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| Elevation: | 8,294 ft | 2,528 m |
| GPS: |
36.1568, -105.58148 Google Map · Climbing Area Map |
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| Shared By: | Dan Greenwald on Aug 11, 2020 | |
| Admins: | Mike Howard, Jason Halladay, Mike Hoskins, Anna Brown |
Access Issue: Seasonal Raptor Nesting
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Seasonal Raptor Nesting:
This climbing area is shared with raptors that nest on the cliffs. Help us maintain access and please avoid climbing near active nests/ledges that raptors are using. If a raptor is disturbed during nesting season it may exhibit aggressive defensive behaviors like vocalizing or dive-bombing. If you witness this behavior, retreat from your climb immediately and find a location on a different formation or a different part of the wall far enough away from the raptors that they are no longer noticeably agitated. If they remain agitated, then please leave the area immediately.
Raptor awareness is especially important during nesting season from mid-February to late May but needs to be considered through the end of August. Please report disturbed and/or nesting raptors to the Carson National Forest the appropriate district office (see below) and share relevant information here on MP. Human-raptor encounters can have negative impacts for the birds and climbers in the area. The Cason NF wants to maintain climbing access while protecting raptor reproduction and relies on climbers to recreate responsibly and share information in order to avoid the need for formal raptor closures.
Questa Ranger District
(575) 586-0520
Camino Real (Comales Canyon) Ranger District
(575) 587-2255
Tres Piedras Ranger District
(575) 758-8678
El Rito Ranger District
(575) 581-4554
This climbing area is shared with raptors that nest on the cliffs. Help us maintain access and please avoid climbing near active nests/ledges that raptors are using. If a raptor is disturbed during nesting season it may exhibit aggressive defensive behaviors like vocalizing or dive-bombing. If you witness this behavior, retreat from your climb immediately and find a location on a different formation or a different part of the wall far enough away from the raptors that they are no longer noticeably agitated. If they remain agitated, then please leave the area immediately.
Raptor awareness is especially important during nesting season from mid-February to late May but needs to be considered through the end of August. Please report disturbed and/or nesting raptors to the Carson National Forest the appropriate district office (see below) and share relevant information here on MP. Human-raptor encounters can have negative impacts for the birds and climbers in the area. The Cason NF wants to maintain climbing access while protecting raptor reproduction and relies on climbers to recreate responsibly and share information in order to avoid the need for formal raptor closures.
Questa Ranger District
(575) 586-0520
Camino Real (Comales Canyon) Ranger District
(575) 587-2255
Tres Piedras Ranger District
(575) 758-8678
El Rito Ranger District
(575) 581-4554
Getting There
Find the Comales Canyon Trail and start hiking up canyon following the creek for about 10 minutes. You'll pass Entrance Wall and just before arriving to Water Wall, look for a cairn at the start of a climber trail that cuts left and uphill out of the creek.
Description
Mostly sport climbing on vertical to slightly overhanging featured rock with routes from 5.6 to 5.12a.
The different walls on the Upper Tier are organized LEFT to RIGHT on Mountain Project:
- Farther Wall - Turn left at the top of the approach trail
- Tim's Thumb - Turn left at the top of the approach trail
- The Block - This wall is in front of you at the top of the approach trail
- Fire Wall - Turn right at the top of the approach trail and traverse to the wall with the large belay ledge.
- Air Wall - Turn right at the top of the approach trail, traverse past Fire Wall and keep going, crossing and slightly descending a broad scrub oak gully and a talus field.
Classic Climbing Routes at Upper Level Walls
Mountain Project's determination of the classic, most popular, highest rated climbing routes in this area.
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