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DescriptionThis is the main crag in the area, offering over 60 excellent routes. Shaded in the AM, sunny in PM. Getting ThereSee description on main page The ClassicsMountain Project's determination of some of the classic, most popular, highest rated routes for Cochiti Mesa:
Whining Dog 5.8 X TR, 1 pitch, 85 feet Upper Cliff Band
Monkey Lust 5.10a Sport, 1 pitch, 35 feet North Cliffband
Just Say No to Crack 5.10a/b Sport, 50 feet South Cliffband
Holy Wars 5.11a Sport, TR, 40 feet North Cliffband
Another Lichen Nightmare 5.11a Sport, 1 pitch, 70 feet South Cliffband
The Boya from La Jolla Who Stepped on a Cholla 5.11a Sport, 1 pitch, 75 feet Upper Cliff Band
Dynabolic 5.11 Sport, 70 feet South Cliffband
The Prow 5.11b/c Sport, 1 pitch, 70 feet South Cliffband
Open Mouth Syndrome (OMS) 5.11b/c Sport, 1 pitch, 70 feet North Cliffband
Praise the Lunge 5.11c Sport, 1 pitch, 50 feet North Cliffband
Dreamscape 5.11c Trad, TR, 1 pitch, 60 feet South Cliffband
Pickpocket 5.11c Sport, 1 pitch, 60 feet North Cliffband
Back to Montana 5.11c/d Sport, TR, 50 feet North Cliffband
Crystal Suppository 5.11d Sport, 1 pitch, 55 feet South Cliffband
La Espina 5.12a Sport, TR, 70 feet North Cliffband
Thief in Time 5.12a Sport, 1 pitch, 60 feet North Cliffband
Gunning for the Buddha 5.12b Sport, 1 pitch, 55 feet North Cliffband
Shadowdancer 5.12c/d Sport, 1 pitch, 80 feet South Cliffband
Touch Monkey 5.13a Sport, 1 pitch, 60 feet North Cliffband
Featured Route For Cochiti Mesa
Gunning for the Buddha 5.12b NM : Cochiti Mesa & Surrounding ... : ... : North Cliffband
This sequential line is a classic Cochiti test-piece. Half the trouble is deciding which of the heavily chalked pockets visible from the ground are best left unused. The other half is keeping it together on the final, tricky slab move just below the anchors. The technical crux is reaching the obvious S-shaped crack at midheight, where a great rest gives way to the sinister, slabby redpoint crux just above....[more] Browse More Classics in NM
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