Mescalito - Original Route
5.7 trad · 7 pitches · 1,100 ft · ★★★☆
Route 11 of 22 from left to right on East Face, with C11H17NO3 on its left and Left of Disco on its right. East Face has 22 routes, from 5.7 to 5.12; 19 are harder, and 2 others are the same grade.
First ascent: Jeff Lansing Peter Wist 1968
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-
- Black Widow Hollow 5.9
- 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
- This Ain't No Disco 5.10a PG13
- When A Stranger Calls 5.8
- Ebony Way 5.9