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*Phoenix Areas Climbing

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Areas in *Phoenix Areas

Beardsley Boulders Area 27 / 12 / 25 / 340 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 379

Brown's Parking Lot Boulders 0 / 0 / 0 / 6 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 6

Camelback Mountain 29 / 46 / 1 / 17 / 0 / 16 / 0 / 0 / 94

Cathedral, The 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0

Cholla Mountain 10 / 12 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 1 / 0 / 0 / 22

Coon Bluff 0 / 8 / 2 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 10

FINS Trails Park 0 / 0 / 0 / 1 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 1

Greevers' Needle 7 / 10 / 3 / 1 / 0 / 1 / 0 / 0 / 18

Ice Castles 6 / 11 / 8 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 23

Icecapades 0 / 2 / 1 / 102 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 104

Jacuzzi Spires 5 / 1 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 6

Library Wall 2 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 2

Little Granite Mountain 60 / 26 / 20 / 2 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 82

Lookout Mountain 2 / 11 / 4 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 14

McDowell Mountains 205 / 55 / 60 / 5 / 0 / 1 / 0 / 0 / 261

Muh Valley 0 / 0 / 0 / 6 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 6

Needle Boulder 0 / 0 / 0 / 4 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 4

New River and Black Canyon City 0 / 3 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 3

Papago Park 3 / 18 / 6 / 1 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 24

Phoenix Area Buildering 1 / 0 / 0 / 15 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 16

Piestewa Peak 1 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 1

Pinnacle Peak 95 / 21 / 27 / 1 / 0 / 4 / 0 / 0 / 117

Riverview Park 0 / 0 / 0 / 1 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 1

Shadow Mountain Boulders 0 / 0 / 0 / 4 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 4

South Mountain 12 / 30 / 7 / 434 / 0 / 2 / 0 / 0 / 477

Superstition Mountains 135 / 10 / 1 / 32 / 0 / 1 / 0 / 0 / 174

White Tank North 2 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 2

Windy Walks 1 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 1

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Description

Phoenix is a winter mecca and summertime is long. This large desert city is home to a substantial amount of classic climbing. Whether you are trying to escape winter, or call it home, you have plenty of options to explore some stone.

The areas covered are varied in style and rock. The granite of the McDowell Mountains and Pinnacle Peak are bastions of Traditional climbing on great rock. Both of these areas are Scottsdale City Parks, please respect the rules. No new routes are allowed in either Park.

South Mountain has great granite bouldering in one of the largest City parks. This area and Camelback are both Phoenix City Parks and have rules that allow us to use them as climbers. Please respect the Parks and we can continue to enjoy this resource.

Getting There

From Phoenix you can drive in town to your favorite afternoon bouldering area or head to North Scottsdale for great granite traditional climbing.

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Classic Climbing Routes at *Phoenix Areas

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V2 5+ 16 ● Wave Crack Boulder Beardsley Bould… > … > Frontier Boulde… > Wave Crack Boulder
V4 6B 55 ● Main Attraction Boulder S Mountain > Pima Canyon Area > World Boulder
V5 6C 32 ● Crimp Master Funk Boulder S Mountain > Equestrian Area… > Delusions of Grandeur…
V6 7A 42 ● Elephant Tree Boulder S Mountain > Pima Canyon Area > Amphitheatre
V6 7A 52 ● Smokey Desperado and the Sunshin… Boulder Beardsley Bould… > … > Main Bouldering… > Sunshine Boulder
V6-7 7A+ 50 ● Hairy Cleavage Boulder S Mountain > Pima Canyon Area > Africa Boulder
V8 7B 16 ● Reptilian Boulder S Mountain > Equestrian Area… > Tyrannosaurus Rex
V9 7C 20 ● Mini Slashface Boulder S Mountain > Pima Canyon Area > Africa Boulder
5.6 4c 14 V 12 S 4b 207 ● East Face Sport Camelback Mountain > Praying Monk
5.6 4c 14 V 12 S 4b 230 ● Hanging Gardens Trad 2 pitches McDowell Mountains > Gardener's Wall
5.9 5c 17 VI 17 HVS 5a PG13 61 ● Chimera Sport 2 pitches Camelback Mountain > Gargoyle Wall
5.9 5c 17 VI 17 HVS 5a 33 ● Spinal Tap Trad McDowell Mountains > Sven Towers > Sven Tower 3
5.10- 6a 18 VI+ 18 E1 5a 25 ● Leave It To Beaver Trad McDowell Mountains > Morrell's Wall
5.10a/b 6a+ 19 VI+ 19 E2 5b 26 ● Space Cadets Trad McDowell Mountains > Morrell's Wall
5.10+ 6b+ 21 VII+ 20 E3 5b 49 ● Field of Dreams Trad 5 pitches Superstition Mo… > Flatiron