Climbing Near Guadalupe Victoria, Baja California

The land of farms, Marines and Mexican food. Yuma doesn't have a lot of established climbing as far as I know but a few notable scrambles can be had. There is definitely route development potential. Driving from San Diego it's about a 3hr 30m drive East on I-8 to town. From Phoenix it's about the same West down I-8.

Hot in the summer. There's a hot springs campground at the mouth of the canyon. All the vegetation makes it obvious, as you come out of Laguna Salada. The canyon has water through most of the year (or did in the 90's). Cool pools up there. Canyon gets 4th and 5th class near the rim. From the canyon mouth you can see Cerro Rasco, on the south side. It's separate from the crater rim. A loop can be done from the rim, down Tajo, across the desert, and back up Guadalupe. Drive south on the dirt roads from Hwy 2 to Laguna Salad. You want to be on the west side of the dry lake. There's a view of the Trona Blanco in Canyon Tajo to the west on the drive down. Guadalupe Canyon is the next major one south.

Peak on the south side of the canyon, visible from the hot springs. Hike up the canyon to the Pool of the Virgin of Guadalupe, then head out to the south up a likely dry tributary. It leads up to the base of the north side of Rasco.