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Classic Climbs for Mount Lemmon (Catalina Highway)

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V6 7A 34 ● Civil War Boulder 7 - Upper Highway > … > Gandalf's Gorge > Dragon's Den
V6 7A 14 ● Witness to a Heist Boulder 5 - Windy Ridge > Lizard Boulders
V8 7B 12 ● Molyneux's Problem Boulder 7 - Upper Highway > Aspen Trail Bou… > Rdside Boulder
V9 7C 23 ● Jewel Thief Boulder 5 - Windy Ridge > Matterhorn Boulder
5.9 5c 17 VI 17 HVS 5a 147 ● Steel Crazy Sport 4 pitches 8 - Summit Crags > Fortress > Southeast Face
5.9 5c 17 VI 17 HVS 5a 155 ● Old Man Trad 4 - Windy Point… > S Fin
5.9 5c 17 VI 17 HVS 5a 187 ● Chihuahua Power Sport 2 - Bear Canyon > Lost Hawk
5.9 5c 17 VI 17 HVS 5a 86 ● R-4 Trad 3 - Windy Point… > Rupley Towers
5.9+ 5c 17 VI 17 E1 5a 42 ● Chiboni Trad 8 - Summit Crags > Rappel Rock
5.9+ 5c 17 VI 17 E1 5a 70 ● Fort Stress Sport 4 pitches 8 - Summit Crags > Fortress > Southeast Face
5.10- 6a 18 VI+ 18 E1 5a 106 ● Centerpiece Trad 2 - Bear Canyon > Chimney Rock
5.10- 6a 18 VI+ 18 E1 5a 37 ● Cripple Creek Trad 3 pitches 2 - Bear Canyon > Pharaoh
5.10- 6a 18 VI+ 18 E1 5a 71 ● Blood Book Trad 1 - Lower Highway > Forgotten Wall, Contr…
5.10- 6a 18 VI+ 18 E1 5a 38 ● Run Like Hell Trad 6 - Mid-Mountain > Munchkinland Area > Wall of the Trundling…
5.10b 6a+ 19 VII- 19 E2 5b 58 ● Single Lens Reflex Trad 2 - Bear Canyon > Chimney Rock
5.10b 6a+ 19 VII- 19 E2 5b 55 ● Crows Nest Trad 2 pitches 2 - Bear Canyon > Chimney Rock
5.10b 6a+ 19 VII- 19 E2 5b 91 ● Nang Trad 4 - Windy Point… > N Fin
5.10 6b 20 VII- 19 E2 5b R 15 ● Quickdraw McGraw Trad 6 - Mid-Mountain > Wheeler Wall
5.10 6b 20 VII- 19 E2 5b R 24 ● Desire Trad 3 - Windy Point… > Nurd Rock
5.10 6b 20 VII- 19 E2 5b PG13 13 ● Question of Balance Trad 2 pitches 4 - Windy Point… > Faded Rock
5.10 6b 20 VII- 19 E2 5b R 14 ● Mirror Image Trad 6 - Mid-Mountain > Red Diamond Wall
5.10b/c 6b 20 VII 20 E2 5b 70 ● Rapture of the Steep Trad 2 pitches 7 - Upper Highway > Reef of Rocks > Neptune
5.10c 6b 20 VII 20 E2 5b 57 ● Mean Mistreater Trad 2 pitches 4 - Windy Point… > Mean Mistreater Wall
5.10c 6b 20 VII 20 E2 5b 18 ● Pocket Protector Trad, Sport 7 - Upper Highway > Mt Bigelow > Trundle Pinnacle
5.10c 6b 20 VII 20 E2 5b 21 ● Graceland Trad 6 - Mid-Mountain > Red Diamond Wall
5.10+ 6b+ 21 VII+ 20 E3 5b 58 ● Lizard Marmalade Direct Trad 3 - Windy Point… > Punch & Judy Towers
