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| AlpineAffinity | Ahhh so close! Date Climbed: Nov 19, 2009 | |
| Solar slab the whole way. Two pitches from the top. Ahhhrrrgh haha! | |
| Posted Dec 30, 2009 8:46 pm | ||
| Bob Burd | Via Oak Creek Canyon  Date Climbed: Nov 23, 2009 | |
| With Matthew on a fine day around Thanksgiving. Trip Report | |
| Posted Dec 11, 2009 2:01 pm | ||
| WML | Route Climbed: Solar Slab Gully + Solar Slab Date Climbed: Nov 21, 2009 | |
| Got through the first two pitches of Solar Slab itself, then had to bail thanks to a lack of sunlight. CLASSIC climb!!!! I'm still amazed RR does not get more traffic! Spectacular climbing | |
| Posted Nov 23, 2009 11:04 am | ||
| ShinLV | Rainbow Peak Date Climbed: May 10, 2009 | |
| Branch Whitney lead 7 of us for 4 peaks (Juniper, Gunsight Notch, Rainbow and Mt.Wilson) peak in 1 Day hike. About 13 mile and 8,000 ft elevation gain. Only 4 hikers made it. Check My Photo Album | |
| Posted Aug 5, 2009 3:13 am | ||
| jimegan | RAINBOW PK Date Climbed: Jan 4, 2002 | |
| CLIMBED WITH BRANDON ET AL VIA OAK CRK ADDITIONAL VISITS: PINE CRK/GUNSIGHT NOTCH 5/22/01 ALSO CLIMBED VIA OAK CRK 3/2/02 W/ALAN N OAK CRK 1/21/03 4/29/05 10/3/05 2/26/06 JUNIPER CYN 4/26/07 5/22/08 | |
| Posted Feb 8, 2008 6:47 am | ||
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| MoapaPk | Re: naughty, naughty! | |
| Thanks for a good chuckle! | |
| Posted Dec 24, 2007 1:29 am | ||
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| rpc | naughty, naughty! | |
| "we were walking out in the dark after an hour of raping" ...was it burros? :) | |
| Posted Dec 19, 2007 2:32 am | ||
| ibndalight | Route: SunDog Date Climbed: Dec 13, 2007 | |
| Fun day climb startted at 7am and ended about 3pm we were walking out in the dark after an hour of raping | |
| Posted Dec 18, 2007 11:45 pm | ||
| sergio | Solo Date Climbed: Feb 9, 2003 | |
| I hiked Rainbow from the backside after seeing was I thought was a faint trail while going to Bridge Mountain on an earlier hike. Boy was I wrong. An easy hike at first turned turned into a major ordeal and it took me the whole day. Made it back to the car whipped like never before. | |
| Posted Oct 2, 2007 11:37 pm | ||
| BranchWhitney | Rainbow Peak without the Ledges Date Climbed: May 6, 2007 | |
| Just led a group of 13 up this new route that Richard N. and I found in April 2007. It cuts the distance in half compared to any other route. I believe it is the best route in Red Rock. | ||
| Posted May 7, 2007 10:00 am | ||
| Anya Jingle | Via Juniper Canyon and Gunsight Notch Date Climbed: May 27, 2005 | |
| The route via Oak Creek is more scenic than this one. However, this is a guick way to get up both Rainbow Peak and Rainbow Wall. Photos are here: Rainbow Peak and Wall via Gunsight Notch | |
| Posted Mar 13, 2007 10:35 pm | ||
| Cookie Addict | Great Mountain Date Climbed: Mar 16, 2006 | |
| I and a buddy were waiting at the gate when it opened and were the first on-route – just barely. We fought the cold and wind all the way up Crimson Chrysalis and it took a total of 9 hours for us to ascend and rap off the route. It truly was a fantastic route. The trail there is real confusing, hike in the area beforehand. Get there very early. Bring extra layers and a pee bottle. | |
| Posted Mar 21, 2006 1:00 am | ||
| rickford | Solar Slab/ Solar Gulley Date Climbed: Mar 7, 2006 | |
| Started a bit too late and was slowed down by the fact that I was climbing with two others as a three person team. Overall, A rather spectacular climb! We made it to the 9th pitch (including the Solar gulley 'pitches'). The first pitch of Solar Slab was perfect: Exposed, long, easy, and excellent gear placements. Bring a jacket in late winter- for there is nothing 'solar' about the route during such times. Thanks Aarash for recommending such an excellent route, wish you could have been there with us! (BTW Josh, your sub 25 minute ascent of this route makes me want to quit climbing :-) | |
| Posted Mar 15, 2006 4:00 pm | ||
