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The Fist Pinnacle Rock Climbing

Climbing Area Map

Areas in The Fist Pinnacle

Boulders 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0

Cat's Cradle 7 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 7

Fist Pinnacle 2 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 2

Main Wall 5 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 5

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Elevation:	4,869 ft	1,484 m
GPS:	31.90785, -110.03894 Google Map · Climbing Area Map
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Access Issue: This is a historical site Details

There is limited access to this area because of its historical importance. There is no camping, overnight parking or fires allowed in this area. Please respect all pictographs (no touching, taking, or creating new ones) and Metates. Leave everything as you found it.

Description

The Fist Pinnacle has to be the most prominent formation between the end of the road and the Sheepshead. This is an old crag that had just a few old routes scattered about. There has been a lot of recent work done here and routes are going in all the time. The centerpiece of this crag has to be the Fist Pinnacle it's self. This pinnacle has a good variety of 1 and 2 pitch routes on it. The main Wall has a bunch of long single pitch routes and there are even more formations in the area still being developed. This crag is a 30 minute stroll from either of the parking areas and if you nail the approach and find the cairns there is no bushwacking. You'll need a normal rack for this crag as most climbs are trad or at the least take a little gear.

Getting There

Above the parking areas is a granite shelf where a collection of house sized boulders have come together. In and around the boulders are many pictographs and metates and even more in the surrounding area. On this shelf are many trails that converge as you stroll south towards the back of the canyon. The trail will drop into a wash and then continue left of the wash. Shortly after the NOLS wall on the right, a sparsely cairned trail breaks off right through boulders and up slabs to reach the base of The Fist Pinnacle, and or past it to The Main Wall.