Home - Destinations - People - Partners - Forum - Photos - What's New
 ADVANCED
Javelina Cave and the A Frame

Show routes:
Select route...
A-Frame Crimps 
Arete, The 
Drilled Pockets 
Hueco Placebo 
Javelina Center 
Javelina Left 
Javelina Right 
Pocket Stuffer 
Rails, The 
Silverbell Lip Traverse 
Underframe Traverse 

Javelina Cave and the A Frame

Submitted By: Luke Bertelsen on Dec 22, 2006
Administrators: Greg Opland, James DeRoussel
Views: 343 page views

Add Route  Add Photo  Add Comment  Add Event 

Discussions available in the
Arizona & New Mexico
Message Forum
  Print a Mini-Guide - Includes Routes!

Description 

This upper boulder is located a 5-to-10-minute hike from the road and is at the base of the cliffs on the ridge above the road. From the lower boulders, this looks like a flat rock with no height to it at all. It is obscured by vegetation on all sides, and the A frame is around the back, but is easy to identify as you hike around the right side of the larger boulder. The A frame houses the best problem at Silverbell, The Rails (V6), as well as the drilled-pocket problems (V4-5).

Hiking around the left you will notice a large undercut. This is the Javelina cave. I have never actually seen the Javelina, but there is much evidence (crap) that they inhabit the cave.


Getting There 

The largest boulder is easy to see from the lower boulders, but there is no clear trail to it. Hike away and you will get there. If you get lost in roughly 75-100 yds. then you should probably stay at home in the first place.


The Classics

Mountain Project's determination of some of the classic, most popular, highest rated routes for Javelina Cave and the A Frame:
The Arete   V5     Boulder, 9 feet   
The Rails   V6     Boulder, 10 feet   
Pocket Stuffer   V7     Boulder, 6 feet   
A-Frame Crimps   V8     Boulder   
Browse More Classics in Javelina Cave and the A Frame

Comments on Javelina Cave and the A Frame Add Comment
Show which comments
By Tommy Wilson
From: Tucson, AZ
Apr 8, 2008

The majority of problems at Silverbell ARE NOT drilled pockets. If you have been avoiding the climbing here because it is artificial, you may take solace in knowing it is almost natural (save for the glue).