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tornado
climber
lawrence kansas
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Park on the highway for Oak Creek Canyon. Hike all the way up Oak Creek Canyon. Voila.
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jt698
Social climber
Santa Monica, CA
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Topic Author's Reply - Oct 4, 2013 - 06:54pm PT
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Highway 160? Is that the back or the front?
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tornado
climber
lawrence kansas
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No, Highway 159. What is this front back business? As far as I know you cannot walk up the "front" to the summit. You would have to climb a route on the wall. Oak Creek Canyon is the walkoff for the routes. Going up the canyon you can expect a good 4 hour hike over a lot of big boulders in the wash. The wash is very pretty with a lot of pinkish striped sandstone.
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jt698
Social climber
Santa Monica, CA
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Topic Author's Reply - Oct 4, 2013 - 09:25pm PT
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The front is the wall side accessed from the gated park which I bet is closed. The front is that scenic loop rd. On google maps it looks like there are roads and trails on the opposite side of the mountain. East/west would be better descriptions. Looks like you can make to the wall from the west if oak creek is closed.
Thanks for the info.
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tornado
climber
lawrence kansas
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I can tell you have not ventured into these canyons or spent much time in Red Rock. Have Fun!!!
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RyanD
climber
Squamish
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Wear pants!
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TGT
Social climber
So Cal
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There's a 4wd road that goes from the highway to Pahrump (160)to a gate at Willow Spring.
Went in that way to Bridge Mt about 10 years ago and there were no gates that I remember from the 160 side.
Lot's to explore back there, but be prepared to walk a while.
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Rock!...oopsie.
Trad climber
the pitch above you
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I've hiked over the backside to get into Icebox and it was pretty trivial there, but the road jogs far away from where you want to be between icebox and the rainbow wall area. My guess is it would be a burly hike for the payoff. Like others said, don't bother.
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couchmaster
climber
pdx
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I too noticed that road on the map and wondered what access would be like that way. Often, seeing what looks like a road on the map doesn't actually get you a real road. There's one up here I wanted to get on but that just disappears in real life. It would be worth a "rest day" recon for sure, maybe take a Mt Bike as you can often cover a lot of ground that way. I wouldn't get my hopes up too high, cause the locals should have explored that already and it would have leaked out most likely if it was do-able.
But if you wanted to climb it, as others have said above: I'd be tempted to hike in from the Oak Springs parking right off the main highway.
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