Showing all 33 ascents.
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5.8 | ★★★ Estrellita | 30m | Sandia Mountain | ★★★ Mega Classic | Wed 2nd Aug 2006 | |||
Great climb, yahoo! Just what i needed to get me out of a funk i was in. No big muscle moves needed.
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5.8 | ★ West Face - Left Side | 79m | Sandia Mountain | ★ Good | Sat 28th Jun 2008 | |||
Fritz led the hard lead. I led the easy one. There are almost 3 5.8 cruxes (if that's possible).
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5.7 | Redeemer (5.7 variation) | 91m | Sandia Mountain | Don't Bother | Wed 10th May 2006 | |||
Route alternates between loose, blocky stuff and good rock.
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5.6 | Unknown on South Face | 70m | Sandia Mountain | Average | Tue 24th Aug 2004 | |||
When Fritz & I climbed this we thought it was a different climb. We don't know if it was climbed before. I would give the crux a 5.6. The rest of the climb is only 5.4 - 5.5.
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5.6 | ★★ Lost Line | 180m | Sandia Mountain | ★ Good | Sun 30th Sep 2007 | |||
The standard ascent route starts up a chimney with some loose 20 to 40 pound boulders you need to hang on to climb it, so I moved 15' around the corner up a face (Fritz pointed out) which still had some, much more manageable loose rocks, for the first pitch. The rest was on the standard route.
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5.6 | ★★ Lost Line Variation (Lost Line) | 180m | Sandia Mountain | ★★ Very Good | Wed 13th Jun 2007 | |||
We started about 100' to the right of Lost Line. The route joins Lost Line at the second belay point. Top half of the Third pitch features a fun arete (total 5 pitches). Slings at first belay point indicate it's been climbed often on.
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5.6 | Northwest Face | 34m | Sandia Mountain | Average | Tue 24th Jul 2007 | |||
Toward the top I got ancy about making the moves I wanted (layback to mantle), because the ton and a half rock I wanted to use moves. So I went up a rather nasty little chimney (pumpy 5.7-5.7+).
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5.6 | ★★ Lost Ledge | 52m | Sandia Mountain | ★★ Very Good | Wed 21st Sep 2005 | |||
Rock holds pro really well and first lead is continually good climbing.
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5.5 | ★★ Northwest Ridge | 490m | Sandia Mountain | ★ Good | Tue 28th Jun 2005 | |||
It was a good exercise in route finding, glorious views. It's great to sit at belay and watch people way below walking down a path between your toes. Actually just 5 1/2 leads of fifth class. The rest is fourth and third
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5.5 | ★★ Flake 'n Bake | 37m | Sandia Mountain | ★ Good | Sat 11th Oct 2008 | |||
Weird weather; high winds, heavy clouds, scud, spotty rain;so we decided to do something easy.
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5.5 | ★★ West Face Traverse | 91m | Sandia Mountain | Average | Sat 28th Jun 2008 | |||
First pitch a bit ledgy.
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5.8 | ★★ Northeast Corner | 34m | Sandia Mountain | ★ Good | Wed 1st Aug 2007 | |||
Listed in Hill's Guide to the Sandias as 5.6, actually 5.8. Big crack swallows up #3.5 Camalots. We had to reuse the sameone three times on the climb. Took a tumble near the top, made it on next try. Real pumpy. We had to climb, set pro, go down and rest, switch leads, climb further, set pro go down and rest, etc.
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5.7 | ★ Almost Overlooked | 55m | Sandia Mountain | ★ Good | Wed 28th Sep 2005 | |||
Started out climbing in wrong spoot, but Fritz soon figured it out and I started out again on route. Good climb, but 5.7 not sustained, just at three short sections. Afterward we started something else and got rained out.
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5.7 | ★ North Ridge | 61m | Sandia Mountain | ★ Good | Wed 20th Jun 2007 | |||
I led the first, very fun, marginally offwidth crack and Fritz led the second offwidth.
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5.7 | ★ Ramp | 170m | Sandia Mountain | ★ Good | Sun 5th Sep 2004 | |||
Swapped leads. Did a short leader fall on first pitch.
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5.8 | FA Kermit the Frog | 73m | Sandia Mountain | Average | Tue 18th Jul 2006 | |||
FFA. Takes off of Miss Piggy. Would be better (good) if someone would ascend it with a wire brush (for the lichens) and small plant trimmers.
