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Upper Sky Valley Rock Climbing

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Routes in Upper Sky Valley

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	A Change Is Gonna Come S,TR 5.10+ 6b+ 21 VII+ 20 E3 5b
	Climb It, Change Sides S 5.10 6b 20 VII- 19 E2 5b
	Double Play S 5.11b 6c 23 VIII- 23 E3 5c
	Exposure in the Making S 5.8- 5b 16 VI- 14 VS 4c
	Fire Inside, The S 5.10 6b 20 VII- 19 E2 5b
	Footwork Forensics S 5.10b/c 6b 20 VII 20 E2 5b
	Hunger For The Time S 5.9+ 5c 17 VI 17 E1 5a
	Sky Diamond S 5.10 6b 20 VII- 19 E2 5b
	Thunderbolts S 5.11a 6c 22 VII+ 22 E3 5c
	Valley Girl S 5.9- 5c 17 VI 16 HVS 4c

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Elevation:	7,596 ft	2,315 m
GPS:	32.40294, -110.69481 Google Map · Climbing Area Map
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Description

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Getting There

From Sky Valley main page:

"Drive up the Catalina Highway and park at the San Pedro Vista at mile marker 17.8. Take the hiking trail from the north (uphill) side of the lot. Hike the trail for 5-10 min a few minutes past the turnoff to Red Diamond Wall. The turnoff is not well marked, however, the top of the crag is barely off the hikers trail. Use the photos on this page to identify the crag (or buy the guidebook).

Leave the trail to access a small east trending ridge. Hiking left along the ridge will bring you to Upper Sky Valley. All climbs for this area are listed in Eric Fazio-Rhicard's Squeezing the Lemmon III.

Note that some approach descriptions involve a schwack from the highway somewhere uphill from the San Pedro Vista. In light of the recent fire and the well established trail leaving the San Pedro Vista, this is no longer the preferred approach."

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Classic Climbing Routes at Upper Sky Valley

Mountain Project's determination of the classic, most popular, highest rated climbing routes in this area.

5.8- 5b 16 VI- 14 VS 4c 80 ● Exposure in the Making Sport
5.9+ 5c 17 VI 17 E1 5a 82 ● Hunger For The Time Sport
5.10 6b 20 VII- 19 E2 5b 57 ● Sky Diamond Sport
5.10 6b 20 VII- 19 E2 5b 31 ● Climb It, Change Sides Sport
5.11a 6c 22 VII+ 22 E3 5c 64 ● Thunderbolts Sport
5.11b 6c 23 VIII- 23 E3 5c 46 ● Double Play Sport