A strenuous route with surprising features that keep the grade at mid-5.11. Without them this route would be MUCH harder. 

  P1: Squirm up a tight chimney to a small pedestal on a slab below the roof. This belay is highly recommended due to a rope-eating constriction at the top of the chimney. 5.7, 40 feet. (Small cams and nuts for the anchor). 

  P2: Pad up the dirty slab to the very steep offwidth. Contort your way out the short but memorable crack. 5.11b, 40 feet.  

  The best spot to make an anchor is atop Laugh With the Sinners, about 15 feet south (toward The Fox). Gear for top anchor: #1TCU, #2 Camalot, #4 Camalot.

Tooth Decay

Laugh With the Sinners

Unknown Hand Crack

The Fox

Loosely Put

Lean and Languid

Fat and Hungry

Bathe Hah and Bring Hah to Me

This is the first recorded ascent (as far as we can tell), though the first pitch appears to have been climbed before (there's an old, fixed hex at the logical belay spot). It's of course possible that the second pitch has been climbed as well, but the extremely fragile rock  made it seem that it had not been touched previously.  

  In any case it's well worth doing since it's adjacent to The Fox. 

  P1: Follow the arching splitter 20 feet right of The Fox and belay at the base of the large, left-facing corner. 60 feet, 5.7. 

  P2: Grovel up some loose rock to the short, overhanging fist and off-width crack. Struggle up this, then top out via a lower-angled wide crack and belay above. 60 feet, 5.10d.

This is a slightly left leaning hand to hand+ crack that sits up on top of an easy to scramble up ledge.  

  The crack itself is solid black varnish offering good protection but outside the crack is mostly lighter, softer, sandy, breakable rock. 

  This route is a fun jaunt if you’ve just done The Fox around the corner and is worth a look on the walk off.

This is a very clean right facing corner a few hundred feet above the desert floor. It is a fantastic pitch on perfect desert varnish.

 Start directly below the dihedral and follow discontinuous holds and finger locks 20' up to the dihedral proper. From here, climb the nice jam crack, gradually widening from thin hands to an offwidth section about 70' up the corner. A #4 camalot is mandatory for this section, two would be nice. Bring a #5 if you have one. After a few secure wide crack moves (some face holds are helpful here too), you will surmount a slight bulge and continue up a low angle 5" crack to the top. The descent is easy and obvious.

An awkward start leads to a right-facing corner which is loose-ly followed to the top of the formation via a right-trending crack. Belay slightly around a corner at a small, flat area.

Belay atop an easy slab at the base of the crack. Romp up moderate but loose rock to gain the corner crack. Fragile face holds appear where the hand crack widens, which keep the grade mellow. Round the corner and frolic to the top of the crack. Belay from cams.

The right route. Climb delicately up to a roof and hand traverse the loose, wide crack to where it turns the corner. Jam the offwidth with liberal use of Thank God (unless they break) face holds for hands and feet. There is solid, varnished rock inside the offwidth so protection is bomber. After about 40 feet the angle eases considerably along with the difficulties. Belay atop the rock at a large, flat area. Save a couple small to medium-sized pieces and a long sling or cordelette for the anchor.

Climb a varnished corner and dirty slab to beneath the large roof. Jam and undercling rightward out the roof and up to the top. Many flaky face holds make this route much easier than it appears from the ground. 

  The top anchor takes a variety of cams.

The Fox is an awesome Red Rocks crack pitch. 

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Routes in The Fox Area