| MoapaPk | Route Climbed: From Juniper Canyon Date Climbed: Oct 12, 2003; Oct 10, 2004 | |
| Route-finding on the last ridge is a bit tricky, and rather unforgiving. The fastest way up is via Juniper Canyon, and around the backside of Rainbow Wall, but that route is very confusing. The Oak Cr route described here is a better choice for 1st-timers. The "Rainbow Mountain" described here is what Branch Whitney refers to as "Rainbow Peak". The "Rainbow Mountain" described by the DPS is actually the "Rainbow Wall" described here (summitpost) and in Branch Whitney's guides. The USGS map has a label "Rainbow Mountain" on the topo near the 6810' peak, but the USGS names are not sacrosanct, and were usually picked by asking locals, "what's that?" Check out the label for "Bridge Mountain" if you need convincing. However, the USGS deci_nv file lists: 845609|NV|Rainbow Mountain|summit|Clark|32|003|360629N|1152922W|36.10806|-115.48944|||||6810|||Blue Diamond ...so they have further ingrained that the 6810' peak is "Rainbow Mountain". From the scenic loop, the 6810' "Peak" looks dominant. But from the Lovell Canyon side -- the traditional hiking route, before the late 90's-- the "Peak" is just a lump, and the 6924' "Wall" is the obvious highpoint. To add to the confusion, the Las Vegas Mountaineers' Club used to list "Rainbow Peak" as 6924', as a summit on their peakbagger list. I asked ffor a clarification on this, and was told that they meant the 6924' summit ("Wall") was the intended goal for peak-baggers. Few people ever go to the 6810' Peak described here, partly because of the class 4 downclimb. Usually, when people say they've hiked up Rainbow Mountain, they mean "Rainbow Wall". | |
| Posted Dec 1, 2005 10:38 pm | ||
| M and N Denyer | Route Climbed: Solar Slab Gully & Solar Slab Date Climbed: April 10, 2005 | |
| WOW! What a route!! Mark and I gained the terrace via Solar Slab Gully (the waterfall on pitch 5 was oozing and wet which made the stemming a bit more exciting). Had beautiful weather--mid 70's with absolutely NO wind!! Only two other parties ahead of us on Solar Slab itself. Really enjoyed the pitches. There were so many, that it is hard to keep them all straight. A real mixture of climbing--edges, finger cracks, lie backs, stemming, smearing . . . it has it all. Made it to the top and then started heading left following cairns for the descent of Black Orpheus (Super Topo has a great description of this descent). The descent was an adventure unto itself--very long!! Two rappels and then endless Class 2-4 slabs (if in doubt head down and right toward the creek bed). Bushwhacking through/down the creekbed--this route just keeps giving. Supertopo stated it takes most parties 1.5 hours to navigate the creekbed--they weren't joking. At this point, we were losing our daylight and it was becoming clear we were going to be unable to backtrack to the base of Solar Slab and retrieve our packs--we decided to just return the next morning to get them. Fortunately, we had phoned the day before for a late exit pass as we made it back to our car at 9:00 p.m. What a satisfying feeling to be close up the place! We returned the next morning and enjoyed a leisurely hike to our packs and did the tourist thing--snapped photos. =) What an awesome route! We'll definitely be back to do this one again! | |
| Posted Apr 13, 2005 11:34 am | ||
| rpc | Route Climbed: Multiple Date Climbed: Multiple | |
