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

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

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

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

Bush Shark Spire 5.9 Trad, Alpine, 2 pitches, 200 feet, Grade II Echo Canyon : Bush Shark Area

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Featured Route For Albuquerque Area Climbing

Rip @ the top of pitch 6, the hardest technical section of The Promise Land belayed by MattL

The Promise Land 5.12c NM : Sandia Mountains : ... : Shield

P1- 5.11+ Start up some "chewy" rock for the first few bolts climbing on interesting black dikes that stick out from the wall. Near the top of the pitch a difficult move going left past a bolt is the crux of the pitch. Bolts, nuts and a red alien or #1 camelot.*Rip felt that this pitch warrented a grade of 5.12-, the crux is a difficult 2 move sequence on small crimps (V3 or V4), otherwise the pitch is 5.11-. P2- 5.11- Step right fro...[more] Browse More Classics in NM

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