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!
BETA PHOTO: Garden slabs broken into 4 "steps"
Description
The Garden area is roughly bounded by a series of slabs and steps on its north end. There are numerous short routes up these slabs, which can be led or top-roped. Rock quality is variable, with the darkened cracks usually offering better rock than the faces, which tend to have a crumbling layer of patina.
When viewed from the approach, the slabs are broken into several separate steps: The first slab step is very low-angled and has an easy scramble to the top. The next 3 steps are divided by gulleys, and offer slightly longer and steeper lines, and various crack systems. The fifth step is actually Hybrid Wall.
The slabs mostly face south-west, which makes them warm, and exposed to the prevailing winds. Vegetation at the base of these walls is thick, probably owing to the fact that very few climbers bother to disturb the plants to get to these short climbs.
Getting There
From the bottom of the hill facing the Garden are, take the left-hand canyon (keep left of Garden Spire). The slabs are the series of walls on the left.
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