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Poncho's Vista Rock Climbing

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Between You and Me S 5.9+ 5c 17 VI 17 E1 5a
Dihedral - 5.8 T 5.7 5a 15 V+ 13 MVS 4b
Gotta Love the View S 5.9 5c 17 VI 17 HVS 5a
Poncho's Power S 5.11a 6c 22 VII+ 22 E3 5c
Retro Petro S 5.11b/c 6c+ 23 VIII- 24 E4 6a
Spanker Work Itanker S 5.9 5c 17 VI 17 HVS 5a
UK 5.8+ gear route T 5.8 5b 16 VI- 15 HVS 4c
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Elevation: 8,167 ft
GPS: 38.879, -106.147 Google Map · Climbing Area Map
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Shared By: Robby Cribbs on May 24, 2007
Admins: Leo Paik, John McNamee, Frances Fierst, Monty, Monomaniac
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This is a crag with 5 sport routes and a couple gear routes.

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It is in between the two sets of tunnels, up the hill.

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5.7 5a 15 V+ 13 MVS 4b
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Dober's first 5.9 lead! Hit all three of these cracks. Very fun.
Dober's first 5.9 lead! Hit all three of these…
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Dober after a nice lead.
Dober after a nice lead.
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Routes on the NW face.<br> 1. 5.8 Dihedral. Gear fingers/hands to a bolted anchor ~ 50'.<br> 2.Poncho's Power, 5.10d crystal crimping w/high crux. 5 bolts+anchors.<br> 3. Retro Petro, 5.11a w/mucho thin crimps. 4 bolts+anchors.
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1. Gotta Love the view. 5.9, 5 bolts+anchors.<br> 2. Spanker work tanker. 5.9+, 4 bolts+anchors. Crux is tween 1st/2nd bolt.<br> 3. UK 5.8+ gear route. Shares anchors w/Spanker..<br> 4. Between you and me. 5.9+, kinda funky, you need to stem to keep it at 5.9. Fun if you do, if not, not so much!
1. Gotta Love the view. 5.9, 5 bolts+anchors.…
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5.8 Dihedral on the NW face. Gear fingers to hands. Bolted anchors. ~ 50'.
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Chip Loomis
Chip Loomis  
I am concerned about what I found at these routes over Memorial Day weekend, 2012. Two routes were missing there their lower hangers; Between You and Me and Gotta Love the View. Interestingly, the bolts were still there, but the bottom hangers were missing. Jun 6, 2012
Lee Jenkins
Tucson, Arizona
Lee Jenkins   Tucson, Arizona
Seems to be a recurring issue with people stealing hangers in the Valley. Whoever is doing this is gonna receive some serious bad Karma! Jun 8, 2012
Lee Jenkins
Tucson, Arizona
Lee Jenkins   Tucson, Arizona
Hangers are missing from Gotta Love the view (first 2 bolts) and JS new 5.11 to the right of Dihedral (1st bolt). WTF!?

We replaced the hangers on GLTV in Oct. 2013. Sep 30, 2012
Bryson F
Broomfield, CO
Bryson F   Broomfield, CO
38.87921, -106.14689. Feb 4, 2015
Greg Hansen
Greg Hansen  
Spanker Work Tanker was a fun climb. I felt like the crux was before the first bolt though... and it has about a 15-20 foot fall consequence if you miss the clip. The hanger on the first bolt was still missing from the 5.11 on the NW face. Most of the routes have the option to top rope as well; however, some drift a bit such as "Between You and Me," and a toprope fall wouldn't be fun. Jul 29, 2018

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