This route was one of the original three top rope only routes by Mark Limage and Jake Burkey. They have now been bolted. Make a few thin moves past the first bolt and continue up the face to the anchor.

To Slab or Not

Smear Campaign

Slabbing It

Slabracadabra

Crab On A Slab

Slab-A-Dab-A-Doo

Streak on the Slab

Chuckwalla Slab

Slab Line

Slabby

Slab One

Slab Happy

A Little  Slab'll Do Ya

Slab Stick

Slabulous

This good beginners route was one of the three original top-rope routes by Mark Limage and Jake Burkey. It has now been bolted. Start about 8ft right of Slab One and climb straight up the slab past the overlap to the anchor.

This is a easy slab climb. One move wonder is more like it. The crux on this climb is right after the first bolt. The climb is very well protected. Follow 5 bolts to the chains at the top. A quick and easy tick.

"Slabing It" is the first route on the very left end of the wall.  There are 14 bolted routes to the right of this one.  This route is well protected with 8 bolts that lead pretty much straight up the wall to a two chain anchor.  There are optional starts to this route, the crux being the lower half of the climb and then it gets very easy from there.  Be aware the upper portion has some hollow flakes that can eaisly break if used for holds.  Helmets are reccomended for both belayer and climber on this route as well all other routes on this wall.

This is the third route from the left on this wall.  It is just to the right of Crab On A Slab. Climb up and slightly left to the anchor shared with Crab on a Slab.

This is the second route from the left on this wall and is just to the right of Slabbing It. Climb up and to the right to the first bolt then continue straight up the wall to a two chain anchor which is shared with the next climb to the right (Slabracadabra).

Climbs up through rock quality which provides varying amounts of confidence from hold to hold for the first 2-3 bolts before easing into standard slab fare.

This route starts directly under the obvious water streak at the far right side of the wall. The water polished rock looks and feels glass smooth in places.  There are options for getting up the lower portion on not much more than little nubbins for holds. This steeper bottom section, the crux, gets much milder from about the mid point to the anchor.

"Chuckwalla Slab" is the 5th route from the left and starts about 12 or 14 feet to the right of Slabby.  Seven bolts lead up and left 50ft to the two chain anchor that is shared with the previous route, Slabby.

"Slabby" is the 4th route from the left, just to the right of Slabracadabra and starts in just about the same place only goes up and to the  right.  Seven bolts lead up to the right 50ft to the two chain anchor that is shared with the next climb to right "Chuckwalla Slab"

This route was originally one of three top rope only routes by Mark Limage and Jake Burkey that have now been bolted. Start about 12ft right of Slab-A-Dab-A-Doo. Climb left then go straight up the slab to a two chain anchor above the break. 

  With better rock quality than some of its neighbors, this is a solid beginner route.

Start about 8ft to the right of Slab Stick, just left of a little dark scoop. After a few harder moves near the bottom, the route gets easier approaching the anchor. The low crux is a bit height dependent. Like the other climbs at this wall, watch for thin flexing flakes.

Start at about the same point as the previous route (To Slab or Not). Start up the slab then proceed past the overlap and off to the right to the anchor.

Start about 10ft right of A Little  Slab'll Do Ya. The crux is on the lower portion and like most of the other routes gets easier from there on.

The "business" end of this route is in the first 2-3 bolts. There isn't much there to work with and what is there is comprised of flexing hollow sounding flakes . Eases considerably after the third bolt.

Located a couple hundred feet left of the Tuna and Chips Wall, The Slab is exactly as it sounds, a slab. At one point in its history The Slab was predominately top rope only and contained just a handful of climbs. Over time it has grown into a full blown sport crag. It hosts climbs from 5.5 to 5.10, the majority of which trend toward the lower end of that range. The Slab offers entry level sport climbing with one of the shortest approaches in the 03-First Pullout (Calico I). Several easy routes (e.g. Slab One, Slab Line, and To Slab or Not) make this a great area for beginners. 

  The Slab Wall started out with only one bolted route (Smear Campaign) put up by Jason Martin, Mark Fulmer, and Glen Owen in 2007; and three top-rope routes/anchors put up by Mark Limage and Jake Burkey (originally referred to as Slab #1, Slab #2, and Slab #3 in Jason Martin's 2009 guidebook, Fun Climbs Red Rocks, but now Slab One, Slab Line, and To Slab or Not). Seeing the potential of the wall, Gene Scott added eleven new lines and also bolted the top-ropes as leadable sport climbs. 

  Some of the rock at the slab is suspect. Hollow and or flexing flakes of rock can be found on the lower and mid level portions of some of the routes. A helmet would not be unwarranted for the belayer as these routes continue to clean up. 

Top Rope Access Anchor

  There is an anchor on the upper ridge above The Slab roughly in line with the center of the wall. It can be used to rappel to the shelf were several of the sport anchors are located to setup top ropes sans leading the routes. Keep in mind that not all finishing anchors found here can be accessed by utilizing this anchor as some dip off the edge of the shelf and others are not located on it at all. Hiking out far left then up the ridge to get to the anchor is about a 10-15 minute endeavor.

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