Nodes in El Potrero Chico

El Potrero Chico is one of the world's premiere big wall sport climbing destinations with over 600 routes including more than a dozen big wall multi-pitch climbs.

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A small dark brown wall about half way up the trail to the "Fitness Cave" on the left.

The mine is now closed so be respectful when crossing the property. You can no longer drive your car up to the top part of the trail.

The mine is now closed so be respectful when crossing the property. You can no longer drive your car up to the top part of the trail.

The mine is now closed so be respectful when crossing the property. You can no longer drive your car up to the top part of the trail.

The mine is now closed so be respectful when crossing the property. You can no longer drive your car up to the top part of the trail.

A white colored wall with lots of overhanging tufa climbing to be had.

If you are not a La Posada guest, then you may want to start the hike from the intersection down the road at the junction where the road going up hits the mine entrance.

If you are not a La Posada guest, then you may want to start the hike from the intersection down the road at the junction where the road going up hits the mine entrance.

If you are not a La Posada guest, then you may want to start the hike from the intersection down the road at the junction where the road going up hits the mine entrance.

If you are not a La Posada guest, then you may want to start the hike from the intersection down the road at the junction where the road going up hits the mine entrance.

If you are not a La Posada guest, then you may want to start the hike from the intersection down the road at the junction where the road going up hits the mine entrance.

If you are not a La Posada guest, then you may want to start the hike from the intersection down the road at the junction where the road going up hits the mine entrance.

If you are not a La Posada guest, then you may want to start the hike from the intersection down the road at the junction where the road going up hits the mine entrance.

If you are not a La Posada guest, then you may want to start the hike from the intersection down the road at the junction where the road going up hits the mine entrance.

If you are not a La Posada guest, then you may want to start the hike from the intersection down the road at the junction where the road going up hits the mine entrance.

If you are not a La Posada guest, then you may want to start the hike from the intersection down the road at the junction where the road going up hits the mine entrance.

If you are not a La Posada guest, then you may want to start the hike from the intersection down the road at the junction where the road going up hits the mine entrance.

Just outside the cave to the right.

The first deep canyon on the left (east) side as you enter the Potrero.

This wall is the bright orange/white rock face on the south facing side of Los Lobos Canyon.

Most of the climbing here is in a State Park. As of 2023 there is a one-time 250 peso fee to climb for the entire winter climbing season. Please help maintain a clean environment in order to help maintain these privileges. Respect the local land people by packing out what you pack in.

Open project.

Most of the climbing here is in a State Park. As of 2023 there is a one-time 250 peso fee to climb for the entire winter climbing season. Please help maintain a clean environment in order to help maintain these privileges. Respect the local land people by packing out what you pack in.

Most of the climbing here is in a State Park. As of 2023 there is a one-time 250 peso fee to climb for the entire winter climbing season. Please help maintain a clean environment in order to help maintain these privileges. Respect the local land people by packing out what you pack in.

Most of the climbing here is in a State Park. As of 2023 there is a one-time 250 peso fee to climb for the entire winter climbing season. Please help maintain a clean environment in order to help maintain these privileges. Respect the local land people by packing out what you pack in.

Most of the climbing here is in a State Park. As of 2023 there is a one-time 250 peso fee to climb for the entire winter climbing season. Please help maintain a clean environment in order to help maintain these privileges. Respect the local land people by packing out what you pack in.

Most of the climbing here is in a State Park. As of 2023 there is a one-time 250 peso fee to climb for the entire winter climbing season. Please help maintain a clean environment in order to help maintain these privileges. Respect the local land people by packing out what you pack in.

Most of the climbing here is in a State Park. As of 2023 there is a one-time 250 peso fee to climb for the entire winter climbing season. Please help maintain a clean environment in order to help maintain these privileges. Respect the local land people by packing out what you pack in.

Primarily an access route for the Nomad wall, includes some steel rungs. NOT bolted for a climber at the 5.5 level.

