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The Phoenix
5.9,
Sport, 200 ft (61 m), 3 pitches,
Avg: 2.3 from 37
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FA: A Collins S.Dumler A.Wehn S. Rutherford
Arizona
> Central Arizona
> Queen Creek Canyon
> Atlantis
> Atlantis S Side
Access Issue: Must Register! Private Property-The Pond, Atlantis and Mine Area
Details
Climbing at The Pond, Atlantis and Mine Area are private property, and now requires that you register in order to gain legal access. This is an easy process. You can do this at:
queencreekclimbing.com/.
This is a one-time and free process so once you are registered you are good to go.
You can read more about this process and the announcement at the Queen Creek Coalition website –
theqcc.com or the Queen Creek Coalition’s Facebook page –
facebook.com/Queen-Creek-Co…
Description
You can start on the first 2 bolts of Ali cat then step right of the corner and head up the bolted face between the crack and a tree passing 5 bolts to the obvious belay from a dirty ledge in the giant chimney. Or scramble up to the ledge and belay from the base of the wall skipping anything to do with Ali cat. There are a lot of loose rocks at the base of the climb and you can send one down on a belayer on Ali cat so be careful!
Pitch two:
follow 5 bolts up the steep face (Crux 1) that eases to a massive ledge with rap rings under a roof.
Pitch three:
climb past 5 bolts through the Roof (Crux 2) to rap rings.
you can either rap each pitch or do I two raps.
Location
Look for the shiniest bolts that go to the sky 15' up and right of Ali
Protection
Set of draws
Fountain Hills, AZ
Mesa
Chandler, AZ
- Descent beta*
With a 70 m rope I rapped from the 3rd p to the spot I belayed directly below the first bolt. I had to undo the knots and I tapped directly onto the ground with rope stretch. Picture above!I LOVED the second pitch! Really neat line albeit short pitches. tons of natural pockets and the normal desirable QCC features. Definitely can link pitches if you use some long slings smartly in addition to draws. Almost think you can do the whole thing in one pitch if you wanted. Also, continue up and over and turn this Into a 6 pitch climb by doing 3rd pitch of trident and up the throne. I did the link up of the Phoenix and the 3rd of the trident before it got too hot! Highly advise to keep it going! Jul 15, 2021
Phoenix, AZ
phoenix
Bellevue, WA
You can link P1-P2 if you're a confident 5.10 climber, the start of P2 is cruxy 5.9 and has a ledge so only link if confident, I found it fun linking it, P1 was basically just a run up!
P3 starts with a similar cruxy overhanging 5.9 but then eases and is only like 25' and you can just top rope your second if you want.
If you want to skip P1 to keep it all at 5.9, you can walk around to the base of P2 too. Jan 4, 2022
Grand Junction, CO
You will encounter 4 set of anchors if you decide to do Trident as well. Belay from this. Continue with a short scramble and a mini down climb to get to P3 of the Trident. Apr 3, 2022
New Paltz, NY