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!
Bill Geist on Kiwi Jeopardy in December 2005.
Description
This is the line right up the center of the Rio Quemado Falls taking the path of least resistance up stair-stepped ice. It appears other separate lines on these falls exist, with some interesting looking mixed potential on the right side.
Location
This is the line right up the middle of the falls following the path of least resistance.
Protection
Screws. Anchor on trees above and either leave webbing or walk off to the north side of the falls.
I find it extremely hard to believe these falls don't get climbed much and I'd love to hear any information on others climbing here prior to our visit in 2005.
I always thought it was called Qeumado falls and has seen many ascents pre 2000.
No, I'm quite sure it's spelled "Quemado" based on the name on the maps. And, in fact, Bob has previously stated that he and others had climbed here in the 70s so it definitely has seen many ascents prior to 2000. It's great to get some history on this area--this is exactly why I posted this stuff here. Excellent!
I always thought it was called Quemado falls and has seen many ascents pre 2000.
Ah, the spelling "Qeumado" in your original post was a typo and you're stating the name of the falls as a whole. However, I do believe a couple more completely separate lines can be done so I think creating a Rio Quemado falls area with routes is a good idea. Thanks.
Rio Quemado Falls
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