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Chimney Canyon

Submitted By: Anthony Stout on Jan 22, 2006
Administrators: Aaron Hobson, Anthony Stout, George Perkins
Latitude: 35.2134  Longitude: -106.4530 
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BETA PHOTO: Overview map of Chimney and Upper LaCueva Canyons


Description 

This canyon is located just below the Ceder Crest communication towers. The most prominant feature within this canyon is Muralla Grande ("great wall"). The canyon is named after the chimney looking spire south of Muralla Grande.


Getting There 

See map, and each specific climbing wall/spire for specific directions.


The Classics

Mountain Project's determination of some of the classic, most popular, highest rated routes for Chimney Canyon:
Lost Ledge   5.7     Trad, Alpine, 2 pitches, 150 feet   The Sentinel
The Second Coming   5.8     Trad, Alpine, 4 pitches, Grade II   Muralla Grande
Warpy Moople   5.9 R     Trad, Alpine, 7 pitches, 800 feet, Grade III   Muralla Grande
Excitable Boys   5.9+     Trad, Alpine, 7 pitches, 700 feet, Grade III   Muralla Grande
(07) Skinwalker   5.10+     Trad, Alpine, 1 pitch, 140 feet   Clandestine Wall
Little Yellow Jacket   5.11a     Trad, Alpine, 5 pitches, 580 feet, Grade III   Muralla Grande
(06) Cloak and Dagger   5.11b     Trad, Alpine, 1 pitch, 165 feet   Clandestine Wall
Rapture   5.11b PG13     Trad, Alpine, 3 pitches, 600 feet, Grade III   Muralla Grande
(08) Autumn Ivy   5.12-     Trad, Alpine, 1 pitch, 100 feet   Clandestine Wall
Thunderbird   5.12-     Trad, Alpine, 6 pitches, 600 feet, Grade III   Muralla Grande
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Featured Route For Chimney Canyon
Finishing the crux pitch of Thunderbird on the FA.

Thunderbird 5.12-  NM : Sandia Mountains : ... : Muralla Grande
Starts at the head of a small gully 60 ft away from the start of Little Yellow Jacket and ~100 ft (a couple switchbacks) below Second Coming. The route begins in very obvious right-facing dihedral and climbs generally straight up for 6 pitches to the top of Muralla.P1 (95 ft – 5.11-): Climb an obvious right-facing dihedral and pull a roof to a fixed pin below a second roof. Back up pin with nut and traverse right under roof to belay on ledg...[more]   Browse More Classics in NM


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The Chimney, the canyon's namesake

BETA PHOTO: The Chimney, the canyon's namesake