This ridge is best done south to north and is about three miles long. The route follows the ridge the entire way. I recommend getting dropped off and arrange for a pickup at Rail Road Pass Casino or bring two cars, leaving a second car at the Pass.

Black Mountain Ridge

Black Mountain is a beautiful desert scramble more than a climbing area. The slender north-south, sometimes knife-edge ridge, is a fun and adventurey hike. The mountain is made up of basalt and granite. The west side is complete choss but the east side has excellent rock and most of the granite with many cliff facets worthy of climbs. The only reason that there aren’t a bunch of sport and mixed climbs across the east side is the ease of access vs quantity ratio. All of the good cliffs are a ways up very steep hillside, are small, and spread out.

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