Red Rock

Let the debate begin! Here are the best 25 boulder problems in America... or 25 of the best... across a wide swath of regions and grades. (From 2021)

When the BLM proposed a fee and reservation system for Calico Basin, the local climbing community and Access Fund fought to make sure their voice was heard.

“I realized there was no foothold to move across to the bolt and I took a 30-foot whip, face down, one-foot from the ground.”

32 hours, 35 miles, 23 summits, 14 classic rock routes, and 24,000 feet of vertical gain—that’s the Honnold Ultimate Red Rock Traverse

When a team needed a rescue, the author and her climbing partner sprung into action. Later, her partner rescued her from a hairy situation.

The climber walked away unscathed, much to our surprise.

John Long recounts his wild adventures with a fellow Stonemaster you might not know about, but should.

Here's what science says (so far) about exactly what happens when sandstone gets wet—and what that means for climbing.

Bickering goes bad—way bad—at Red Rocks.

He said the sustained route is a candidate for one of the hardest in the country.

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"In terms of mental effort and physical effort, this is a way harder day than El Cap. That’s harder climbing, but I think overall with this link-up, it’s more vertical feet of climbing, probably more sustained climbing, and way more mileage."

"It’s all just a game people... and I play the game," Daniel Woods wrote in announcing the new problem, one of just a handful of proposed V17s in the world. "The game is how comfortable can you become with your own insanity.”

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Presented by Black Diamond

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Flash—Our monthly climbing photo gallery

Little Cottonwood Canyon, Utah, and Red Rock, Nevada

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For climbers, “America’s Playground” goes well beyond the Strip

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