Las Cruces Area Climbing Climbing

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Areas in Las Cruces Area Climbing

Dona Ana Mountains 49 / 4 / 3 / 63 / 0 / 1 / 0 / 0 / 116

Organ Mountains 295 / 13 / 26 / 144 / 0 / 6 / 0 / 6 / 468

Picacho Mountain 3 / 0 / 3 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 3

Rough and Ready Hills 18 / 33 / 3 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 44

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Description

The second largest city in New Mexico after Albuquerque. Located way down by the Texas and Mexico border. Very mild winters means rock climbing year round, as long as you think climbing in intense desert heat is feasible.

Areas around Las Cruces include:
The Organ Mountains, a jagged ridge of rugged peaks. It's got a bit of everything, from bouldering at Pena Blanca, to drive-up cragging at La Cueva or high adventurous peaks along the rocky spine which distinguishes Las Cruces' sky-line.

The Dona Ana Mountains are granitic mountains just north of town. Multi-pitch trad routes and bouldering abound here.

Rough and Ready Hills are the local sport crag. More than 40 routes on a short volcanic cliff-band, a roughly 30-minute drive west of the city.

As for climbing services: NMSU has a small climbing wall and gear shop, and Ride On Sports (E Lohmann Ave) also has a small selection of climbing gear. Outdoor Adventures (Missouri Ave) used to sell some basic gear, but they no longer do.

Getting There

Las Cruces is at the cross-roads between I-10 and I-25.

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Classic Climbing Routes at Las Cruces Area Climbing

Mountain Project's determination of the classic, most popular, highest rated climbing routes in this area.

5.7 5a 15 V+ 13 MVS 4b 80 ● Cross-trainer Trad, Sport 4 pitches Dona Ana Mountains > Checkerboard Wall
5.7 5a 15 V+ 13 MVS 4b R 75 ● North Face Trad 9 pitches Organ Mountains > Sugarloaf Area > Sugarloaf
5.7 5a 15 V+ 13 MVS 4b R 25 ● Left Eyebrow Trad 9 pitches Organ Mountains > Sugarloaf Area > Sugarloaf
5.7+ 5a 15 V+ 13 MVS 4b 36 ● Lowenbrau Light Trad 2 pitches Organ Mountains > Rabbit Ears Area > Southern Comfort Wall
5.8 5b 16 VI- 15 HVS 4c 47 ● Deer Leg Sport Rough & Ready H… > (A) N End routes
5.9- 5c 17 VI 16 HVS 4c 24 ● Gertch's Folly Trad 7 pitches Organ Mountains > Low Horns > Gertch
5.9 5c 17 VI 17 HVS 5a 39 ● Black Velvet Trad 3 pitches Organ Mountains > Rabbit Ears Area > Southern Comfort Wall
5.9 5c 17 VI 17 HVS 5a 30 ● Margaritaville Trad 2 pitches Organ Mountains > Rabbit Ears Area > Southern Comfort Wall
5.9 5c 17 VI 17 HVS 5a 49 ● Under the Bull Sport Rough & Ready H… > (A) N End routes
5.10a/b 6a+ 19 VI+ 19 E2 5b 22 ● Tooth or Consequences Trad 4 pitches Organ Mountains > High Horns > Tooth
5.10a/b 6a+ 19 VI+ 19 E2 5b 33 ● Tooth Fairy Trad 4 pitches Organ Mountains > High Horns > Tooth
5.10b 6a+ 19 VII- 19 E2 5b 45 ● Reddi-Wip Sport Rough & Ready H… > (C) Reddi-Wip Area
5.10 6b 20 VII- 19 E2 5b 27 ● Tooth Extraction Trad 5 pitches Organ Mountains > High Horns > Tooth
5.10b/c 6b 20 VII 20 E2 5b 44 ● Halitosis Monkey Sport Rough & Ready H… > (D) Original Area
5.12a 7a+ 25 VIII+ 25 E5 6a 25 ● Unnamed Arete Sport Rough & Ready H… > (D) Original Area