5.10+ 6b+ 21 VII+ 20 E3 5b 16 ● Helm's Deep Trad 3 pitches 8 - Summit Crags > Rappel Rock
5.10+ 6b+ 21 VII+ 20 E3 5b 27 ● Business as Usual Trad 2 pitches 6 - Mid-Mountain > Munchkinland Area > Wall of the Trundling…
5.10+ 6b+ 21 VII+ 20 E3 5b 61 ● El Curvo Sport 8 - Summit Crags > … > Raven C > E Face
5.10+ 6b+ 21 VII+ 20 E3 5b 142 ● Go Speed Racer Sport 1 - Lower Highway > Hairpin Turn Area > Pinhead Wall
5.10c/d 6b+ 21 VII+ 21 E3 5b 26 ● Credibility Gap Trad 5 - Windy Ridge > Goosehead
5.10d 6b+ 21 VII+ 21 E3 5b 31 ● Sidewinder Sport 6 - Mid-Mountain > Red Diamond Wall
5.11a 6c 22 VII+ 22 E3 5c 298 ● Steve's Arete Sport 3 - Windy Point… > Hunchback Pinnacle
5.11a 6c 22 VII+ 22 E3 5c 88 ● Just Do It Sport 3 - Windy Point… > Punch & Judy Towers
5.11a 6c 22 VII+ 22 E3 5c 15 ● Voodoo Child Trad 4 pitches 8 - Summit Crags > Rappel Rock
5.11- 6c 22 VIII- 22 E3 5c 17 ● Valhalla Trad 2 pitches 6 - Mid-Mountain > Munchkinland Area > Wall of the Trundling…
5.11- 6c 22 VIII- 22 E3 5c 23 ● Odyssey Trad 4 pitches 7 - Upper Highway > Reef of Rocks > Poseidon
5.11- 6c 22 VIII- 22 E3 5c 30 ● Sir Clipalot Sport 3 pitches 8 - Summit Crags > Fortress > Southeast Face
5.11b 6c 23 VIII- 23 E3 5c 95 ● Two Kings And A Pawn Sport 2 - Bear Canyon > Chessman Area > 4 - Queen
5.11 6c+ 23 VIII- 23 E4 5c 69 ● The Planet Eater Sport 3 pitches 5 - Windy Ridge > Middle Earth
5.11b/c 6c+ 23 VIII- 24 E4 6a 21 ● Jug or Not Sport 2 pitches 6 - Mid-Mountain > Boneyard
5.11c 6c+ 24 VIII- 24 E4 6a 116 ● Arizona Flyways Sport 3 - Windy Point… > Anduriel Tower
5.11c 6c+ 24 VIII- 24 E4 6a 13 ● Kick in the Nuts Sport 7 - Upper Highway > S Park
5.11c 6c+ 24 VIII- 24 E4 6a 11 ● When In Rome Sport 1 - Lower Highway > Colosseum > Pantheon
5.11c 6c+ 24 VIII- 24 E4 6a 12 ● While Rome Burned Sport 1 - Lower Highway > Colosseum > Obelisk
5.11+ 7a 24 VIII 24 E4 6a 40 ● Swing Set Sport 8 - Summit Crags > Ravens > Raven B
5.11+ 7a 24 VIII 24 E4 6a 67 ● Histoplasmosis Trad 4 - Windy Point… > N Fin
5.11+ 7a 24 VIII 24 E4 6a 36 ● Naranja Trad 3 pitches 7 - Upper Highway > Reef of Rocks > Neptune
5.11+ 7a 24 VIII 24 E4 6a 11 ● You Bastards Sport 7 - Upper Highway > S Park
5.11+ 7a 24 VIII 24 E4 6a 29 ● Reef Break Trad 3 pitches 7 - Upper Highway > Reef of Rocks > Aegir
5.11d 7a 24 VIII 25 E5 6a 140 ● Holey Moley Sport 3 - Windy Point… > New Wave Wall