2nd wall on the north side of the canyon. You must climb a route that starts with a bolt ladder and continues with a couple of sparse bolts (very vegetated). Then you traverse through the ledge (also very vegetated) to get to the routes. There is a new anchor to rap down easily/safely without doing the traverse back. Rap down and cross the canyon to use the normal Los Lobos trail

Nice climbing with a small tufa roof. Rock quality is not the best but it is very climbable.

Most of the climbing here is in a State Park. As of 2023 there is a one-time 250 peso fee to climb for the entire winter climbing season. Please help maintain a clean environment in order to help maintain these privileges. Respect the local land people by packing out what you pack in.

Most of the climbing here is in a State Park. As of 2023 there is a one-time 250 peso fee to climb for the entire winter climbing season. Please help maintain a clean environment in order to help maintain these privileges. Respect the local land people by packing out what you pack in.

2nd pitch is an open project. First pitch goes at 5.12b.

Most of the climbing here is in a State Park. As of 2023 there is a one-time 250 peso fee to climb for the entire winter climbing season. Please help maintain a clean environment in order to help maintain these privileges. Respect the local land people by packing out what you pack in.

Most of the climbing here is in a State Park. As of 2023 there is a one-time 250 peso fee to climb for the entire winter climbing season. Please help maintain a clean environment in order to help maintain these privileges. Respect the local land people by packing out what you pack in.

A wall at the very top and back of the Los Lobos canyon.

Most of the climbing here is in a State Park. As of 2023 there is a one-time 250 peso fee to climb for the entire winter climbing season. Please help maintain a clean environment in order to help maintain these privileges. Respect the local land people by packing out what you pack in.

Most of the climbing here is in a State Park. As of 2023 there is a one-time 250 peso fee to climb for the entire winter climbing season. Please help maintain a clean environment in order to help maintain these privileges. Respect the local land people by packing out what you pack in.

This wall is the right side of the Los Lobos canyon.

Routes are described Right to Left, that is from lowest (closest to the road) to farthest up canyon.

Most of the climbing here is in a State Park. As of 2023 there is a one-time 250 peso fee to climb for the entire winter climbing season. Please help maintain a clean environment in order to help maintain these privileges. Respect the local land people by packing out what you pack in.

Most of the climbing here is in a State Park. As of 2023 there is a one-time 250 peso fee to climb for the entire winter climbing season. Please help maintain a clean environment in order to help maintain these privileges. Respect the local land people by packing out what you pack in.

Most of the climbing here is in a State Park. As of 2023 there is a one-time 250 peso fee to climb for the entire winter climbing season. Please help maintain a clean environment in order to help maintain these privileges. Respect the local land people by packing out what you pack in.

About 2 meters left of Wolf of the Desert

50' up the trail from "El Cacharro".

Pitch 2, trend right from the anchor.

Alternate 2nd pitch for "Never Cry Wolf", climb straight up from the anchor on "gold" hangers.

Start 5' right of "The Blacksmith".

1st pitch has 7 bolts, 2nd pitch has 5 bolts.

Ruta algo sostenida con movimientos exigentes dignos de un 10a. Grieta que va hacia la izquierda.

Crack that goes left.

Just right of "Little Red Riding Hood", both start off a small ledge. Ok climbing, but generously bolted for EPC.

Just left of "Big Bad Wolf", both start off a small ledge. Generously bolted for EPC.

Most of the climbing here is in a State Park. As of 2023 there is a one-time 250 peso fee to climb for the entire winter climbing season. Please help maintain a clean environment in order to help maintain these privileges. Respect the local land people by packing out what you pack in.

Most of the climbing here is in a State Park. As of 2023 there is a one-time 250 peso fee to climb for the entire winter climbing season. Please help maintain a clean environment in order to help maintain these privileges. Respect the local land people by packing out what you pack in.

35m of fun and jug-hauling up the long, vertical wall.

