Black Widow Hollow
5.9 trad · 3 pitches · 400 ft · ★★★☆
Route 2 of 22 from left to right on East Face, with The Wasp on its left and Pauline's Pentacle on its right. East Face has 22 routes, from 5.7 to 5.12; 12 are harder, and 2 others are the same grade.
First ascent: Joe Herbst, Mark Moore, Nov 1975
Hikes, approaches and descents
- Mescalito Direct — Class 3
Access
Timed-entry reservation required to enter the Scenic Drive October to May.
Wet rock: Aztec sandstone is fragile when wet. Do not climb for at least 24 to 48 hours after rain or snowmelt.
More routes on East Face
- Pauligk Pillar 5.7+
- Centerfold 5.10a R
- Deep Space 5.9+
- Y2K 5.10a
- The Walker Spur 5.10b/c R
- Welcome to Red Rocks 5.12
- Pine Nuts 5.10-
- Left of Disco 5.10b/c PG13
- Splitting Hares 5.9
- Too Many Tantrums 5.7
- Pauline's Pentacle 5.10a
- Cookie Monster 5.7
- C11H17NO3 5.8+ R
- The Wasp 5.10-
- The Next Century 5.10c PG13
- Bloodline 5.10+
- Crunchy Cat 5.8- PG13
- Mescalito - Original Route 5.7
- This Ain't No Disco 5.10a PG13
- When A Stranger Calls 5.8
- Ebony Way 5.9