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Mungeclimber
Trad climber
the crowd MUST BE MOCKED...Mocked I tell you.
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Topic Author's Original Post - Apr 1, 2013 - 04:52pm PT
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Some say there are crags there. Some say it's got it all.
what say you?
El Rito crags? Cobble Wobble?
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Peter Haan
Trad climber
Santa Cruz, CA
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Tons of it. Basalt, Granite, some outcroppings, a bunch of edges. Much of it is superb. You'll see; you'll responses, I am sure. Spent a week down there when Vandiver was living in Santa Fe.
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10b4me
Ice climber
Happy Boulders
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the area up around Los Alamos has some climbing
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Peter Haan
Trad climber
Santa Cruz, CA
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I just did a little searching for you. Some images below. There is a whole lot of climbing there, much of it below the horizon, so one doesn't see it usually down in these little canyons.
A few spots: White Rocks, The Y, The Overlook, The Underlook, Sewer Crag, Doughnut Shop, Below the Old New Place, etc.
The very well known and long established Los Alamos Mountaineers website is very helpful:
http://lamountaineers.org
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ontheedgeandscaredtodeath
Social climber
SLO, Ca
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White Rock area is good, El Rito is fun. There is a granite crag up by Taos that's good. The Sanidas are big adventure type climbs. There is limestone as well and some good sport climbing venues.
There was a good R&I or Climbing article a couple or so years ago that featured some new areas and local FA types.
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survival
Big Wall climber
Terrapin Station
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There is PLENTY! It ain't Yosemite, but it ain't overrun either. That's a big part of what we love about it.
I have posted trip reports here about at least 4-5 different areas.
NM ROCKS!! (In a very under the radar kind of way)
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Ghost
climber
A long way from where I started
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There is terrific granite climbing in the Organ Mountains just outside Las Cruces. Hueco Tanks is a fine climbing venue, but why people used to pack that place to overflowing while the Organs (just 30 miles away) sat empty always baffled me.
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Reilly
Mountain climber
The Other Monrovia- CA
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Lots of scenic choss.
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Happy Idiot
Trad climber
Santa Fe
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We've got a little bit of everything 'round here...
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MisterE
Social climber
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I had a great time climbing in Diablo Canyon, when Nature did a sushifest there.
There's also City of Rocks, NM - not sure about the climbing, but it is a cool place.
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Mungeclimber
Trad climber
the crowd MUST BE MOCKED...Mocked I tell you.
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Topic Author's Reply - Apr 1, 2013 - 06:23pm PT
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schwing!
pics are telling a story that is really under the radar
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survival
Big Wall climber
Terrapin Station
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drljefe
climber
El Presidio San Augustin del Tucson
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The sport climbing is great in NM.
Proper.
Enchanted Tower and Cochiti Mesa.
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GuapoVino
Trad climber
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I wish all the rock in Cimarron Canyon State Park was climable. Are the few good areas there still closed to climbing? That's a sweet looking canyon. I've driven through there many times going some place else but have always wanted to spend some time there checking it out.
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gonzo chemist
climber
Fort Collins, CO
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I've never been to either place, but some friends have long recommended Tres Piedras and The Sandias.
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survival
Big Wall climber
Terrapin Station
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Diablo
Gilman
Socorro
Organs
Sandias
Tres Piedras
Cochiti is a ghost town now, AWESOME! (Was closed after the fire)
And of course Sandias!
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Guernica
climber
right there, right then
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Didn't realize Smith was in New Mexico now Reilly! : )
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matlinb
Trad climber
Albuquerque
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Don't know if I would take vacation time to come here from Calif. The Organs have a couple of decent routes, and the best granite in New Mexico. The Sandias have some great routes but you really need to be careful if you don't climb with a local. The routes themselves are pretty well cleaned up, but get even a few feet off route and its choss central.
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