There may be more climbing above the anchors that are at 35m that is harder than 5.7

Most of the climbing here is in a State Park. As of 2023 there is a one-time 250 peso fee to climb for the entire winter climbing season. Please help maintain a clean environment in order to help maintain these privileges. Respect the local land people by packing out what you pack in.

Most of the climbing here is in a State Park. As of 2023 there is a one-time 250 peso fee to climb for the entire winter climbing season. Please help maintain a clean environment in order to help maintain these privileges. Respect the local land people by packing out what you pack in.

Most of the climbing here is in a State Park. As of 2023 there is a one-time 250 peso fee to climb for the entire winter climbing season. Please help maintain a clean environment in order to help maintain these privileges. Respect the local land people by packing out what you pack in.

The main route goes straight up at the first anchor for the second pitch or you can take the easier variation on the 2nd pitch of Palm Snake which has you going left at the first anchor and is called Palms Away and goes at 5.10a.

Most of the climbing here is in a State Park. As of 2023 there is a one-time 250 peso fee to climb for the entire winter climbing season. Please help maintain a clean environment in order to help maintain these privileges. Respect the local land people by packing out what you pack in.

Starts near the upper end of the Los Lobos wall, just a bit right (downhill) of the Estrellita rappel route. Has a name plate, and a clear left-facing corner on pitch 2.

1. 5.8 30m. Climb up a broken pillar leaning against the wall to a good ledge.

2. 5.9 25m. Climb up over a small roof then follow a left-facing corner with some tough layback moves.

3. 5.9 40m. Climb consistently good movement past an intermediate rappel anchor to a belay in an alcove.

4. 5.10a 15m. Step down and right from the alcove onto the steep face, then up to the top of the ridge.

Descent: with a 70m rope, rappel from the top anchors to the intermediate anchors on P3 (35m rappel), then to the ledge at the top of P1. (With a 60m rope (ugh), it might take 5 rappels.) With double 60m's rappel to the top of pitch two, then to the ground.

Most of the climbing here is in a State Park. As of 2023 there is a one-time 250 peso fee to climb for the entire winter climbing season. Please help maintain a clean environment in order to help maintain these privileges. Respect the local land people by packing out what you pack in.

Most of the climbing here is in a State Park. As of 2023 there is a one-time 250 peso fee to climb for the entire winter climbing season. Please help maintain a clean environment in order to help maintain these privileges. Respect the local land people by packing out what you pack in.

Most of the climbing here is in a State Park. As of 2023 there is a one-time 250 peso fee to climb for the entire winter climbing season. Please help maintain a clean environment in order to help maintain these privileges. Respect the local land people by packing out what you pack in.

The 2nd canyon on the left side as you enter the Potrero, it is much shallower than the Los Lobos canyon on its left or Estrellas canyon to its right.

This is the clean slightly-overhanging golden brown wall across from the entrance to the swimming pools. It boasts some of the harder technical routes of Potrero Chico and some easier ones as well as multi pitch routes. It is in the sun from late morning till about 15:00 in December / January.

Start by going up lobos canyon and go right to the fin de semana west wall ridge. Pitch 1: 7 bolts, 30m Pitch 2: 6 bolts, 25m Pitch 3: 4 bolts, 12m You can climb down to the anchor at lobos wall and rapel lobos wall.

Climb "Pepe y Lupe" then continue up the ridge for 7 more pitches -- lots of easy 4th & 5th class with the occasional head wall.

It’s the left most route (first route) on the south facing wall. Do not confuse this route with “Pepe y Lupe” which is on the west facing ramp on the Fin De Semana Wall.

Starts at the blue graffiti and trends right up in the corner.

Anchor is close to the anchor of Same Same but different

Access this route by climbing the first pitch of “Pepe y Lupe”/“Same Same but Different”/“Boltergeist”. Climb the wide and obvious ramp/slab all the way to the anchors of “Fin de Semana”/“Zuma Dog”. Just 1 bolt on the ramp. Not a ver popular route.

Climbs first few bolts of "Scavenger" then continues up arete.

