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Queen Creek Canyon Climbing

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Areas in Queen Creek Canyon

Apache Leap 2 / 28 / 7 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 30

Atlantis 14 / 63 / 0 / 1 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 77

Diamond Buttress 4 / 12 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 16

Euro Dog Valley 3 / 29 / 11 / 146 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 181

Little England Wall 15 / 5 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 20

Lower Devil's Canyon 178 / 92 / 3 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 250

Mine Area, The 10 / 64 / 5 / 2 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 75

Northern Devils Canyon 13 / 59 / 7 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 75

Oak Flat 0 / 1 / 4 / 269 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 273

Old Tunnel Area 1 / 22 / 1 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 23

Pond, The 4 / 81 / 1 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 85

Queen Scepter, The 0 / 4 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 4

Renaissance Tower 5 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 5

Sunburn Crag 0 / 3 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 3

Sunday School Wall (Left) 2 / 0 / 1 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 3

Sunday School Wall (Right) 0 / 5 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 5

Upper Devils Canyon 7 / 41 / 1 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 48

Wounded Knee Wall 6 / 2 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 8

Z-Bop Area 1 / 2 / 3 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 3

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Access Issue: Must Register! Private Property-The Pond, Atlantis and Mine Area Details

Climbing at The Pond, Atlantis and Mine Area are private property, and now requires that you register in order to gain legal access. This is an easy process. You can do this at: queencreekclimbing.com/.
This is a one-time and free process so once you are registered you are good to go.

You can read more about this process and the announcement at the Queen Creek Coalition website – theqcc.com or the Queen Creek Coalition’s Facebook page – facebook.com/Queen-Creek-Co…

Description

Queen Creek and its many volcanic towers is the home of central Arizona sport climbing and bouldering. The rock is volcanic tuff and the routes go from deep-pocket pulling down to tiny-edge crimping, depending on the area. Many of the routes here were established between the early '90s and present day.

PLEASE NOTE (FALL 2023/SRING 2024): Queen Creek Canyon is receiving some construction on 2 of its bridges, potentially closing off Atlantis and The Pond temporarily. Construction is estimated to take 3 years to complete. Closure of the parking lots and the 60 will be sporadic, for more details see this website: azdot.gov/projects/southeas…

Getting There

Queen Creek Canyon is found above the small town of Superior, AZ, about an hour's drive (depending where you start) east of the metro Phoenix area. Drive through Superior headed east, go up the hill and the various areas will be found after you get through the big tunnel.

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Classic Climbing Routes at Queen Creek Canyon

Mountain Project's determination of the classic, most popular, highest rated climbing routes in this area.

V3 6A 26 ● Alien Autopsy Boulder Oak Flat > Vector Arena
V6 7A 29 ● The Rail Boulder Oak Flat > Rd Area
5.9 5c 17 VI 17 HVS 5a 218 ● Giggling Marlin Sport Atlantis > Atlantis S Side
5.9 5c 17 VI 17 HVS 5a 154 ● The Trident Sport 3 pitches Atlantis > Atlantis S Side
5.10a 6a 18 VI+ 18 E1 5a 366 ● Pocket Puzzle Sport Pond
5.10a 6a 18 VI+ 18 E1 5a 148 ● Neptune Sport Atlantis > Atlantis N Side
5.10a 6a 18 VI+ 18 E1 5a 175 ● Arete Horizon Sport Pond
5.10 6b 20 VII- 19 E2 5b 20 ● Centipede Corner Trad Lower Devil's C… > Lower Devil's E… > Lunchbox
5.10 6b 20 VII- 19 E2 5b 74 ● Pathological Optimist Trad, Sport Lower Devil's C… > Totem-Proto Area
5.10c/d 6b+ 21 VII+ 21 E3 5b 164 ● The Totem Pole Sport 2 pitches Lower Devil's C… > Totem-Proto Area
5.11- 6c 22 VIII- 22 E3 5c 25 ● Slap & Tickle Sport 3 pitches Atlantis > Atlantis S Side
5.11b 6c 23 VIII- 23 E3 5c 136 ● The Soft Parade Sport Pond
5.11 6c+ 23 VIII- 23 E4 5c 43 ● Jesus is Real Sport Atlantis > Funny Farm
5.12b 7b 26 VIII+ 26 E5 6b 20 ● Return From the Great Mormon Exp… Sport Pond
5.13a 7c+ 29 IX+ 29 E6 6c 32 ● Desert Devil Sport Pond