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Jun 6, 2026
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Such a fun little arch to get to, too! Surely with the closure people are already scoping out the potent…
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Apr 23, 2026
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Glad to hear about your experience out there! I love to see people enjoying this route, even though it is a…
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Mar 6, 2026
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Glad to hear about your adventure, and thanks for doing some Sandia spring cleaning up there Katherine! I r…
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Jan 18, 2026
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Doubles #4 to #6 are nice for p2, but I wish I had left the big gear for my follower to carry up p3. If I d…
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Nov 23, 2025
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Fair point, George. I suppose I'd agree that a new piton would make it “as close as possible to the FA safe…
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Nov 23, 2025
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From what I gather, the hardware upgrade to Warpy Moople brought it back up to the safety level of the FA.…
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Sep 23, 2025
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This will always be my favored exit pitch out of the area. The bolts are fine for cragging, but 15 feet of…
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Sep 22, 2025
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This route deserves more traffic, which would also clean it up. If you like 5.8 cracks, this is a much bett…
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Sep 18, 2023
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I thought this was a fun route with high quality rock almost all the way through. Did it in five pitches pr…
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Aug 7, 2023
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We went straight up the hand crack above the ancient bolt. Great jamming, probably 5.6ish.
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Jul 13, 2023
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The two low class pitches (p3&4) up to the chimney can be linked with a 70M rope and thoughtful rope manage…
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Jun 11, 2023
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I have, like many I'm sure, looked at this line every time I hiked down from the parking lot. I finally got…
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Jun 1, 2023
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Not a pitch to underestimate, though quite fun and adventurous feeling. The finger crack crux has the harde…
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May 8, 2023
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For someone not comfortable on 5.8, a #4 might be nice under the roof of p1. A #3 works, but isn't super co…
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Aug 25, 2022
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Approach is easy and reasonable. Rapping in would be weird. Take the trail skier's right at crackula and st…
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Aug 15, 2022
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After escaping the dihedral and following the crack up, you will come to where the crack ends at a horizont…
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Jul 9, 2022
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I blasted past the start of the route, ending up way down the gully. It may come faster than you expect whe…
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Jul 23, 2021
Albuquerque Area
> Sandia Mountain…
> Juan Tabo Canyon
> Needle
> Southwest Ridge (5.8 5b 16 VI- 15 HVS 4c PG13)
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That step across at the beginning of the pitch was something else! Great pitch!
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Jan 7, 2020
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I used a #2 down low and a #1 after leaving the dihedral. Great climb.
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Oct 12, 2018
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A set of nuts could also give some peace of mind on the 5.5/6 runout after the 3rd bolt.
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Oct 12, 2018
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5th bolt is loose as of October 9th 2018. I hand tightened on the way up but it was loose again by the time…
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