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!
Gallow's Edge at White Rock
Description
From cracks to difficult sport, there is a wide variety of basalt climbing in and around the sleepy town of White Rock. Different ethics apply depending on the crag you choose, some are traditional only, while others have bolts and anchors.
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 directly into the town of White Rocks, follow the directions to each crag from there.
Stem the open book under the big roof, finding ledges on pockets on the side walls. The seam in the corner provides adequate protection, especially if you have tiny nuts (for one section in particular). Higher the crack widens rewarding the climber with sweet sweet hand jams. At the roof, make a huge stem to the right (passing the anchors for an unknown bolted route- if anyone knows info, please add this), turn the corner and up to the anchors...[more]
The on-line guide book is excellent, but I would encourage posting routes here too in order to get the climbing communities wisdom and perspective.
By Anthony Stout Administrator From: Albuquerque, NM May 9, 2006
I agree, I just have not climbed there in a while! I post routes as I climb them and next time I go to White Rock, I will be sure to post what I climb. And please, if you have climbed there, post routes! I don't like posting directly from the guidebook if I have not climbed in the area. I don't believe that makes for the quality I would like represented at this site.
Currently, the New Mexico site is not getting a whole lot of participation. I know there are many NM climbers out there, and if more participated, this section would expand in no time. However, there are only about 5 people currently posting, and really only four on any regular basis!
White Rock Crags
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