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1 - Lower Highway Rock Climbing

Climbing Area Map

Areas in 1 - Lower Highway

Amateur Hour Crag 5 / 10 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 15

Astoria 1 / 0 / 8 / 1 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 9

Athenaeum, The 3 / 8 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 11

Boot Hill 13 / 28 / 3 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 36

Bug Spring Wall 9 / 15 / 4 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 18

Business Time Wall 9 / 1 / 1 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 11

Cactus Ranch 1 / 6 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 7

Choo Choo Rock 3 / 4 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 7

Club Med 1 / 4 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 5

Colosseum 4 / 26 / 2 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 30

Crags Against Humanity 2 / 49 / 5 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 51

Forgotten Wall, Control Tower & Up The Creek Wall 14 / 30 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 44

Garc Onilom 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0

Gatehouse, The 3 / 1 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 3

Hairpin Boulders 0 / 2 / 2 / 62 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 64

Hairpin Turn Area 19 / 67 / 2 / 3 / 0 / 1 / 0 / 0 / 82

Hidden Jewels 8 / 4 / 1 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 9

It Cliff 1 / 11 / 1 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 12

Kessler's Corner 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0

Keyhole Rock 1 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 1

Lockdown Rock 0 / 10 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 10

Lost Wall 4 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 4

Molino Basin Boulders 0 / 0 / 0 / 34 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 34

Prison Camp (Gordon Hirabayashi) Area 28 / 23 / 5 / 1 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 46

Ruins, The 9 / 27 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 32

Shooting Gallery, The 0 / 8 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 8

Stonewall (aka Airmen Peak) 14 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 14

Sun Spot Crags 15 / 29 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 44

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle Crag 4 / 10 / 1 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 15

This is NOT Astoria (Honnold's Crag) 1 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 1

Train Station 1 / 15 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 16

Wall of the Flying Scorpions 0 / 13 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 13

Weathertop 11 / 11 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 19

Zoo, The 3 / 23 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 26

Elevation:	2,500 ft
GPS:	32.33746, -110.69046 Google Map · Climbing Area Map
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Shared By:	James DeRoussel on Jul 11, 2010
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Description

This area covers climbs from the bottom of the highway (milepost 0) up to Kessler's Corner (milepost 8.6).

The lower portion of the Catalina Highway offers varied climbing in a Sonoran Desert setting. Warm temps among towering saguaro cactus make climbing here a unique experience.

Rock quality in this area tends to be poorer and more varied than higher on the mountain, so take that under consideration. Still, in the winter months, the crags here are hard to beat for climate and accessibility.

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Catalina Highway

697 Total Climbs

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Classic Climbing Routes at 1 - Lower Highway

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

5.7 5a 15 V+ 13 MVS 4b 137 ● Moral Ambiguity Sport Crags Against H… > Draw Pile.
5.7+ 5a 15 V+ 13 MVS 4b 110 ● Hindsight is 2020 Sport Crags Against H… > Draw Pile.
5.8 5b 16 VI- 15 HVS 4c 146 ● Spontaneous Conga Line Sport Crags Against H… > Draw Pile.
5.8 5b 16 VI- 15 HVS 4c 132 ● Guanica Sport 2 pitches Hairpin Turn Area > Left Hand Wall
5.9 5c 17 VI 17 HVS 5a 142 ● Walking the Plank Sport Crags Against H… > Draw Pile.
5.9 5c 17 VI 17 HVS 5a 100 ● With a Bullet Sport Crags Against H… > Draw Pile.
5.9+ 5c 17 VI 17 E1 5a 73 ● Cheers Sport Boot Hill
5.10- 6a 18 VI+ 18 E1 5a 67 ● Blood Book Trad Forgotten Wall, Contr…
5.10b 6a+ 19 VII- 19 E2 5b 84 ● Medicine Bag Sport Ruins
5.10 6b 20 VII- 19 E2 5b 82 ● Virgin's Airline Sport Forgotten Wall, Contr…
5.10c 6b 20 VII 20 E2 5b 85 ● Black Feather Sport Ruins
5.10+ 6b+ 21 VII+ 20 E3 5b 77 ● English Breakfast Crack Trad Sun Spot Crags
5.10+ 6b+ 21 VII+ 20 E3 5b 128 ● Go Speed Racer Sport Hairpin Turn Area > Pinhead Wall
5.11 6c+ 23 VIII- 23 E4 5c 164 ● Armed Robbery Sport Prison Camp (Go… > Jailhouse Rock
5.12b 7b 26 VIII+ 26 E5 6b 87 ● Sentenced To Hang Sport Prison Camp (Go… > Jailhouse Rock