Pumphouse Wash  Photos:  Recent | Best | Popular Elevation:  5,500' Lat, Long:  35.0508, -111.7257 Map Page Views:  31,744. Good page?    Administrators:  Greg Opland, James DeRoussel, JJ Schlick, Tom Erickson Submitted By:  markguycan on Apr 16, 2006 Make this area a Favorite What's New  Printer View Add Area  Add Photo  Add Comment  Add Event  Sat Sun Mon Tue Wed 73° | 37° 72° | 36° 70° | 36° 66° | 34° 64° | 34°

Jon Koehn loading up before pulling over the "beak...

Description 

tributary canyon to Oak Creek Canyon, offers many sandstone sport and trad routes.

"Pumphouse Wash is a splendid canyon, and a local gem for it's beauty, and the climbing is pretty good to boot! With it's close proximity to town, plunge pools, carved walls, and towering sandstone cliffs this place has it all for a rompy day out and about.

Both Kelly and James Canyon run into Pumphouse as it tumbles off the rim. James Canyon is a good, technical canyoneering route, while Kelly has some fantastic bouldering. Pumphouse Wash proper holds the "Ultimates", which are well known classics for the area. In the last few years there has been some development of sport routes in Lower Pumphouse Wash before it joins Oak Creek Canyon at the bottom of the swithbacks on 89A."

JJ Schlick

Getting There 

accessible from bottom of switch backs on 89a, or Easiest entrance to the Ultimates is from the top of Ultimate Frisbee. Exit I-17 at Newman Park, drive about 2miles then turn Right, follow this trek about a mile til the canyon is in view. park at cairns and hike 0.07mi to the rap station at: N35*02.158 W111*42.825

The Classics

Featured Route For Pumphouse Wash

Ultimate Finger Crack 5.11+ PG13  AZ : Northern Arizona : ... : The Ultimates/Mexican Pocke...

splitter finger tips to small hands up a steep smooth wall....[more]   Browse More Classics in AZ