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!
Bob D on the FA of Presumed to be Modern 12a/b
Description
Beautiful area set in the meadows in the Jemez mountains. Because of the elevation, summer days are often cool. Many of the crags in the area are set just near a creek, making the climbing that much more enjoyable.
Getting There
From Albuquerque, take highway 25 North to Bernalillo and exit at highway 550(exit # 242, DON'T miss this exit, the next exit does not come for many miles). Follow 550 to San Ysidro and head North on state road 4 for about 36 miles. You will drive past the Valle Grande, continue beyond Las Conchas camping area to the second pull out. The obvious cliff seen through the meadow on the left side of the road is Cattle Call Wall.
A very fun route on the Sponge. Getting to the high first bolt is the mental crux of the route. The physical crux comes between bolts three and four. ...[more]
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