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Routes Sorted
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Essence of Darkness 
Eternal Sunshine 
Fireball 
Hot Tamale 
Infernal Justice 
It Put's the Buff On 
Solstice 
Straight Into Frantic Oblivion 
Total Eclipse 

Solstice Cave 


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Description 

Climbing in Solstice Cave is no longer off limits. Permission from the Lincoln National Forest (Carlsbad, NM) must be obtained before any new routes can be bolted.


Getting There 

Solstice is located directly accross the canyon from the terminus of the approach trail. This is also one of the few crags visible from the parking area.


The Classics

Mountain Project's determination of some of the classic, most popular, highest rated routes for Solstice Cave:
Hot Tamale   5.10-     Sport, 1 pitch, 70 feet   
Eternal Sunshine   5.12a     Sport, 50 feet   
Total Eclipse   5.12d PG13     Sport, 1 pitch, 60 feet   
Solstice   5.12d     Sport, 55 feet   
Essence of Darkness   5.13a     Sport, 1 pitch, 55 feet   
It Put's the Buff On   5.13a     Sport, 70 feet   
Infernal Justice   5.13b     Sport, 70 feet   
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Featured Route For Solstice Cave
Flying through the big move near the top.

Total Eclipse 5.12d PG13  NM : New Mexico, other Southern ... : ... : Solstice Cave
Good moves on this fantastic roof route. The pump factor will have you sweating if your lucky enough to get to the chains. Watch the 2nd bolt has difficult clip. Stick clip helps here, but watch out for the big swing if you blow the opening moves. 4 or 5th bolt, this route joins the Solstice line and finishes at the lower 'Buff' anchor. Another fantastic route put up by that Canadian....[more]   Browse More Classics in NM


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The left half of the Solstice Cave.  There are some new lines and lots of silly linkups since this topo was drawn.

The left half of the Solstice Cave. There are som...

The right half of the Solstice Cave.  There are some new lines and lots of silly linkups since this topo was drawn. <br /> <br />Note that the routes with a "?" did not have confirmed grades at the time this was created.  Expect those lines to be anywhere from 2-4 letter grades over-rated, as was the case with the routes in the cave that I climbed.  Routes without "?"'s are "confirmed" at that grade, but don't expect them to match what you see on KW's 8a.nu scorecard.

The right half of the Solstice Cave. There are so...