The best difficult crag in the Sandias. Skinwalker may be the best 5.10 pitch in the entire range and Autumn Ivy and Cat Daddy are must-dos for the Sandia hardman.
Getting There
Approach per Muralla Grande, but do not drop into the gully leading south into Chimney Canyon. Instead contour around to the east on a faint trail until you reach the top of the crag and the first unobstructed view of The Sentinel. Rap in or walk down around the formation to the south.
Routes:
Routes from left to right (Information provided by Lee, see below comment)
(01) Boogers & Chocolate: (5.9) (02) Morning Wood: (easier than 5.10) (03) Dossier (5.11): Shallow left facing corner. (04) Wiretap (5.10): Fun horizontals to roof then flaring cracks and lower angle. (05) Unknown (5.10): I was told by someone that this was actually Wiretap? (06) Cloak and Dagger (5.11): If this is not the right location Bill, please post a change. (07) Skinwalker (5.10+): Starts off the left end of a ledge and climbs a crack though a series of roofs to the top of the wall. (08) Autumn Ivy (5.12-): Starts off the right end of the ledge and climbs thin crack and some face moves to an anchor on a ledge, can lower with a 70m. (09) Cat Daddy (5.13-): Next crack right of Autumn Ivy, climb the crack till it peeters out then hard moves to the Event Horizon anchor, or continue up worse rock and heavy lichen to the Autumn Ivy anchor. (10) Event Horizon (5.14-): The obvious bolt line that heads straight up the immaculate red wall, shares the first 2 bolts of Thunderstruck. (11) Thunderstruck (5.12+): The right trending bolted arete. (12) (?) unknown (5.10?): There may be a route on the wall right of the gully that is 5.10 or 5.11.
The Classics
Mountain Project's determination of some of the classic, most popular, highest rated routes for Clandestine Wall:
Three cruxes, separated by good resting holds with bad feet on a slightly overhanging wall. Cruxes are roughly V8, V9 and V7/8, then a little runout to the anchors but easier....[more]Browse More Classics in NM
Routes from left to right, I think, 1. unknown easier than 5.10 2. unknown easier than 5.10 3. Dossier 5.11 shallow left facing corner 4. Wiretap 5.10 fun horizontals to roof then flaring cracks and lower angle 5. unknown 5.10 I was told by someone that this was actually Wiretap? 6. Cloak and Dagger 5.11, if this is not the right location Bill, please post a change 7. Skinwalker 5.10+ starts off the left end of a ledge and climbs a crack though a seris of roofs to the top of the wall 8. Autum Ivy 5.12- starts off the right end of the ledge and climbs thin crack and some face moves to an anchor on a ledge, can lower with a 70m 9. Cat Daddy 5.13- next crack right of autum ivy, climb the crack till it peeters out then hard moves to the event horizon anchor, or continue up worse rock and heavey lichen to the autum ivy anchor 10. Event Horizon 5.14- the obvious bolt line that heads straight up the imaculate red wall, shares the first 2 bolts of thunderstruck 11. Thunderstruck 5.12+ the right trending bolted arete 12. unknown 5.10? I belive there is a route on the wall right of the gully that is 5.10 or 5.11
If anyone has more info on the unknow routes or if I've short changed you on a grade or something please let me know.
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