Elevation: 2,500 ft
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Shared By: 1Eric Rhicard on Nov 27, 2011
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Description

A large fin of rock that juts out of the hillside. It has a broken up south face that looks like it would have some routes on it if someone was to do a lot of cleaning. The routes I know of are on the narrow west face just before you reach the north face and on the north face. The rock is generally good but not bullet hard as a rule. You will occasionally find some funk somewhere on the climbs but the big stuff is usually solid. There are a few trad routes, some old aid routes that may or may not reach the top and a bunch of sport routes. The north face is shady and can be climbed most of the year.

Getting There

Park at the hairpin and hike up the drainage until it makes a big right hand turn. and you find yourself right below a large wall.

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Classic Climbing Routes at Pinhead Wall

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5.10- 6a 18 VI+ 18 E1 5a
 55
● Grecian Corner
Sport
5.10a/b 6a+ 19 VI+ 19 E2 5b
 24
● Needle Noggin
Sport
5.10+ 6b+ 21 VII+ 20 E3 5b
 82
● Go Speed Racer
Sport
5.11 6c+ 23 VIII- 23 E4 5c
 10
● Hairy Interlude
Trad
5.11c 6c+ 24 VIII- 24 E4 6a
 7
● Pinelope Cruise
Sport
5.11d 7a 24 VIII 25 E5 6a
 19
● '11 Is Out '12 Is In.
Sport
5.11d 7a 24 VIII 25 E5 6a
 19
● Fatmando
Sport
5.11d 7a 24 VIII 25 E5 6a
 15
● Arterial Flow
Sport
5.12b 7b 26 VIII+ 26 E5 6b
 15
● Critics Choice
Sport
5.12 7b+ 27 VIII+ 26 E6 6b
 4
● Energy Crisis
Trad 2 pitches
Route Name Location Star Rating Difficulty Date
● Grecian Corner
 55
5.10- 6a 18 VI+ 18 E1 5a Sport
● Needle Noggin
 24
5.10a/b 6a+ 19 VI+ 19 E2 5b Sport
● Go Speed Racer
 82
5.10+ 6b+ 21 VII+ 20 E3 5b Sport
● Hairy Interlude
 10
5.11 6c+ 23 VIII- 23 E4 5c Trad
● Pinelope Cruise
 7
5.11c 6c+ 24 VIII- 24 E4 6a Sport
● '11 Is Out '12 Is In.
 19
5.11d 7a 24 VIII 25 E5 6a Sport
● Fatmando
 19
5.11d 7a 24 VIII 25 E5 6a Sport
● Arterial Flow
 15
5.11d 7a 24 VIII 25 E5 6a Sport
● Critics Choice
 15
5.12b 7b 26 VIII+ 26 E5 6b Sport
● Energy Crisis
 4
5.12 7b+ 27 VIII+ 26 E6 6b Trad 2 pitches
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Canada Eric can be seen in the left of the photo between the two roof bands.
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Water's flowing down the canyon at the hairpin!<br> Hand held at a 8th of a second. Gotta love image stabilized lenses!
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Andy Bennett
Tucson, AZ
Andy Bennett   Tucson, AZ
We found an olive green "Quechua" snowboardingtype jacket at the base yesterday...pm me and you can be reunited Mar 24, 2012
Hendrixson
Littleton, CO
Hendrixson   Littleton, CO
There is an unlisted sport route to the right of Gray Matter. I've heard it is around 5.12- and isn't on great rock but haven't climbed it myself. Feb 9, 2014
Jimbo
Jimbo  
Ray Ringle bolted this line years ago. If you cleaned off all the loose holds there wouldn't be a climb there at all. It would be a great climb if the rock was better.

It's a bit harder than .12-. Especially has the hold at the crux keeps crumbling away. Feb 10, 2014
Iny Nurmaya
Golden, CO
Iny Nurmaya   Golden, CO
I know its not the season anymore, but if anyone heads up here and finds an orange GriGri2 please let me know! This is the last place I remember having it (Around Critics Choice likely, though I didn't see it when I went back to look). -Intan Jul 14, 2015
Paul Zander
Bern, CH
Paul Zander   Bern, CH
This wall gets almost no sun in November only the routes on the far right get afternoon sun. On a day with forecasted highs of 80 in Tucson conditions here were absolutely perfect. Nov 24, 2015
Kemper Brightman
Tucson
Kemper Brightman   Tucson
A great alternative to Milagrosa for those looking for shady routes in the 5.10 - 5.12 range. The hike from the pull-out is only about 20min. Feb 7, 2017