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Hot Tamale Wall

Submitted By: Dave Bohn aka "Old Fart" on Sep 4, 2006
Elevation: 8,940 feet
Latitude: 42.5849  Longitude: -108.7364 
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Description 

First "wall" W of the 5.10 "wall". Easily recognizable by the huge undercut base. Great concentration of hard routes.


Getting There 

Take any trail to the Main Wall and head to the W end of the wall.


The Classics

Mountain Project's determination of some of the classic, most popular, highest rated routes for Hot Tamale Wall:
The Shootist   5.10a     Sport, 1 pitch, 55 feet   
Hot Tamale Baby   5.11d     Sport, 1 pitch, 70 feet   
Ruby Shooter   5.12a/b     Sport, 75 feet   
Charro   5.12b     Sport, 1 pitch, 70 feet   
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Enjoying the excellent headwall of Caballero...

Caballero Del Norte 5.11c  WY : Wild Iris : ... : Hot Tamale Wall
Caballero Del Norte is clearly one of the best 5.11s on The Main Wall, offering continuous climbing on excellent rock. Despite its intimidating appearance, this is a great warmup for the harder lines, or a worthy objective in its own right. This line is rather exposed and bakes in the sun most of the day, so get here early.A few trivial moves lead to the low bulge. Make a big span to slopey pockets in the horizontal break. This move is not as...[more]   Browse More Classics in WY