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Sleeping Cactus Wall Rock Climbing

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Routes in Sleeping Cactus Wall

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	Bickerson's Dirty Habits, The T 5.9 5c 17 VI 17 HVS 5a
	Chasm View S 5.10a 6a 18 VI+ 18 E1 5a
	Fake Out Flake T 5.7 5a 15 V+ 13 MVS 4b
	Greg and Al's Excellent Adventure S,TR 5.9 5c 17 VI 17 HVS 5a PG13
	Jibbering Seconds T 5.7 5a 15 V+ 13 MVS 4b
	Left Face S 5.10a 6a 18 VI+ 18 E1 5a
	Tupelo Honey T 5.9+ 5c 17 VI 17 E1 5a

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Elevation:	2,500 ft	762 m
GPS:	33.78239, -111.80029 Google Map · Climbing Area Map
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Description

Sleeping Cactus Wall is one of three crags down at the north end of Little Granite Mountain, on the east side. There are a good selection of moderate routes in Sleeping Cactus, from 5.6 up to 5.10a. The rock can be a little less than great in places, but it's not too bad for the most part.

I'm not sure these days if SCW sees much traffic, so you probably don't have to worry about sharing with other climbers. The best routes at the crag are Tupelo Honey (5.9+) and Chasm View (5.10a). A rap station with chains is located sort of dead center on the wall to get back down.

Getting There

Unfortunately, there is NO trailhead down on the north end of Little Granite Mountain, so you're going to have to hoof it in from the Granite Mountain Trailhead off 136th Street and get a nice mile and a half warmup hike in just to get to the beastly uphill brushy and rocky approach to Sleeping Cactus Wall. Head east out of the parking lot at the trailhead for the Bootlegger Trail. Hike that for 0.7 miles to the BL2 emergency marker intersection with the Saddlehorn Trail. Go right to stay on Bootlegger and continue north on that for another 0.6 miles to emergency marker GM4 at the intersection with the Granite Mountain Loop Trail (GMLT). Go right on the GMLT and continue north for another 0.1 mile or so, until you spot a good place to head west off the nice smooth trail to head for the wall. For Sleeping Cactus Wall, work your way west and then veer south along a sort of ramping hill (if memory serves) to get to the base of the wall.