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Description
A nice spring / fall crag with a wide variety of routes. Around 30 routes contain a good variety of trad and sport climbs from 5.7 to 5.13.
This area is North facing so primarily shaded making it great for spring / fall and cold in the winter. May still be hot in the middle of summer.
In general the routes here are short and bouldery with hard starts to easier finishes. Most of the routes are vertical to slightly overhanging.
Getting There
From the Box Parking lot, hike directly down the streambend. Hike almost to the road and you will see North Wall on your right. This is the backside of Red Wall. Find a small trail starting out of the streambend up the short hill to the base. Trail ends just left of the Corner Block. Approach time is about 10 minutes.
Climbs
Climbs from right to left.
1. Liposuction Massacre 5.10+ (Starts behind corner block) 2. The Truth 5.7 Trad 3. Direct on the Truth 5.9 Trad 4. Project 5. Alarm Arm 5.11+ Trad 6. Fatty 5.11b 7. Red Licorice 5.11b 8. Bashart 5.12c 9. Maria de la Sangria 5.11+ 10. Unknown 1 5.11 11. Looser 5.13a There is a 30 foot break in the climbs here 12. Grijalva Route 5.12c 13. Project 14. Boss Hog 5.12a/b 15. Rock Trooper 5.9 16. Black Crack 5.10+ Trad 17. Arch of Evil 5.10+ Trad 18. Jack be Quick 5.12c 19. Grease Mechanic 5.12- 20. Box Baby 5.10b 21. Modern Day Contrivances 5.11+ 22. Box Frenzy 5.10a 23. Totem 5.7 Trad 24. Tomahawk 5.9 Trad The next 5 climbs are before Z crack, however they are listed after Z crack in the Rock Climbing New Mexico guide. 25. Unknown 5.10c 26. Power House 5.11c 27. Crystal Ball 5.11b 28. Unknown 2 5.10a 29. Unknown 3 5.10b 30. The Z Crack 5.8 Trad
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