Pirated from Ponderosa Bouldering since these are directions to The Pond specifically.
From any direction, the easiest way to get to Ponderosa is via Highway 4, then go east in northern Jemez Pueblo on Highway 290 aka Forest Road 10 towards the town of Ponderosa. After you pass the only bar in Ponderosa, it is 2.6 miles to the parking area. After you pass an irrigation pond, look for the turn to the left. This is parking for the lower area. I can't tell you how to get to the upper area because I haven't been.
From the north, it is easier to turn left off of Highway 4 near the mailboxes between mile markers 33 and 34. There's also a sign saying to turn left here for Ponderosa. From here, you follow Forest Road 10 for ~15 miles, hoping you stay on FR 10 and not some other road. I went this way, but I can't tell you the exact mileage because at one point, the signs indicating you're still on 10 become rare and the road gets worse (and I turned around to see if any other roads were better - they weren't). But if you follow the straight-looking way at any intersection, you'll get there. After ~13 miles, you come upon the aforementioned national forest campground, then right before the pond, turn a soft right into the parking area.
From the gate at the end of the parking area, follow the 'road' westward towards the north end of the pond. From here, most boulders are further west, climbing a gentle ridge via a good trail, however the Cube is more northward (and visible) up the wash.
The GPS location is somewhere in the middle of the climbing
The Classics
Mountain Project's determination of some of the classic, most popular, highest rated routes for The Pond:
Start on the furthest left holds on the sloping shelf and traverse to the blunt arete, bail at V5 or do a few more moves untill you can reach up to a left hand sidepull with difficulty and do a commiting and difficult barndoor move to the lip. The mantle is not super easy....[more]Browse More Classics in NM
Could one of the addministrators move all the info from Poderosa Bouldering into this as there are at least 4 other areas in the poderosa region. The Corral, The Satillite, Marlbaro? Country (the cigarette), and another area between the Corral and Marlbaro.
Since I've added some of the other areas, the ones that belong here are The scoop, King for a Day, The Cube, Nascar and Resivor Dogs.
The Range aka Marlboro Country (really more American Spirit country) and the Mega Blocs, the area between The Range and Corral, comprise way more stone than the Pond. One Ponderosa bouldering area would be the best way to organize all the sub-locations like the Ponds.
FS road 296 up to the Corral and points beyond is currently closed until the feds fix a bridge. The road is unlikely to open any time soon.
Well, at least American Spirit is easier to spell. I'm glad you agree that the Pondarosa area could use some reorginization. I don't know the milages or the land marks to get to Marlboro Country or the Mega Blocs, though I could get there myself, I don't think I could describe it and get anyone else there. Could you put that up Williampenner? I agree that at least at Marlboro Country there are way more problems than any of the other areas. This is due to the fact that in general all the stone there is good enough to climb. It is also quite a pretty little canyon. Any idea if they would let you ride a mountain bike to the corral, I mean the stream is not exactly huge?
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