Checkerboard Wall Rock Climbing
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Elevation: | 5,481 ft | 1,671 m |
GPS: |
32.4584, -106.7823 Google Map · Climbing Area Map |
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Shared By: | Aaron Hobson on Feb 26, 2006 · Updates | |
Admins: | Jason Halladay, Mike Hoskins, Anna Brown |
Description
A huge east facing wall, over 500' at its highest point and almost twice as wide. There are many enticing crack systems which give the wall its checkered appearance. Several large boulders litter the valley below and offer many challenges of their own. You can follow one of the listed routes up this immense face, you can design your own variations connecting different crack systems, or simply choose a line and have at it.
Getting There
Coordinates
-Base of the mountian
32° 27' 28.5855" N,
106° 46'54.2431" W
-Parking
32° 27' 17.2692" N,
106° 46' 31.0739" W
Zero your odometer where N Jornada Rd meets the Bataan Memorial Highway (Hwy 70). Drive north on Jornada for ~4.89 miles. There are two dirt roads less than 0.1 miles apart. The first is sandier than the second but generally flat and probably ok for 2-wheel drive. Where the second road joins the first, the second has a 10 foot section probably warranting 4-wheel drive. Drive less than a mile to the road's end. Along the way you'll pass beneath some power lines. This last part does not need four wheel drive but high clearance is required in a few spots.
A well-used climbers' trail heads north of the end of the road, and then snakes west / north to the base of the wall. It takes about 30 minutes of hiking.
The trail ends at the base of Cross-trainer. Minor bushwhacking or scrambling is needed for some of the other climbs.
Cross-trainer can be rapped after summiting. The walk-off down the south end of the wall is easy but long with a need to come back up and is not recommended.
-Base of the mountian
32° 27' 28.5855" N,
106° 46'54.2431" W
-Parking
32° 27' 17.2692" N,
106° 46' 31.0739" W
Zero your odometer where N Jornada Rd meets the Bataan Memorial Highway (Hwy 70). Drive north on Jornada for ~4.89 miles. There are two dirt roads less than 0.1 miles apart. The first is sandier than the second but generally flat and probably ok for 2-wheel drive. Where the second road joins the first, the second has a 10 foot section probably warranting 4-wheel drive. Drive less than a mile to the road's end. Along the way you'll pass beneath some power lines. This last part does not need four wheel drive but high clearance is required in a few spots.
A well-used climbers' trail heads north of the end of the road, and then snakes west / north to the base of the wall. It takes about 30 minutes of hiking.
The trail ends at the base of Cross-trainer. Minor bushwhacking or scrambling is needed for some of the other climbs.
Cross-trainer can be rapped after summiting. The walk-off down the south end of the wall is easy but long with a need to come back up and is not recommended.
Classic Climbing Routes at Checkerboard Wall
Mountain Project's determination of the classic, most popular, highest rated climbing routes in this area.
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