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*Phoenix Areas Climbing

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Areas in *Phoenix Areas

Beardsley Boulders Area 26 / 9 / 23 / 300 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 336

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

Camelback Mountain 25 / 38 / 1 / 16 / 0 / 12 / 0 / 0 / 81

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

Cholla Mountain 1 / 1 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 1 / 0 / 0 / 2

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 4 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 4

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

Little Granite Mountain 55 / 21 / 20 / 2 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 72

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

McDowell Mountains 195 / 56 / 60 / 5 / 0 / 1 / 0 / 0 / 252

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 2 / 12 / 5 / 1 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 17

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 93 / 22 / 27 / 1 / 0 / 4 / 0 / 0 / 115

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

South Mountain 12 / 30 / 7 / 429 / 0 / 2 / 0 / 0 / 472

Superstition Mountains 132 / 10 / 1 / 30 / 0 / 1 / 0 / 0 / 169

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+ 11 ● Wave Crack Boulder Beardsley Bould… > … > Frontier Boulde… > Wave Crack Boulder
V4 6B 51 ● Main Attraction Boulder S Mountain > Pima Canyon Area > World Boulder
V5 6C 30 ● Crimp Master Funk Boulder S Mountain > Equestrian Area… > Delusions of Grandeur…
V6 7A 38 ● Elephant Tree Boulder S Mountain > Pima Canyon Area > Amphitheatre
V6 7A 46 ● Smokey Desperado and the Sunshin… Boulder Beardsley Bould… > … > Main Bouldering… > Sunshine Boulder
V7 7A+ 11 ● Oomphalos Boulder S Mountain > Equestrian Area… > Oomphalos Boulder
V8 7B 15 ● Reptilian Boulder S Mountain > Equestrian Area… > Tyrannosaurus Rex
5.6 4c 14 V 12 S 4b 198 ● East Face Sport Camelback Mountain > Praying Monk
5.6 4c 14 V 12 S 4b 213 ● Hanging Gardens Trad 2 pitches McDowell Mountains > Gardener's Wall
5.9 5c 17 VI 17 HVS 5a 32 ● Spinal Tap Trad McDowell Mountains > Sven Towers > Sven Tower 3
5.9 5c 17 VI 17 HVS 5a 15 ● Mr. TrundleToes Trad 3 pitches Superstition Mo… > Lost Dihedrals Area
5.10- 6a 18 VI+ 18 E1 5a 24 ● Leave It To Beaver Trad McDowell Mountains > Morrell's Wall
5.10a/b 6a+ 19 VI+ 19 E2 5b 24 ● Space Cadets Trad McDowell Mountains > Morrell's Wall
5.10+ 6b+ 21 VII+ 20 E3 5b 47 ● Field of Dreams Trad 5 pitches Superstition Mo… > Flatiron
5.11+ 7a 24 VIII 24 E4 6a 10 ● Lesson in Discipline Trad, Sport Pinnacle Peak > Pinnacle Peak