5.12a 7a+ 25 VIII+ 25 E5 6a 19 ● Stranger in a Strange Land Sport 6 - Mid-Mountain > Munchkinland Area > Wall of the Trundling…
5.12a 7a+ 25 VIII+ 25 E5 6a 15 ● Iron Butterfly Sport 7 - Upper Highway > Mt Bigelow > Butterfly Wall
5.12a 7a+ 25 VIII+ 25 E5 6a 13 ● Glide Path Trad 5 - Windy Ridge > Goosehead
5.12a 7a+ 25 VIII+ 25 E5 6a 15 ● Ma'adim Trad 4 pitches 7 - Upper Highway > Reef of Rocks > Neptune
5.12a 7a+ 25 VIII+ 25 E5 6a 95 ● Corned Beef and Thrash Sport 7 - Upper Highway > Ireland > IreIand Main Wall
5.12- 7a+ 25 VIII+ 25 E5 6a 40 ● Raven Maniac Sport 8 - Summit Crags > Ravens > Raven B
5.12- 7a+ 25 VIII+ 25 E5 6a 51 ● Knights of the Wrong Tissue Sport 5 - Windy Ridge > Knights Wall
5.12- 7a+ 25 VIII+ 25 E5 6a 12 ● Serfs up Sport 2 - Bear Canyon > Chessman Area > 2 - King
5.12- 7a+ 25 VIII+ 25 E5 6a 18 ● Trident Sport 3 pitches 7 - Upper Highway > Reef of Rocks > Aegir
5.12a/b 7b 26 VIII+ 26 E5 6a 22 ● Premonition Sport 5 - Windy Ridge > Middle Earth
5.12b 7b 26 VIII+ 26 E5 6b 86 ● Hard Day at The Orifice Sport 8 - Summit Crags > Fortress > Orifice Wall
5.12b 7b 26 VIII+ 26 E5 6b 30 ● War Of The Worlds Sport 2 pitches 5 - Windy Ridge > Middle Earth
5.12b 7b 26 VIII+ 26 E5 6b 25 ● Treason on the Tiber Sport 1 - Lower Highway > Colosseum > Aqueducts
5.12 7b+ 27 VIII+ 26 E6 6b 135 ● Tsunami Sport 3 - Windy Point… > New Wave Wall
5.12c 7b+ 27 IX- 27 E6 6b 18 ● Honker Sport 3 - Windy Point… > Big Pine Towers - E Face
5.12c 7b+ 27 IX- 27 E6 6b 74 ● Orifice Politics Sport 8 - Summit Crags > Fortress > Orifice Wall
5.12c 7b+ 27 IX- 27 E6 6b 27 ● Crankbugs Sport 7 - Upper Highway > Reef of Rocks > Aegir
5.12+ 7c 28 IX 27 E6 6b 12 ● Golden Beaver Right Trad 4 - Windy Point… > Beaver Wall
5.13a 7c+ 29 IX+ 29 E6 6c 15 ● Red Tide Sport 7 - Upper Highway > Reef of Rocks > Neptune
5.13a 7c+ 29 IX+ 29 E6 6c 11 ● Canadian Cartel Sport 7 - Upper Highway > Raycreation Area > Lower Wall
5.13- 7c+ 29 IX+ 29 E7 6c 31 ● Coup d'etat Sport 8 - Summit Crags > Fortress > Orifice Wall
5.13a/b 8a 29 IX+ 29 E7 6c 12 ● Heel-A Monster Sport 8 - Summit Crags > Fortress > Orifice Wall
5.13a/b 8a 29 IX+ 29 E7 6c 17 ● Rage to Live Sport 4 - Windy Point… > Beaver Wall
5.13b 8a 29 IX+ 30 E7 6c 12 ● Trapezoid Sport 4 - Windy Point… > Beaver Wall
5.13b 8a 29 IX+ 30 E7 6c 24 ● Granite of the Apes Sport 8 - Summit Crags > Fortress > Orifice Wall
5.13b 8a 29 IX+ 30 E7 6c 14 ● In Search of Silence Sport 8 - Summit Crags > Fortress > Orifice Wall

