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Elevation: 5,000 ft
GPS: 34.81519, -112.40776
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Shared By: Orphaned on Jan 20, 2006 · Updates
Admins: Greg Opland, Brian Boyd, JJ Schlick, Kemper Brightman, Luke Bertelsen

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The Promised Land is a canyon cleft in the grassy plains northeast of the city of Prescott (and basically east of Chino Valley). The rock is bullet hard (can be pretty smooth/slick in places) and features hand-friendly holds. This is a sport climbing area, so routes are well bolted. You will likely run into other climbers here, but not too many at one time.

Getting There Suggest change

Drive north on highway 89 from Prescott, through Chino Valley to Perkinsville Road, then...

Courtesy of BWPete:

The Promised Land is somewhat hard to find the first time, as there are many roads which crisscross each other. Heading from Prescott take 89north into chino valley. turn right on perkinsvill road. follow perkinsvill road for a couple of miles till you come to hidden ranch road. there is a large sign out front. turn left. after a short distance the road splits, take the left road and parallel the right fork. when you come to a large area that has an eroded dirt pad with ATV tracks all over it, turn left, and follow that road (trending left) till you come to a white gate. turning right or left after the gate will take you there, but the right hand road is slightly less difficult. park in the flat dirt pad, and walk down the canyon to get to the routes. there is an approach trail marked by cairns, or the impact of just walking in the sandy wash is very low. there is great camping down canyon in the wash, be sure to follow LNT ethics.

Courtesy of Marcy:

The hidden ranch road is called "Haystack Road". I drive a Honda CRV (not 4wd) and drove in (at night) turning left after the gate. Had no issues...just a few slow spots and some new desert pinstriping. Drove out in the daytime and, not realizing until reaching the gate, took the alternate road (going out, turning right after the gate, as BWpete describes above). I agree that this road is less difficult and therfore took less travel time from parking lot to gate (also no pinstriping!).

Courtesy of Colton: I have created an interactive map on how to get to the crag with waypoints, and photos of landmarks to look out for. Let me know if the website dev wants an embeddable web mapping application, otherwise here is a link: arcg.is/Di4u80

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Classic Climbing Routes at The Promised Land

Mountain Project's determination of the classic, most popular, highest rated climbing routes in this area.
5.5 4b 13 IV+ 11 MS 4a
 10
First Light
Trad
5.7 5a 15 V+ 13 MVS 4b
 33
Valerie's Book
Trad
5.8- 5b 16 VI- 14 VS 4c
 13
Cactus Kiss
Sport, TR
5.9 5c 17 VI 17 HVS 5a
 41
Pizan
Sport
5.9 5c 17 VI 17 HVS 5a
 6
Number 6
Sport, TR
5.9+ 5c 17 VI 17 E1 5a
 44
Solito
Sport
5.10a 6a 18 VI+ 18 E1 5a
 35
Black Cleft
Sport
5.10a 6a 18 VI+ 18 E1 5a
 17
Nappin
Trad, TR
5.10b 6a+ 19 VII- 19 E2 5b
 24
Prow
Sport
5.10c 6b 20 VII 20 E2 5b
 5
Number 5
Sport, TR
5.10d 6b+ 21 VII+ 21 E3 5b
 31
The Golden Idol
Sport, TR
5.10d 6b+ 21 VII+ 21 E3 5b
 15
Burning Bosch
Sport
5.11a 6c 22 VII+ 22 E3 5c
 27
Tarzan
Sport
5.12a 7a+ 25 VIII+ 25 E5 6a
 31
Solomon
Sport
5.13a 7c+ 29 IX+ 29 E6 6c
 4
Way Gone
Sport
Route Name Location Star Rating Difficulty Date
First Light Valerie's Book Area
 10
5.5 4b 13 IV+ 11 MS 4a Trad
Valerie's Book Valerie's Book Area
 33
5.7 5a 15 V+ 13 MVS 4b Trad
Cactus Kiss Cactus Kiss
 13
5.8- 5b 16 VI- 14 VS 4c Sport, TR
Pizan Valerie's Book Area
 41
5.9 5c 17 VI 17 HVS 5a Sport
Number 6 River Bend Right
 6
5.9 5c 17 VI 17 HVS 5a Sport, TR
Solito Valerie's Book Area
 44
5.9+ 5c 17 VI 17 E1 5a Sport
Black Cleft Valerie's Book Area
 35
5.10a 6a 18 VI+ 18 E1 5a Sport
Nappin Valerie's Book Area
 17
5.10a 6a 18 VI+ 18 E1 5a Trad, TR
Prow Valerie's Book Area
 24
5.10b 6a+ 19 VII- 19 E2 5b Sport
Number 5 River Bend Right
 5
5.10c 6b 20 VII 20 E2 5b Sport, TR
The Golden Idol Solomon Area
 31
5.10d 6b+ 21 VII+ 21 E3 5b Sport, TR
Burning Bosch Solomon Area
 15
5.10d 6b+ 21 VII+ 21 E3 5b Sport
Tarzan Valerie's Book Area
 27
5.11a 6c 22 VII+ 22 E3 5c Sport
Solomon Solomon Area
 31
5.12a 7a+ 25 VIII+ 25 E5 6a Sport
Way Gone Valerie's Book Area
 4
5.13a 7c+ 29 IX+ 29 E6 6c Sport
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