Elevation: 2,380 ft
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Description

This massive wall/mountain which faces town and camp is home to the famous testpiece El Sendero Luminoso. The 12th edition of Magic Ed's guide lists only a handful of routes, so there is likely great new route potential. The wall has a lot of aspects but generally faces N or NE and is a shady place.

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Getting There

Decent trails lead from the vicinity of Tami's to the crags. Allow at least half an hour for the approach. For more details, see guidebook.

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Classic Climbing Routes at El Toro (The Front Side)

Mountain Project's determination of the classic, most popular, highest rated climbing routes in this area.
V6 7A
 6
● El Seis
Boulder
Plutonia Cave
5.10a 6a 18 VI+ 18 E1 5a
 53
● Excalibur
Sport 6 pitches
Ivory Tower
5.10c 6b 20 VII 20 E2 5b
 147
● Satori
Sport 7 pitches
Zapatista Wall
5.10d 6b+ 21 VII+ 21 E3 5b
 81
● Off The Couch
Sport 7 pitches
Zapatista Wall
5.11b 6c 23 VIII- 23 E3 5c
 6
● Apache Line
Sport
Land Of The Free
5.11d 7a 24 VIII 25 E5 6a
 6
● 3 Stone Place
Sport 6 pitches
Zapatista Wall
5.11d 7a 24 VIII 25 E5 6a
 3
● Señorita Woblita
Sport
Beyond Plutonia
5.12a 7a+ 25 VIII+ 25 E5 6a
 9
● Zapatista
Sport 5 pitches
Zapatista Wall
5.12b 7b 26 VIII+ 26 E5 6b PG13
 21
● Land of the Free
Sport 10 pitches
Land Of The Free
5.12+ 7c 28 IX 27 E6 6b
 26
● El Sendero Luminoso
Sport 15 pitches
Sendero Luminoso Wall
Route Name Location Star Rating Difficulty Date
● El Seis Plutonia Cave
 6
V6 7A Boulder
● Excalibur Ivory Tower
 53
5.10a 6a 18 VI+ 18 E1 5a Sport 6 pitches
● Satori Zapatista Wall
 147
5.10c 6b 20 VII 20 E2 5b Sport 7 pitches
● Off The Couch Zapatista Wall
 81
5.10d 6b+ 21 VII+ 21 E3 5b Sport 7 pitches
● Apache Line Land Of The Free
 6
5.11b 6c 23 VIII- 23 E3 5c Sport
● 3 Stone Place Zapatista Wall
 6
5.11d 7a 24 VIII 25 E5 6a Sport 6 pitches
● Señorita Woblita Beyond Plutonia
 3
5.11d 7a 24 VIII 25 E5 6a Sport
● Zapatista Zapatista Wall
 9
5.12a 7a+ 25 VIII+ 25 E5 6a Sport 5 pitches
● Land of the Free Land Of The Free
 21
5.12b 7b 26 VIII+ 26 E5 6b PG13 Sport 10 pitches
● El Sendero Luminoso Sendero Luminoso Wall
 26
5.12+ 7c 28 IX 27 E6 6b Sport 15 pitches
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Drew this up for some buddies the other day. Thought it might come in handy for someone.
Drew this up for some buddies the other day. Th…
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December 8th, 2017: the day when there was more snow in Potrero than in Colorado
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The face on El Toro.
The face on El Toro.
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Low clouds over El Toro.
Low clouds over El Toro.
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A shot of El Toro from the top of Super Nova in Las Estrellas
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monkeyvanya
Denver, CO
monkeyvanya   Denver, CO
Approach for Land of the Free/El Sendero Luminoso:
From a large pull-out on the road head down into the riverbed and locate miners road on the other side (as of 12/2014 it had a sign and a gate). Follow the road for 500 steps and take a trail uphill. After 150 steps it splits. Right - to Plutonia caves, left - to LotF/ESL through some loose scree to slabs below a mine. Dec 24, 2014
AOSR
Wherever we park!
AOSR   Wherever we park!
Not sure why there aren't more details here on finding the trail. The "mining road" is just the wash parallel to the main paved road leading into EPC proper. The roads over by Homero's are not what you're looking for. Just walk across the wash from the giant dirt parking across from the little restaurants and tiendas to a gate that looks like (and probably is) a driveway to someone's property with a small structure on it. You can see a couple cairns and the trail just on the other side of this gate. Be sure to close it behind you. Simple. Jan 4, 2017
Seth Hogan
Frisco, Co
Seth Hogan   Frisco, Co
^---Perfect guide to the start of the hike. I'd like to add that you follow the trail through a well packed scree/talus field and potentially into a second, fragile and loose field as well. The second one is potentially dangerous. We went to Zapatista wall through it and managed to get out of a very large but slow moving rock slide. This is avoidable. If you reach the second talus field, back track about 25' and scramble up a short rock slab. There is an obviously trail on top of it and is easy to find on the way down. Jan 28, 2017