● Civil War

7 - Upper Highway > … > Gandalf's Gorge > Dragon's Den

V6 7A Boulder

● Witness to a Heist

5 - Windy Ridge > Lizard Boulders

V6 7A Boulder

● Molyneux's Problem

7 - Upper Highway > Aspen Trail Bou… > Rdside Boulder

V8 7B Boulder

● Jewel Thief

5 - Windy Ridge > Matterhorn Boulder

V9 7C Boulder

● Steel Crazy

8 - Summit Crags > Fortress > Southeast Face

147

5.9 5c 17 VI 17 HVS 5a Sport 4 pitches

● Old Man

4 - Windy Point… > S Fin

155

5.9 5c 17 VI 17 HVS 5a Trad

● Chihuahua Power

2 - Bear Canyon > Lost Hawk

187

5.9 5c 17 VI 17 HVS 5a Sport

● R-4

3 - Windy Point… > Rupley Towers

5.9 5c 17 VI 17 HVS 5a Trad

● Chiboni

8 - Summit Crags > Rappel Rock

5.9+ 5c 17 VI 17 E1 5a Trad

● Fort Stress

8 - Summit Crags > Fortress > Southeast Face

5.9+ 5c 17 VI 17 E1 5a Sport 4 pitches

● Centerpiece

2 - Bear Canyon > Chimney Rock

106

5.10- 6a 18 VI+ 18 E1 5a Trad

● Cripple Creek

2 - Bear Canyon > Pharaoh

5.10- 6a 18 VI+ 18 E1 5a Trad 3 pitches

● Blood Book

1 - Lower Highway > Forgotten Wall, Contr…

5.10- 6a 18 VI+ 18 E1 5a Trad

● Run Like Hell

6 - Mid-Mountain > Munchkinland Area > Wall of the Trundling…

5.10- 6a 18 VI+ 18 E1 5a Trad

● Single Lens Reflex

2 - Bear Canyon > Chimney Rock

5.10b 6a+ 19 VII- 19 E2 5b Trad

● Crows Nest

2 - Bear Canyon > Chimney Rock

5.10b 6a+ 19 VII- 19 E2 5b Trad 2 pitches

● Nang

4 - Windy Point… > N Fin

5.10b 6a+ 19 VII- 19 E2 5b Trad

● Quickdraw McGraw

6 - Mid-Mountain > Wheeler Wall

5.10 6b 20 VII- 19 E2 5b R Trad

● Desire

3 - Windy Point… > Nurd Rock

5.10 6b 20 VII- 19 E2 5b R Trad

● Question of Balance

4 - Windy Point… > Faded Rock

5.10 6b 20 VII- 19 E2 5b PG13 Trad 2 pitches

● Mirror Image

6 - Mid-Mountain > Red Diamond Wall

5.10 6b 20 VII- 19 E2 5b R Trad

● Rapture of the Steep

7 - Upper Highway > Reef of Rocks > Neptune

5.10b/c 6b 20 VII 20 E2 5b Trad 2 pitches

● Mean Mistreater

4 - Windy Point… > Mean Mistreater Wall

5.10c 6b 20 VII 20 E2 5b Trad 2 pitches

● Pocket Protector

7 - Upper Highway > Mt Bigelow > Trundle Pinnacle

5.10c 6b 20 VII 20 E2 5b Trad, Sport

● Graceland

6 - Mid-Mountain > Red Diamond Wall

5.10c 6b 20 VII 20 E2 5b Trad

● Lizard Marmalade Direct

3 - Windy Point… > Punch & Judy Towers

5.10+ 6b+ 21 VII+ 20 E3 5b Trad

● Helm's Deep

8 - Summit Crags > Rappel Rock

5.10+ 6b+ 21 VII+ 20 E3 5b Trad 3 pitches

● Business as Usual

