchors if someone else is climbing it, just the last person!Give your rope a good pull from the right to avoid getting caught in the giant flake.

Location

Second route from the right on the south face. Just left of Super Tsardom. Currently (2/2022) the only route with glue-in bolts.

Protection

7 bolts + 2 bolt anchor with mussy hooks = 9 bolts total.

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.

Ranked in

• #6 in Best 5.7 and under sport climbs at Red Rock

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• The Hot Gates 5.6
• Sultans and Viziers 5.8
• Umayyad Caliphate 5.9+
• The Sun Never Sets 5.7
• Evil Empire 5.11a
• The Three Kingdoms 5.7
• East India Trading Co. 5.6
• Babylon 5.8 5.8
• This is Sparta 5.9
• Byzantium 5.10b
• Ming Dynasty 5.9+
• The Fall of Rome 5.10b
• Conquistador 5.10d
• Meerkat Manor 5.7
• The Mayan Pass 5.6
• Manifest Destiny 5.9+
• Mongol Hoarde 5.10a
• Five Charter Oath 5.8-
• Slava Ukraini! 5.6

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