PRINT: Rock Climbing in South Cliffband, Jemez Mountains and Jemez Valley

South Cliffband

New Mexico > Jemez Mountains… > Capulin Canyon… > Cochiti Mesa

Description

This is the cliff section to the SE from the downclimb. With roughly 35 routes, this area offers numerous TR possibilities, and a wide diversity of climbing styles, from difficult thin slabs, to 5.13 cracks, to wild overhangs.

This cliff faces slightly more west than the other crags along the mesa, and so, stays in the shade a bit longer.

Getting There

From the downclimb, head SE, or left. Some routes are approached from rappel from the mesa rim. For these routes, skip the downclimb and head SE along the rim trail.

Routes from Left to Right

5.12b 7b 26 VIII+ 26 E5 6b 1 ● Leslie's Little Fingers (Atsa) Sport
5.10b/c 6b 20 VII 20 E2 5b 6 ● Unnamed Sport
5.10a/b 6a+ 19 VI+ 19 E2 5b 9 ● Just Say No to Crack Sport
5.9+ 5c 17 VI 17 E1 5a 4 ● Crackerjack Trad
5.11 6c+ 23 VIII- 23 E4 5c 3 ● Dynabolic Sport
5.11b/c 6c+ 23 VIII- 24 E4 6a 12 ● The Prow Sport
5.11a 6c 22 VII+ 22 E3 5c 10 ● Another Lichen Nightmare Sport
5.11c 6c+ 24 VIII- 24 E4 6a 6 ● Dreamscape Trad, TR
5.12c/d 7c 28 IX 28 E6 6b 7 ● Shadowdancer Sport
5.10c 6b 20 VII 20 E2 5b 2 ● Acid Rain Sport
5.12a 7a+ 25 VIII+ 25 E5 6a 1 ● Rocket in My Pocket Sport
5.11b/c 6c+ 23 VIII- 24 E4 6a 3 ● Finger in the Socket Sport
5.11b 6c 23 VIII- 23 E3 5c 1 ● Sanadine Dream Sport
5.11d 7a 24 VIII 25 E5 6a 1 ● Crystal Suppository Sport
5.11c 6c+ 24 VIII- 24 E4 6a 2 ● Illusion Dissolution Sport