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Chimney Canyon Rock Climbing

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Areas in Chimney Canyon

"CC" Couloir Ridge 9 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 1 / 0 / 0 / 9

Chimney, The 4 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 4

Clandestine Wall 9 / 2 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 11

Muralla Grande 15 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 15

Sentinel - East 1 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 1 / 1

Sentinel, The 5 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 5

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Elevation:	9,991 ft	3,045 m
GPS:	35.21364, -106.45371 Google Map · Climbing Area Map
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Description

This canyon is located just below the Ceder Crest communication towers. The most prominant feature within this canyon is Muralla Grande ("great wall"). The canyon is named after the chimney looking spire south of Muralla Grande.

Getting There

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Classic Climbing Routes at Chimney Canyon

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

5.7 5a 15 V+ 13 MVS 4b 35 ● Lost Ledge Trad 2 pitches Sentinel
5.7 5a 15 V+ 13 MVS 4b 23 ● Rocky Raccoon Trad 2 pitches Chimney
5.8 5b 16 VI- 15 HVS 4c 168 ● The Second Coming Trad 4 pitches Muralla Grande
5.8 5b 16 VI- 15 HVS 4c 28 ● Morning Wood Trad Clandestine Wall
5.9 5c 17 VI 17 HVS 5a R 70 ● Warpy Moople Trad 7 pitches Muralla Grande
5.9+ 5c 17 VI 17 E1 5a 108 ● Excitable Boys Trad 7 pitches Muralla Grande
5.10a 6a 18 VI+ 18 E1 5a 5 ● Bark At The Moon Trad Muralla Grande
5.10+ 6b+ 21 VII+ 20 E3 5b 43 ● Skinwalker Trad Clandestine Wall
5.11a 6c 22 VII+ 22 E3 5c 39 ● Little Yellow Jacket Trad 5 pitches Muralla Grande
5.11b 6c 23 VIII- 23 E3 5c 13 ● Cloak and Dagger Trad Clandestine Wall
5.11b/c 6c+ 23 VIII- 24 E4 6a 4 ● Tecolote Sin Nombre Trad 3 pitches "CC" Couloir Ridge > El Tecolote
5.12- 7a+ 25 VIII+ 25 E5 6a 10 ● Thunderbird Trad 6 pitches Muralla Grande
5.12- 7a+ 25 VIII+ 25 E5 6a 25 ● Autumn Ivy Trad Clandestine Wall
5.13- 7c+ 29 IX+ 29 E7 6c 18 ● Cat Daddy Trad Clandestine Wall
5.14- 8b+ 32 X+ 32 E8 7a 5 ● Event Horizon Sport Clandestine Wall