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1 - Lower Highway Rock Climbing

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Areas in 1 - Lower Highway

Agora, The 2 / 11 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 13

Amateur Hour Crag 5 / 10 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 15

Astoria 1 / 0 / 8 / 1 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 9

Boot Hill 13 / 27 / 3 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 35

Bug Spring Wall 9 / 15 / 4 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 18

Business Time Wall 9 / 1 / 1 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 11

Cactus Ranch 1 / 6 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 7

Choo Choo Rock 4 / 4 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 8

Cloud Cuckoo Land 0 / 8 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 8

Club Med 1 / 4 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 5

Colosseum 5 / 38 / 4 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 43

Crags Against Humanity 2 / 49 / 5 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 51

Forgotten Wall, Control Tower & Up The Creek Wall 14 / 30 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 44

Garc Onilom 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0

Gatehouse, The 3 / 1 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 3

Hairpin Boulders 0 / 2 / 2 / 65 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 67

Hairpin Turn Area 19 / 68 / 2 / 3 / 0 / 1 / 0 / 0 / 83

Hidden Jewels 8 / 4 / 1 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 9

It Cliff 2 / 11 / 1 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 13

Kessler's Corner 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0

Keyhole Rock 1 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 1

Lockdown Rock 0 / 10 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 10

Lost Wall 4 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 4

Molino Basin Boulders 0 / 0 / 0 / 35 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 35

Point 5968 aka The Thumb/Molino Thimble/Chicken Coop 1 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 1

Prison Camp (Gordon Hirabayashi) Area 27 / 23 / 5 / 3 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 48

Ruins, The 9 / 27 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 32

Shooting Gallery, The 0 / 8 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 8

Stonewall (aka Airmen Peak) 14 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 14

Sun Spot Crags 15 / 29 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 44

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle Crag 4 / 10 / 1 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 15

This is NOT Astoria (Honnold's Crag) 1 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 1

Train Station 2 / 15 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 17

Wall of the Flying Scorpions 0 / 13 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 13

Weathertop 11 / 12 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 20

YARBA 0 / 5 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 5

Zoo, The 3 / 23 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 26

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Description

This area covers climbs from the bottom of the highway (milepost 0) up to Kessler's Corner (milepost 8.6).

The lower portion of the Catalina Highway offers varied climbing in a Sonoran Desert setting. Warm temps among towering saguaro cactus make climbing here a unique experience.

Rock quality in this area tends to be poorer and more varied than higher on the mountain, so take that under consideration. Still, in the winter months, the crags here are hard to beat for climate and accessibility.

Getting There

From Tanque Verde Road take the Catalina HIghway (General Hitchcock Highway) heading NNE.

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Classic Climbing Routes at 1 - Lower Highway

Mountain Project's determination of the classic, most popular, highest rated climbing routes in this area.

V8-9 7B+ 8 ● Hammer of Hate Boulder Molino Basin Boulders
5.8 5b 16 VI- 15 HVS 4c 144 ● Guanica Sport 2 pitches Hairpin Turn Area > Left Hand Wall
5.9 5c 17 VI 17 HVS 5a 176 ● Walking the Plank Sport Crags Against H… > Draw Pile.
5.10- 6a 18 VI+ 18 E1 5a 71 ● Blood Book Trad Forgotten Wall, Contr…
5.10 6b 20 VII- 19 E2 5b 87 ● Virgin's Airline Sport Forgotten Wall, Contr…
5.10b/c 6b 20 VII 20 E2 5b 75 ● Family Affair Sport Hairpin Turn Area > Backhand Wall
5.10c 6b 20 VII 20 E2 5b 90 ● Black Feather Sport Ruins
5.10+ 6b+ 21 VII+ 20 E3 5b 142 ● Go Speed Racer Sport Hairpin Turn Area > Pinhead Wall
5.11 6c+ 23 VIII- 23 E4 5c 176 ● Armed Robbery Sport Prison Camp (Go… > Jailhouse Rock
5.11b/c 6c+ 23 VIII- 24 E4 6a 64 ● Solar E-clips Sport Sun Spot Crags
5.11c 6c+ 24 VIII- 24 E4 6a 11 ● When In Rome Sport Colosseum > Pantheon
5.11c 6c+ 24 VIII- 24 E4 6a 12 ● While Rome Burned Sport Colosseum > Obelisk
5.12- 7a+ 25 VIII+ 25 E5 6a 6 ● Carpe Diem Sport Colosseum > Obelisk
5.12b 7b 26 VIII+ 26 E5 6b 92 ● Sentenced To Hang Sport Prison Camp (Go… > Jailhouse Rock
5.12b 7b 26 VIII+ 26 E5 6b 25 ● Treason on the Tiber Sport Colosseum > Aqueducts