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Description
There is a great array of crags right around the town of Los Alamos:
- The Dungeon: Premier overhung rhyolite sport climbing in a beautiful setting. A great summer area.
- The Back Rocks: North of Clifty in upper Rendia Canyon with about 20 routes.
- Clifty: A Rhyolite crag near the town of Los Alamos. A nice get-away for locals.
- Upper Clifty: On the top of The Clifty Hill and can be seen from the north community of Los Alamos.
- Y, The: hosts 45' crack climbs in a narrow portion of lower Los Alamos Canyon. A good choice for basalt climbing in Los Alamos/White Rock in the summer.
- Los Alamos Canyon: A selection of climbs can be found in Los Alamos Canyon, just south of the town of Los Alamos.
- School Canyon: A vast tuff crag with lots of potential for route development and lots of fun bouldering. Most of the routes are pretty short but tend to offer stiff and entertaining climbing.
Getting There
From I-25, head either north or south toward Santa Fe (depending on where you are coming from), and get onto highway 285/84 toward Pojoaque. From Pojoaque head west on highway 502. Highway 502 will take you to the Los Alamos/White Rock split. Follow highway 501 to Los Alamos, and look at individual area directions from there.
Powerful overhung climbing on good holds to a powerful 4th clip, a long draw is nice. Then a well defined crux to a rest, to some thin technical, difficult when pumped climbing to the anchors....[more]
Los Alamos Crags
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