Mountain Project: Climbing Albuquerque Area Climbing

All of these areas exist right east of the city of Albuquerque.

- Tunnel Springs: An area currently featuring short, sustained climbs on moderate quality, sharp limestone. A short distance from Albuquerque.

- Sandia Mountains: About one hours drive from Albuquerque (depending on the side you are coming from), if alpine adventure and long approaches your taste, head into the Sandia back-country.

- Palomas Peak: Technical limestone sport climbing within the Sandia Mountains. About a one hour drive from Albuquerque with a 20 minute approach.

- U-Mound: Granite bouldering in the foothills of the Sandia Mountains. This is the closest outdoor climbing you can find from the city of Albuquerque.

- Big Block: A small limestone crag just outside of Albuquerque.

Getting There

The biggest city in the state of New Mexico, look for the intersection of I-25 and I-40, and everything around it is Albuquerque.

The Classics

Mountain Project's determination of some of the classic, most popular, highest rated routes for Albuquerque Area Climbing:

Corridor Problem V6-7 Boulder, 15 feet U-Mound : Upper Mound - the corridor

Knife Edge Easy 5th Trad, Alpine, 900 feet, Grade III Juan Tabo Canyon : Shield

Northwest Ridge 5.5 Trad, Alpine, 8 pitches, 1000 feet, Grade III La Cueva Canyon, Upper : The Thumb

Northeast Corner 5.6 Trad, Alpine, 1 pitch, 80 feet La Cueva Canyon, Upper : Donald Duck

Estrellita 5.8 Trad, Alpine, 1 pitch, 110 feet La Cueva Canyon, Upper : Estrellita

Southwest Ridge 5.8 PG13 Trad, Alpine, 10 pitches, 1300 feet, Grade IV Juan Tabo Canyon : The Needle

The Second Coming 5.8 Trad, Alpine, 4 pitches, Grade II Chimney Canyon : Muralla Grande

Warpy Moople 5.9 R Trad, Alpine, 7 pitches, 800 feet, Grade III Chimney Canyon : Muralla Grande

Aviary Ort Overhangs 5.9 Trad, Alpine, 3 pitches, Grade II La Cueva Canyon, Upper : The Thumb

Excitable Boys 5.9+ Trad, Alpine, 7 pitches, 700 feet, Grade III Chimney Canyon : Muralla Grande

Yucca Flower Tower 5.10b Trad, Alpine, 3 pitches, Grade II Echo Canyon : Yucca Flower Tower

Great Escape 5.10c Trad, Alpine, 1 pitch, 100 feet Echo Canyon : Yucca Flower Tower

Mountain Momma 5.10c Trad, Alpine, 6 pitches, Grade III La Cueva Canyon, Upper : Torreon

Rawhide 5.10c Trad, Alpine, 2 pitches, 300 feet Echo Canyon : Yucca Flower Tower

(06) Green Eggs and Ham 5.10c Sport Palomas Peak : (06) The Dihedral Wall

Little Yellow Jacket 5.11a Trad, Alpine, 5 pitches, 580 feet, Grade III Chimney Canyon : Muralla Grande

License and a Visa 5.11b/c PG13 Sport, Alpine, 4 pitches, 400 feet, Grade II Pino Wall & Jawbone : Pino Wall

Voodoo Child 5.11d Trad, Alpine, 6 pitches, 500 feet, Grade III La Cueva Canyon, Upper : Torreon

(08) Autumn Ivy 5.12- Trad, Alpine, 1 pitch, 100 feet Chimney Canyon : Clandestine Wall

Thunderbird 5.12- Trad, Alpine, 6 pitches, 600 feet, Grade III Chimney Canyon : Muralla Grande

Featured Route For Albuquerque Area Climbing

Carolyn Parker on the spectacular 4th pitch of Little Yellow Jacket

Little Yellow Jacket 5.11a NM : Sandia Mountains : ... : Muralla Grande

Start on a steep red blunt arete, climb straight up through a bulge and exit left on to a steep slab. Climb up past bolts past a horizontal break, continue up a corner and exit right to easier climbing and the belay, 110ft 10+/11-. Pitch 2, move up and left staying out of the corner on clean face climbing to gain a pin. Aim for a short L facing corner, climb the corner and exit R to a ledge, a few more moves up and left gains the belay, 115ft 5.1...[more] Browse More Classics in NM

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