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(L2) Hopper's Hangover Area

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(L2) Hopper's Hangover Area

Submitted By: Mike Howard on Oct 12, 2009
Administrators: Mike Howard, Aaron Hobson, Anthony Stout, George Perkins
Elevation: 6,100 feet
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Description 

East facing wall of high quality pocketed basalt to about 65 ft. Tight concentration of sport and trad lines. Many overhanging pocketed walls. Can find shade under Hopper's Hangover most hours of the day.


Getting There 

Midway along lower tier, starts after low jumbled section without climbs. Stops where you climb down past Easy Rider crack. About 200 yards from south end of wall.


The Classics

Mountain Project's determination of some of the classic, most popular, highest rated routes for (L2) Hopper's Hangover Area:
(13) Forever Jung   5.8     Sport, 1 pitch, 80 feet   
(15) Tijerina   5.9     Sport, 1 pitch, 90 feet   
(19) Easy Rider Crack   5.9     Trad, 1 pitch, 80 feet   
(17) Utopian Vistas (var.)   5.11     Sport, 80 feet   
(12) Dancing on Stones   5.11b/c     Sport, 70 feet   
(16) Hopper's Hangover   5.12     Sport, 80 feet   
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Figuring out the moves to move out onto the arete. Quality rock and climbing. February 2009.

(15) Tijerina 5.9  NM : Taos Area : ... : (L2) Hopper's Hangover Area
Climb left through large roof on pinned blocks and follow into shallow overhanging corner. Continue straight up the right side of the roof. Crux as you climb onto thin arete above corner. Athletic moves and nice exposure bring you to the anchor. Arise Alianza you have nothing to lose but your chains... oops! Reies López Tijerina led a struggle in the 1960s and 1970s to restore New Mexican land grant...[more]   Browse More Classics in NM


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Basalt pocket climbing at its best.
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