Johnny Vegas
5.7 trad · 4 pitches · 480 ft · ★★★☆
Route 14 of 19 from left to right on Solar Slab - Lower Tier, with Sandstone Overcast on its left and Frieda's Flake on its right. Solar Slab - Lower Tier has 19 routes, from 5.4 to 5.10b/c; 14 are harder, and 3 others are the same grade.
First ascent: Tom Cecil, Dave Cox, Harrison Shull, and Todd Hewitt, Nov 1994
Description
This route is the most common approach to the popular Solar Slab above. It is often busy.
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 Solar Slab - Lower Tier
- Some handcrack 5.7+
- Solar Slab Gully 5.4
- Tan Line 5.7
- Dubious Flirtations 5.10b/c
- Sandstone Overcast 5.8 C1
- Marble Madness 5.10 PG13
- Beulah's Book 5.9
- Corona 5.10a
- Frieda's Flake 5.9
- Certain Air 5.10b/c
- Some fingercrack 5.10
- Horndog 5.8
- Solar Flare 5.10-
- Beulah's Arete 5.7
- Shake, Rattle, and Roll 5.8 PG13
- The Pamphlet 5.8
- Walking on Sunshine 5.10b
- Sunburn 5.7