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| sshankle | Pretty Big Day  Date Climbed: Mar 8, 2009 | |
| In town on business, I climbed Cat in the Hat with Bob of JHMG to the summit of Mescalito. I led pitch 1 and the fantastic pitch 4. After the 6th pitch we climbed up 500' of 3rd & 4th class terrain to a final 5.7 pitch, then another 150' of 3rd & 4th class to the summit. Downclimbed and rapped the route of ascent. Going to the summit makes this III+ 5.7'ish. Great climb! | |
| Posted Mar 8, 2009 8:11 pm | ||
| jimegan | MESCALITO Date Climbed: May 18, 2000 | |
| PREFER THE LOOP ROUTE UP FERN CRK AND BACK PINE CRK ALSO CLIMBED: 1/13/02 12/7/02 1/16/04(WITH WIFE) 1/16/05 | |
| Posted Feb 8, 2008 7:25 am | ||
| MoapaPk | 3 times so far Date Climbed: Nov 12, 2004 | |
| Most memorable was a unique downclimb with the Siberian, Doc F, and Branch W. | |
| Posted May 8, 2007 8:38 pm | ||
| plume | Dark Shadows Date Climbed: Mar 14, 2007 | |
| Stunningly great introduction to Red Rocks. | |
| Posted Mar 18, 2007 1:31 am | ||
| benjohnson | Cat in the Hat Date Climbed: Mar 5, 2007 | |
| Fun easy climb. Great views. Got on the climb in the afternoon and had a great rap in the dark. | |
| Posted Mar 10, 2007 6:05 pm | ||
| Anya Jingle | Via Pine Creek Canyon Date Climbed: May 12, 2006 | |
| One of my favorite class 3 scrambles in Red Rock. We climbed up via Fern Canyon (North Fork of Pine Creek) and descended via Mescalito Fork and the South Fork of Pine Creek. The slideshow is here: Mescalito Loop | |
| Posted Mar 8, 2007 11:05 pm | ||
| Matthew Holliman | Cat In The Hat Date Climbed: Feb 17, 2006 | |
| Headed out to Vegas just for one day to catch the Sisters of Mercy, and squeezed in a climb with Donnie before the show. A bit chilly in the shade, but nice in the sun... and consistently excellent rock and wonderful views. Steep, but good holds everywhere. Great fun. Ran out of time to tag the summit, so we ended up rapping the route. | |
| Posted Apr 13, 2006 1:47 am | ||
| BranchWhitney | Route Climbed: Cat in the Hat Date Climbed: Nov 8, 2005 | |
| This was a fun climb. Lot of people on the route that day. Have some video of a climber at the crux on the last pitch. I took it from the trail. Looks scary! | ||
| Posted Mar 12, 2006 5:27 am | ||
| fowweezer | Route Climbed: Cat in the Hat Date Climbed: January 21, 2006 | |
| 1/21/06: Got to Red Rocks around 9 am and slept until noon after driving through the night. Wandered up Pine Creek to the base of the climb and headed up Cat in the Hat. The first two pitches went smoothly until we got stuck next to a very slow party of 5 rappelling from a tree anchor we were using. Not wanting to get mixed up in their ropes from above (they were pulling them) we opted to wait for them to pass. Over an hour later we left the belay. We had moved slowly on the lower two pitches, taking our time and enjoying ourselves. Pitch 4 (3 in the description on SP) I placed one piece and just cruised to make up lost time. We did the traverse, looked at the crack and opted not to do it. We moved into a flake system above the slung block belay as it was getting dark. It would probably go at 5.8+ but I backed off on the lead about 10-12 feet up and we bailed from there. The descent was epic. Snarled ropes, rapping in the dark, getting cold, etc. We had one headlamp, which my partner dropped from 40 feet up on the last rappel. We found it but the batteries were lost (it lived!). We made our way down in the dark using the light on my old video camera, but we wandered through the stream and took a few falls before the camera's light died permanently. We got back to the car around 9:00 pm. Good first day in Red Rocks. We plan to return to climb Tunnel Vision and some others if possible within the next few weeks. | |
| Posted Jan 24, 2006 9:33 pm | ||
| SusanM | Route Climbed: Via Pine Creek Canyon Date Climbed: November 13, 2005 | |
| An awesome peak with a wonderful group of hikers. | |
| Posted Nov 13, 2005 8:49 pm | ||
| mekwise | Route Climbed: Cat in the Hat 5.6, 6 pitches Date Climbed: OCtober 21, 2005 | |
| Climbed the standard six pitch route. Great day climbing with Johanna. Unfortunately, we got stuck behind a very slow moving group. Ended up rapping and hiking out in the dark. So much for those plans to climb Dark Shadows. | |
| Posted Oct 26, 2005 2:50 pm | ||
| tdoughty | Route Climbed: Dark Shadows Date Climbed: May '92 | |
| Outstanding technical climbing on the first few pitches, leading to classic "desert peak" scrambling for the final half of the climb. Unique position. With Tom Scott. | |
| Posted Sep 5, 2005 1:10 pm | ||
| birdhead | Route Climbed: Cat in the Hat Date Climbed: April 2003 | |
| Great route on nice rock. Lots of people on the rock that day. Had to rap in the dark. | |
| Posted May 10, 2005 11:26 am | ||
| DesertAdventures | Route Climbed: Hiked in. Date Climbed: 3-28-05 | |
| Hiked in via Fern Canyon. Very windy on top but yet still a beautifull day! Don | ||
| Posted Apr 18, 2005 11:36 am | ||
| M and N Denyer | Route Climbed: Cat in the Hat Date Climbed: December 26, 2004 | |
| A fun "classic." The hike is fairly straightforward, especially for Red Rocks. We enjoyed the fun climbing on an overcast, but dry, December day. The "hiking" sections were interesting; complete with a cairn on the first main ledge. Upper pitches very pleasant. We finally bumped into some fellow climbers--two couples were behind us. All in all, a good day of climbing. | |
| Posted Jan 4, 2005 12:13 pm | ||
| Shaase | Route Climbed: Cat in the Hat Date Climbed: Fall 1998 | |
| Loved the 5.6 hands on the last pitch.... | |
| Posted Jun 22, 2004 4:16 pm | ||
| cp0915 | Route Climbed: up Fern Canyon down Pine Creek Canyon Date Climbed: Mar21,04 | |
| Nice class 4 route. Beautiful views of the Red Rock backcountry. | |
| Posted Mar 22, 2004 10:31 am | ||
| rpc | Route Climbed: multiple Date Climbed: multiple | |
| Climbed the following routes: Cat in the Hat (5.6). Thanksgiving 2002. Dark Shadows (1st two pitches; rained off). January 2004. Dark Shadows (1st four pitches). March 2004. | |
| Posted Mar 17, 2004 4:17 pm | ||
| bc44caesar | Route Climbed: Pine Creek Trail Date Climbed: 4 Dec 2003 | |
| Incredibly difficult route finding up 3rd class trail on the west side of Mescalito | |
| Posted Feb 16, 2004 1:08 pm | ||
| Josh | Route Climbed: Dark Shadows (5.8, IV) up, Cat in the Hat (5.6+, II) down Date Climbed: January 18, 2003 | |
| Free-soloed the full 14 pitch version of Dark Shadows to the summit of Mescalito. It took about an hour from the base to the summit. I downclimbed horrendous chimneys and bushes to the top of Cat in the Hat, then I downclimbed Cat in the Hat. | |
| Posted Jan 23, 2003 11:25 am | ||
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