6 - Mid-Mountain > Munchkinland Area > Wall of the Trundling…

5.10+ 6b+ 21 VII+ 20 E3 5b Trad 2 pitches

● El Curvo

8 - Summit Crags > … > Raven C > E Face

5.10+ 6b+ 21 VII+ 20 E3 5b Sport

● Go Speed Racer

1 - Lower Highway > Hairpin Turn Area > Pinhead Wall

142

5.10+ 6b+ 21 VII+ 20 E3 5b Sport

● Credibility Gap

5 - Windy Ridge > Goosehead

5.10c/d 6b+ 21 VII+ 21 E3 5b Trad

● Sidewinder

6 - Mid-Mountain > Red Diamond Wall

5.10d 6b+ 21 VII+ 21 E3 5b Sport

● Steve's Arete

3 - Windy Point… > Hunchback Pinnacle

298

5.11a 6c 22 VII+ 22 E3 5c Sport

● Just Do It

3 - Windy Point… > Punch & Judy Towers

5.11a 6c 22 VII+ 22 E3 5c Sport

● Voodoo Child

8 - Summit Crags > Rappel Rock

5.11a 6c 22 VII+ 22 E3 5c Trad 4 pitches

● Valhalla

6 - Mid-Mountain > Munchkinland Area > Wall of the Trundling…

5.11- 6c 22 VIII- 22 E3 5c Trad 2 pitches

● Odyssey

7 - Upper Highway > Reef of Rocks > Poseidon

5.11- 6c 22 VIII- 22 E3 5c Trad 4 pitches

● Sir Clipalot

8 - Summit Crags > Fortress > Southeast Face

5.11- 6c 22 VIII- 22 E3 5c Sport 3 pitches

● Two Kings And A Pawn

2 - Bear Canyon > Chessman Area > 4 - Queen

5.11b 6c 23 VIII- 23 E3 5c Sport

● The Planet Eater

5 - Windy Ridge > Middle Earth

5.11 6c+ 23 VIII- 23 E4 5c Sport 3 pitches

● Jug or Not

6 - Mid-Mountain > Boneyard

5.11b/c 6c+ 23 VIII- 24 E4 6a Sport 2 pitches

● Arizona Flyways

3 - Windy Point… > Anduriel Tower

116

5.11c 6c+ 24 VIII- 24 E4 6a Sport

● Kick in the Nuts

7 - Upper Highway > S Park

5.11c 6c+ 24 VIII- 24 E4 6a Sport

● When In Rome

1 - Lower Highway > Colosseum > Pantheon

5.11c 6c+ 24 VIII- 24 E4 6a Sport

● While Rome Burned

1 - Lower Highway > Colosseum > Obelisk

5.11c 6c+ 24 VIII- 24 E4 6a Sport

● Swing Set

8 - Summit Crags > Ravens > Raven B

5.11+ 7a 24 VIII 24 E4 6a Sport

● Histoplasmosis

4 - Windy Point… > N Fin

5.11+ 7a 24 VIII 24 E4 6a Trad

● Naranja

7 - Upper Highway > Reef of Rocks > Neptune

5.11+ 7a 24 VIII 24 E4 6a Trad 3 pitches

● You Bastards

7 - Upper Highway > S Park

5.11+ 7a 24 VIII 24 E4 6a Sport

● Reef Break

7 - Upper Highway > Reef of Rocks > Aegir

5.11+ 7a 24 VIII 24 E4 6a Trad 3 pitches

● Holey Moley

3 - Windy Point… > New Wave Wall

140

5.11d 7a 24 VIII 25 E5 6a Sport

● Stranger in a Strange Land

6 - Mid-Mountain > Munchkinland Area > Wall of the Trundling…

5.12a 7a+ 25 VIII+ 25 E5 6a Sport