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5.7 | FA ★★★ Osa | 35m | Sandia Mountain | ★★★ Classic | Wed 21st Sep 2005 | |||
Cool moves; nice exposure
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5.5 | Jimminy Chimminy | 30m | Sandia Mountain | Don't Bother | Wed 21st Sep 2005 | |||
If you are fat don't try this one. Kind of dusty with curly dried up lichens.
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5.6 | ★ Little Mutt - with Fritz Devendorf, , Hannah Frizzell and Ed Cox | 21m | Sandia Mountain | ★ Good | Mon 4th Jun 2018 | |||
5.9 | ★★★ unknown | 30m | Sandia Mountain | ★★ Very Good | Wed 13th Oct 2010 | |||
A real mental workout.
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5.8 | ★ Wavy Gravy - with Ken Jones | 15m, 5 | Sandia Mountain | ★★ Very Good | Tue 4th Oct 2016 | |||
5.8 | ★★ American Beauty (first pitch only) - with Fritz Devendorf, Hannah Frizzell and Ed Cox | 23m | Sandia Mountain | ★★ Very Good | Mon 4th Jun 2018 | |||
5.6 | ★ Lolita - with Fritz Devendorf, Hannah Frizzell and Ed Cox | 21m, 3 | Sandia Mountain | ★ Good | Mon 4th Jun 2018 | |||
5.8 | ★★ Crackula | 50m | Sandia Mountain | ★★ Very Good | Sun 5th Nov 2006 | |||
My rope is only about 145' long now, so we synchro-climbed part of the route. Fritz led 90% of it. He did a great job on a route that leant itself to complex climbing styles.
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5.8 | ★ Wavy Gravy | 15m, 5 | Sandia Mountain | Average | Sun 24th Oct 2004 | |||
An easy 5.8 on limestone
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5.8 | ★ unnamed | 73m | Sandia Mountain | Average | Sun 26th Aug 2007 | |||
Don't know if it's been climbed before; probably has. About 20+ feet left of West Face direct. Crack curves to the right and edges are roundded.
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5.7 | ★ Beat Around the Bush | 30m | Sandia Mountain | Average | Wed 2nd Aug 2006 | |||
After taking a 5.8 lead it was time to relax, i thought, and toproped this one. This climb didn't seem much easier than the one i just did.
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5.8 | ★★ West Face Direct | 79m | Sandia Mountain | ★ Good | Sat 21st Jun 2008 | |||
The climb encourages some exquisite moves 30 to 40 feet up second pitch. It was a learning experience leading the first 10 feet of the climb. Was fortunate to lead most of the climb.
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5.8 5.9 II | ★★ The Second Coming | 170m | Sandia Mountain | ★★ Very Good | Sun 3rd Aug 2008 | |||
The ambitious climb of the year (so far) for Fritz and me. There's 5.8 on every pitch, and if we dared we could do the last pitch as 5.9 or 5.10. Didn't drink enough water so my fingers cramped up on the last pitch. As we finished little droplets started spitting from the sky.
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5.7 5.7 I | ★ Opal | 85m | Sandia Mountain | ★ Good | Wed 12th Oct 2005 | |||
We had to go offroute because it probably rained the day before and some of the wet streaks were where one would put their feet. There was a nice foot move on the first pitch. The second (half) pitch had some nice friction/minimal hold work; good for my concentration. This variation appears more difficult than the standard Opal route. We found that Hills guidebook said 150' from the top rappell bolts. It's more like 175'.
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5.9 | ★★★ Emerald City | 85m | Sandia Mountain | ★★★ Mega Classic | Sat 24th May 2008 | |||
A truly delightful climb!!!
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5.9 | ★★ Lonesome Dove | 18m | Sandia Mountain | Average | Sun 24th Oct 2004 | |||
I only managed to pull it with lots of encouragement. Only several feet of 5.9. The rest 5.7-5.8
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5.8 | ★★ Miss Piggy | 73m | Sandia Mountain | ★★ Very Good | Sat 2nd Sep 2006 | |||
Led the bottom pitch and toproped the top pitch a coupla months ago. Then I seconded it with Carl D. I'm starting to grock the possibilities on the crux moves on the first pitch.
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