| Power Failure (Mar. ??, 2009). Nice climbing in a small package (3P). Shirley took the middle (crux) pitch. Final pitch was soft for 10a. TR here. Black Orpheus (Oct. 7, 2007). Shirley & I climbed this swapping leads. I somehow did not have big expectations for this route (mid 30% of it is kinda forgettable) but we actually had a very fun time on it. The pitches that get the high rating (.9 & .9+/10a) were actually kind of what one would expect. We found the last 2 pitches kind of harder than expected esp. the 5.5 slab at the very top...in fact ST has the very top of P11 labeled as 5.2. Maybe I missed an easier line?? Descent & hike out were long. Passed Fred Beckey day before as he was hiking into Pine Creek. Ginger Cracks (Nov. 26, 2004). Final and best route of our trip to RR. Wonderful mix of climbing. The chimney on P2 looks intimidating but is in fact a ton of fun (stellar pro). Doesn't feel as exposed as Crimson but the climbing is more varied (and unlike Crimson has only 1 hanging belay). 5.9 pitch seems to have run into a retrobolter (bolts in places that take small cams - why?). I pulled off a 1X1 foot block on that pitch and after giving everyone on the wall a loud, profanity-ladden warning, launched it down. Beulah's Book(Nov. 25, 2004). Great short route. The short chimney is unforgettable. The layback above is easier than it looks. There was human (or I should say subhuman filthy animal) turd above chimney on P2. We thought about doing Solar Slab but changed our minds when we got in line, took the number and it read "11"....next time. Crimson Chrysalis (Jul. 11, 2004). Shirley and I climbed this under the July sun. Actually conditions on the climb were perfect. The route is in the shade most of the day and cool breezes roll through constantly. Best part of the day was the fact that we were the only people on route ALL day. Unbelievable!! The route is beautiful and truly deserves its status as a classic. Have never climbed a 5.8 like this before. It takes a straight line up the nearly vertical north face of Cloud Tower (I think it IS vertical for first 3.5 pitches). You get this "big wall" feel as all the belays (excpt two) are hanging. All belays are beautifully (triply or quadruply) bolted (and equipped with rap rings). All bolts (except ones on P9) are shiny new and beefy. This was the 2nd highpoint of the climbing season so far this year (1st being the Tip of Lost Arrow Spire in Yos.)!! Johnny Vegas (Jan. 3, 2004). Fun short route. P2 seemed a bit runout. Solar Slab Gully (Jan. 1, 2003) incl. 1st pitch of Solar Slab. Will go back sometime to finish SS. | |
| Posted Dec 3, 2004 5:31 pm | ||
| Clydascope | Route Climbed: Solar Slab Date Climbed: Sometime in the late 80's | |
| Fun climb, wrong descent gully = 12 single rope rappels in the dark. | |
| Posted Nov 30, 2004 5:32 pm | ||
| cp0915 | Route Climbed: via Oak Creek Canyon Date Climbed: October 23, 2004 | |
| One of the best hiking routes in the Red Rock area. Oak Creek Canyon is extremely scenic. The cascades were flowing everywhere. The ramp up to the summit ridge is quick and easy. Some nice, exposed class 3 & 4 scrambling just before the main summit. From the top, great views of Rainbow Wall, Juniper Peak, Bridge Mountain, Mt. Wilson, etc. My new favorite Red Rock peak. | |
| Posted Oct 24, 2004 12:05 pm | ||
| Rob | Route Climbed: Various Date Climbed: 1992... | |
| Crimson Chrysalis Rainbow Buttress L29 | |
| Posted Jul 14, 2004 9:33 pm | ||
| asmrz | Route Climbed: Solar Slab Gully and Solar Slab Date Climbed: March 31st, 2004 | |
| Penelope May and I combined the Solar Slab Gully and Solar Slab for a great climb during our brief visit to Red Rocks. We climbed four pitches in the Gully and 6 or 7 pitches up the Slab for a total of at least 10-11 pitches. I got lost a bit on the last couple pitches and we might have finished on the Sunflower, but the Solar Slab has some wonderful climbing. The Black Crack pitch was one of the best 5.6 pitches I have ever climbed, yeh, that good. Most of the pitches are steep, clean climbing with great protection. We did 11 or 12 rappels to gett off the formation. We started at 6:00 am from the car and got back to firm ground at 9:00pm, a long day with raps in the dark. But I would recommend this route fully, this is a real Red Rocks Classic. We had the route to ourselves. Penelope took some pictures of the route's key pitches and I have included them here on the SP. Take a look at the route's quality and go for it. It's a must do! | |
| Posted Apr 25, 2004 8:11 pm | ||
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