● Iron Butterfly

7 - Upper Highway > Mt Bigelow > Butterfly Wall

5.12a 7a+ 25 VIII+ 25 E5 6a Sport

● Glide Path

5 - Windy Ridge > Goosehead

5.12a 7a+ 25 VIII+ 25 E5 6a Trad

● Ma'adim

7 - Upper Highway > Reef of Rocks > Neptune

5.12a 7a+ 25 VIII+ 25 E5 6a Trad 4 pitches

● Corned Beef and Thrash

7 - Upper Highway > Ireland > IreIand Main Wall

5.12a 7a+ 25 VIII+ 25 E5 6a Sport

● Raven Maniac

8 - Summit Crags > Ravens > Raven B

5.12- 7a+ 25 VIII+ 25 E5 6a Sport

● Knights of the Wrong Tissue

5 - Windy Ridge > Knights Wall

5.12- 7a+ 25 VIII+ 25 E5 6a Sport

● Serfs up

2 - Bear Canyon > Chessman Area > 2 - King

5.12- 7a+ 25 VIII+ 25 E5 6a Sport

● Trident

7 - Upper Highway > Reef of Rocks > Aegir

5.12- 7a+ 25 VIII+ 25 E5 6a Sport 3 pitches

● Premonition

5 - Windy Ridge > Middle Earth

5.12a/b 7b 26 VIII+ 26 E5 6a Sport

● Hard Day at The Orifice

8 - Summit Crags > Fortress > Orifice Wall

5.12b 7b 26 VIII+ 26 E5 6b Sport

● War Of The Worlds

5 - Windy Ridge > Middle Earth

5.12b 7b 26 VIII+ 26 E5 6b Sport 2 pitches

● Treason on the Tiber

1 - Lower Highway > Colosseum > Aqueducts

5.12b 7b 26 VIII+ 26 E5 6b Sport

● Tsunami

3 - Windy Point… > New Wave Wall

135

5.12 7b+ 27 VIII+ 26 E6 6b Sport

● Honker

3 - Windy Point… > Big Pine Towers - E Face

5.12c 7b+ 27 IX- 27 E6 6b Sport

● Orifice Politics

8 - Summit Crags > Fortress > Orifice Wall

5.12c 7b+ 27 IX- 27 E6 6b Sport

● Crankbugs

7 - Upper Highway > Reef of Rocks > Aegir

5.12c 7b+ 27 IX- 27 E6 6b Sport

● Golden Beaver Right

4 - Windy Point… > Beaver Wall

5.12+ 7c 28 IX 27 E6 6b Trad

● Red Tide

7 - Upper Highway > Reef of Rocks > Neptune

5.13a 7c+ 29 IX+ 29 E6 6c Sport

● Canadian Cartel

7 - Upper Highway > Raycreation Area > Lower Wall

5.13a 7c+ 29 IX+ 29 E6 6c Sport

● Coup d'etat

8 - Summit Crags > Fortress > Orifice Wall

5.13- 7c+ 29 IX+ 29 E7 6c Sport

● Heel-A Monster

8 - Summit Crags > Fortress > Orifice Wall

5.13a/b 8a 29 IX+ 29 E7 6c Sport

● Rage to Live

4 - Windy Point… > Beaver Wall

5.13a/b 8a 29 IX+ 29 E7 6c Sport

● Trapezoid

4 - Windy Point… > Beaver Wall

5.13b 8a 29 IX+ 30 E7 6c Sport

● Granite of the Apes

8 - Summit Crags > Fortress > Orifice Wall

5.13b 8a 29 IX+ 30 E7 6c Sport

● In Search of Silence

8 - Summit Crags > Fortress > Orifice Wall

5.13b 8a 29 IX+ 30 E7 6c Sport

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