Welcome to the New Mexico section of Mountain Project!
The contributions that are made to this site are greatly appreciated; this site is made up of an awesome community of users that make the site what it is.
Although there is very little information regarding “rules” for submitting climbing areas and routes to this site, the New Mexico Administers all agree that the following guidelines may be helpful to truly make this site go “Beyond the Guidebook”.
1) Don’t be a jerk (this one states the obvious). 2) Route and area submissions should truly be helpful to those out climbing. Before posting, you should have some first hand experience actually climbing the route. This always results in a much more useful description. 3) Please, please, please… Don’t copy route descriptions directly out of guidebooks, online publications, etc. This is plagiarism! Remember, BEYOND the guidebook! 4) Please use the spell check and make an effort to use correct grammar.
Again, the Mountainproject community truly appreciates the efforts taken to make good route descriptions. If you feel that a route or area description is not up to standard, a brief email to one of the area admins for suggestions on improvement will be greatly appreciated.
Thank you for taking the time to make the New Mexico section of Mountain Project quality! We look forward to seeing you out there!
Quote from random climber while working one of the routes in this area: "this is good choss!"
The routes here may look a little crumbly, but the rock is quite solid! Home of the most difficult climbs in Diablo, exciting and overhung routes will push you to the limit!
Getting There
Walk down to the arroyo and head straight as if going through the canyon between the cliffs. Before you enter between the cliff walls you will see a trail off to the right, heading up toward an obvious south facing area with overhanging rock on the north side of the canyon. The area is adjacent to Sun Devil on the same cliff band.
Misc.
There are some great routes on this wall! I was not unable to take any pictures of them. I am writing the best descriptions I can here of the routes that I did, and will add photos of these routes when I take them. Descriptions of other routes on this wall can be found on www.rockclimbing.com. Go to the New Mexico section and find Diablo Canyon-Solar Cave.
Easy for the first bolts then steep and interesting moves, with a few shakeouts, to a good rest. Then increasingly challenging moves as you get closer to the chains....[more]
This cave was named "Solar Cave" due to its passive solar properties with south-facing aspect and good canopy angle which provides sun in the winter and some shade in the summer. In teh winter, climb mid-day, in the summer, climb early or late.
good progressive design to a climbing area. Every area should have this luxury.
Solar Cave
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