Starts with a rusty hanger and trends right on the ledge after the 5th bolt. At the 7th bolt the route crosses Zuma Dog. Keep climbing the ramp after the first anchor for an excellent finish on superb rock and fun moves (6 more Bolts). The second pitch/extension is a little runout. Use an 80m rope for the second pitch.

Starts 15ft right of the old bolts on "Scavenger". Shares last 3 bolts with “Fin de Semana”.

At 40m, be very careful about lowering.

Starts on the grey slab and trends up right to an anchor on the grey rock.

Starts just left of the grey tufa, next to Camino del Diablo and Blade Runner. Go up and right after the 5th bolt, pull the small roof up on the grey rock.

Perma draws most of the route. Climb up to the ledge next to the small grey tufa and follow the crack trending right. There are different variants at the end of this route. 2 bolt anchor. Continue to the second anchor and you will be climbing “Amigo del Diablo”.

Starts on Camino del Diablo. There are 2 engraved aluminum signs fixed on the wall. Once on the ledge you trend right to the first anchor (which is where it crosses Hombre de Rifle) and continues on on the ridge.

P1: 5 bolts P2: 6 bolts P3: 10 bolts P4: 4 bolts

Rap down to top of pitch 2 and from there down to the ground.

Variation: start on "Camino del Diablo" and finish on "Hombre de Rifle".

Perma draws entire route, crosses Blade Runner at its first anchor (bolt 5).

Starts on Hombre de Rifle and ends on Sabbath.

Start on Hombre de Rifle, once on the ledge go right and follow the bolt line above Blade Runner. Anchor is high up on grey rock.

Start on Hombre de Rifle, then follow the obviuos arrete after bolt 4 of Hombre de Rifle to the right. It is the bolt line on the face, the one on the ledge is for Blade Runner.

Start together with Mexican Guarantee but branches out right after the second bolt.

Same start as Cosmic Intelligence. First anchor same as Never on Friday or alternatively Blade Runner. The routes can be linked with an 80m rope. P1: 10 bolts, 24m P2: 9 bolts, 16m

Easy climbing on bad rock at the bottom. 80m rope recommended. Its possible with a 70m rope putting a knot and having the belay scramble a little bit.

The dark slab with light streaks to the right of Fin de Semana wall.

Most of the climbing here is in a State Park. As of 2023 there is a one-time 250 peso fee to climb for the entire winter climbing season. Please help maintain a clean environment in order to help maintain these privileges. Respect the local land people by packing out what you pack in.

Start up "Otis (Campbell)", then continue up and right through the garden, over the ridge then follow the dihedral to the same summit as "Estrellita".

Starts next to the step up next to the bush. huge run-out from 5th to sixth. If you don't feel up to it you can bail using the anchor on the route to the right.

Most of the climbing here is in a State Park. As of 2023 there is a one-time 250 peso fee to climb for the entire winter climbing season. Please help maintain a clean environment in order to help maintain these privileges. Respect the local land people by packing out what you pack in.

Pitch one has 7 bolts and Pitch 2 has 4 bolts. The route ends just below the Aztec Lounge (pitch 5 of "Estrellita") making this a possible alternate start for that climb.

Climb the ridge right of "UFOs Big Rigs and Burritos" into the big dihedral and then up to the same peak as "Estrellita".

Probably shares upper pitches with "Jungle Boogie".

The Estrellas canyon is the 2nd deep canyon on the left (east) side of the Potrero as you enter.

The lower part of the left (north) wall of the Estrellas canyon.

One pitch climb with three variations (left to right): Larry (5.11b), Moe (5.11a) and Curly (5.10b).

Start up the slanting chimney then face above to the groove/crack. Same anchor as Jesus Amarillo.

There is some variance in the grade of the climb -- Ed says 10d, Dane says 10b, and Frank says 10c.

Climbs the edge to the right of La Pantera Rosa, then up some face to an orange/white patch, then trends left to the anchor shared with La Pantera Rosa.