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DescriptionPrescott is a beautiful little city, and she is loaded with granite!! From the awesome bouldering of Groom Creek to the 500' wall of Granite Mt., to the tricky folds of the Dells, Prescott has a substantial list of quality routes both trad and sport. Add to that the basalt areas Thumb Butte and Sullivans Canyon, as well as the quartzite Promised Land, and you have a perfect mid elevation destination, to either shake the cold of NAZ, or to cool off from the lower deserts. Getting ThereDrive to Prescott The ClassicsMountain Project's determination of some of the classic, most popular, highest rated routes for Prescott Areas:
Facelift V4 Boulder, 12 feet Groom Creek : Main Boulders
Syphilis Traverse V4-5 Boulder Groom Creek : Main Boulders
Moonstone V6 Boulder, 10 feet Groom Creek : Main Boulders
New Moon / Eclipse V8 Boulder, 10 feet Groom Creek : Main Boulders
Dislocation Direct 5.6 Trad, 2 pitches, 300 feet, Grade II Granite Mountain : Swamp Slabs
The Classic 5.7 Trad, 3 pitches Granite Mountain : Middle Section
Green Savior 5.8 Trad, 4 pitches, 350 feet, Grade III Granite Mountain : Middle Section
The Easy Chair 5.9- Trad, 1 pitch, 80 feet Granite Mountain : Right Section
Crack Lover's Variation 5.9 Trad, 2 pitches, 200 feet, Grade II Granite Mountain : Middle Section
Magnolia Thunderpussy 5.9 Trad, 3 pitches Granite Mountain : Middle Section
Said and Done 5.9 Trad, 3 pitches, Grade II Granite Mountain : Middle Section
Reunion 5.10- Trad, 4 pitches, 250 feet, Grade II Granite Mountain : Middle Section
Kingpin 5.10 PG13 Trad, 5 pitches, 450 feet, Grade III Granite Mountain : Middle Section
The Slammer Jam 5.10 Trad, 3 pitches, Grade III Granite Mountain : Middle Section
Candyland 5.10 Trad, 5 pitches, 450 feet, Grade III Granite Mountain : Middle Section
The Hotline (aka Hiccup Delux) 5.10 Trad, 3 pitches Granite Mountain : Middle Section
Jump Back Jack Crack 5.10c Trad, 1 pitch, 90 feet Granite Mountain : Right Section
Coatimundi Whiteout 5.11a Trad, 5 pitches Granite Mountain : Middle Section
Help Me Mr. Wizard 5.11c Trad Granite Mountain : Middle Section
Solomon 5.12a Sport, 70 feet The Promised Land : Solomon Area
Featured Route For Prescott Areas
The Hotline (aka Hiccup Delux) 5.10 AZ : Central Arizona : ... : Middle Section
The Hotline links the first pitch of the Nose to the 2nd pitch of Cat's Pajamas to the final pitch of Reunion- a striking line up the Flying Buttressp1: Climb a scrub oak fifteen feet until you can make difficult face moves to gain the crack system. OW and jam through the awkward pod into a flared crack going from tight hands to fingers. Move left through the quartz band to the base of the steep flare- belay here (5.10)p2: Climb the flare which is wide and gently overhanging at first to stee...[more] Browse More Classics in AZ |