This is a short sport route with a crux between the 1st and 2nd bolt.

Helios

Frigga

Up Until Sunrise

El Sol

Isis

Solar Flare

Eclipse This

Icarus

Tava

Please support climbing at Red Rock Canyon and refer to Stewart Green's guidebook for the area.

This is the top-rope route immediately right of

El Sol

.

The bottom one-third is almost pure friction climbing on some pretty slick sandstone.  It is listed in Stewart Green's Red Rock guidebook as 5.7, but I thought the bottom third of Frigga was definitely tougher than anything on

Helios

(5.7+) which is two routes left.  It is worth a climb after doing

El Sol

.

There are two nice headwalls with the crux being at the second.  This has really thin face climbing, it forces you to string together your moves.  Mostly feet until the crux and then be prepared for some arm exercise... very crimpy.

From the guidebook:  pleasant 40-foot pitch on the far right side of the slab. 3 bolts to a 2-bolt anchor.

Other notes: it is route #2 in guidebook. The route length is my approximation - use your own judgment. The moves just below the first bolt seem to be the most difficult.

Is there trad in Red Rock Canyon?

Oui. C'est vrai.

From the guidebook: on the far left side of the cliff. Layback a fingertip crack up an obvious, right-facing, arching corner until it's possible to exit. Climb directly above the arch to anchors in a shallow scoop.

Other notes: it is #9 in guidebook.

This is a fun route with good protection.  The guidebook shows a rating of 10c, but it felt more like 9+/10- to me.

This is another fun route on Solar Slab.  Climb up past a pothole then a bit right and up the headwall.

Smear past two bolts to the crux, a somewhat blank headwall.  Sandy smearing up to a glorious hole gets you up to a nice ledge.  From the ledge, clip a couple of bolts before the next difficult section: gaining the layback.  Ascend small and sandy holds up to the layback.  There is cool laybacking/face climbing for about 20 feet to the third challenge, moving past the laybacks onto the upper headwall.

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