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Chimney, The 
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BETA PHOTO: Overview map of Chimney and Upper LaCueva Canyons

Description 

This canyon is located just below the Ceder Crest communication towers. The most prominant feature within this canyon is Muralla Grande ("great wall"). The canyon is named after the chimney looking spire south of Muralla Grande.


Getting There 

See map, and each specific climbing wall/spire for specific directions.


The Classics

Mountain Project's determination of some of the classic, most popular, highest rated routes for Chimney Canyon:
Rocky Racoon   5.7     Trad, Alpine, 2 pitches, 240 feet   The Chimney
Lost Ledge   5.7     Trad, Alpine, 2 pitches, 150 feet   The Sentinel
The Second Coming   5.8     Trad, Alpine, 4 pitches, Grade II   Muralla Grande
La Selva   5.8     Trad, Alpine, 5 pitches, 800 feet, Grade III   Muralla Grande
Morning Wood   5.8+     Trad, Alpine, 1 pitch, 100 feet   Clandestine Wall
Lawyers, Guns & Money   5.9     Trad, Alpine, 1 pitch, 140 feet   Muralla Grande
Warpy Moople   5.9 R     Trad, Alpine, 7 pitches, 800 feet, Grade III   Muralla Grande
Boogers & Chocolate   5.9     Trad, Alpine, 1 pitch, 100 feet   Clandestine Wall
Excitable Boys   5.9+     Trad, Alpine, 7 pitches, 700 feet, Grade III   Muralla Grande
Out to Lunch   5.10b PG13     Trad, Alpine, 7 pitches, 800 feet, Grade III   Muralla Grande
Skinwalker   5.10+     Trad, Alpine, 1 pitch, 140 feet   Clandestine Wall
Little Yellow Jacket   5.11a     Trad, Alpine, 5 pitches, 580 feet, Grade III   Muralla Grande
Rapture   5.11b PG13     Trad, Alpine, 3 pitches, 600 feet, Grade III   Muralla Grande
Cloak and Dagger   5.11b     Trad, Alpine, 1 pitch, 165 feet   Clandestine Wall
Thunderbird   5.12-     Trad, Alpine, 6 pitches, 600 feet, Grade III   Muralla Grande
Autumn Ivy   5.12-     Trad, Alpine, 1 pitch, 100 feet   Clandestine Wall
Cat Daddy   5.13-     Trad, Alpine, 1 pitch, 90 feet   Clandestine Wall
Event Horizon   5.14-     Sport, Alpine, 1 pitch, 95 feet   Clandestine Wall
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Featured Route For Chimney Canyon
Dan Foster floating up Cat Daddy.

Cat Daddy 5.13-  NM : Sandia Mountains : ... : Clandestine Wall
This was for a long time the hardest completed route in the Sandias and unrepeated on lead. Climbs the obvious crack splitting the steep red wall. The majority of the route is probably hard 5.11+ to a difficult and technical boulder problem at the top.Climb the varied and steep crack till it pinches off as it curves to the right, do crux moves onto the slab and step right to the bolted anchor of Event Horizon or step back left and climb crumbly rock with a fair bit of lichen to the ...[more]   Browse More Classics in NM


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The Chimney, the canyon's namesake

BETA PHOTO: The Chimney, the canyon's namesake


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By Ryan Curry
Apr 22, 2011

As of April 11, 2011 the approach to the Clandestine Wall was impassable due to snow covered ice on the steep sections of the Chimney Canyon trail. With crampons and axes (not kidding here) the hike might be managable; with our approach shoes, however, it was downright dangerous and we turned around to go climb at the stuff in Echo Canyon instead.