PRINT: Rock Climb Lock and Key, Central Arizona

Lock and Key

5.11b/c, Trad, 75 ft (23 m),

Avg: 3.2 from 6 votes
FA: Mike Knarzer, Scott Duemler, Pete Tagala
Arizona > Central Arizona > Christopher Cre… > Canyoneers Wall

Description

Nice open book. Bottom section climbs more like sport, upper half more like trad with nice finger locks. Obvious crux well protected with bolts, but whole route steep and nothing easy. Located on middle/main part of stained Canyoneers Wall on left part of that wall.

Protection

Three bolts and light rack including doubles of tips through hands sized pieces.

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Mike
Phoenix

5.11-

This route has been rated 11- to 11+. It could use some consensus, so get on it and tell us what you think!

Overall this is a very nice route, consistently steep, with fun movement & great gear. A body length or so after the last bolt you can get a #1.5 friend (or maybe a red or brown tricam) in a pocket to protect the moves into the crack. Jun 15, 2016

Sam F
Arizona

5.11

This is a fantastic pitch, thank you guys for establishing it! Mike isn’t lying when he says that there is fun movement and great gear. Since he asked for some consensus here’s my take. Compared to a couple of the other 5.11- pitches in CCG, this was a slight step up in difficulty for me. 5.11+ is silly. Lock and Key is one of my favorite pitches in the area so far and I think it’s totally worth doing again. Apr 16, 2020

Mike Zamzow
Newberg, OR

5.11b

Awesome route, my favorite gear on this is big nuts, think blue DMM and bigger.

Anyone know the route on the wall to the left? It felt impossible on TR. Feb 8, 2021

Aaron Collins
Mesa, Az

The route to the left in the black is a Micheal Elias project . 5.13+ maybe 5.14 Harder than V10 says Mikie. Jul 18, 2023