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Description:

This is the north-facing side of the "Second Plancha Wall" in the Virgin Canyon -- it is up and right from the "Wonder Wall".

Access Issues: inherited from El Potrero Chico

Most of the climbing here is in a 'State' Park, but there is no fee. There are a few campsites and rooms available just down the road (i.e. 10 minute walk) from the park entrance.

Approach:

Walk up through the pools to the "Wonder Wall" then from the right end of this wall, hike up into the scree towards the obvious pillar (Yogi's Pillar).

Routes

RouteGradeStylePopularity
1 Access Denied

Death

Climb the long obvious dihedral system up to the ridge.

5.10c
Sport 100m
2 Face the Music

About 30ft right of "Access Denied".

5.11c
Sport 11
RouteGradeStylePopularity
3 Yogi Unchained

Start in the left corner of the pillar and climb the chimney to the top of the piller, then move to the face and up. (3rd pitch is long, with intermediate anchor for the rappel.)

5.10b
Sport 11
4 Yogi Unchained, first 3 pitches

The first 3 pitches make a fun 3-pitch 5.9 route.

5.9
Sport
5 Libertad

Climb Yogi's Pillar on the front left corner.

(Ed lists it as 5.7, 5.7 -- but nothing on the first pitch approaches 5.7, and the 2nd pitch seems soft at its grade, too.)

5.7
Sport
6 Yogi Goes to Mexico

Climb Yogi's Pillar on the right side.

5.10a
Sport 12
7 When the Cat's Away the Rats Will Play

Climbs right of the pillar all the way to the top of the wall. (2nd pitch is long and has an intermediate anchor for rappel.)

5.10d
Sport
8 El Tiucuache

TR the left side of the wall from the anchors of "Coatimundi".

5.10a
Top rope
9 Coatimundi

This climb is on a small wall about 250 yards right of Yogi's Pillar.

5.8
Sport