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// Rock climbing · New Mexico

Climbing at Porvenir Canyon

13 routes on 4 walls, 5.6–5.12b. In New Mexico. When the rock grips hour by hour, topos and people to climb with, in the app.

Routes
13
Walls
4
Grades
5.6–5.12b
Rock
Granite
Style
Trad
Best season (estimated)
March–May · September–October
// The grades

What grades are there?

Routes by grade

From 5.6 to 5.12b. Half are between 5.8 and 5.11a.

Each climb counts at its grade; ungraded ones are left out. In the app you can switch to French, UIAA, British or Font grades.

// The walls

Sun and shade

Mostly south-facing: sun for much of the day. A winter crag; in summer, go early or late.

North0 sectorsNortheast1 sectorEast0 sectorsSoutheast0 sectorsSouth0 sectorsSouthwest2 sectorsWest0 sectorsNorthwest0 sectors

Estimated best season: March–May · September–October. Worked out from each wall's aspect and the latitude; the app fine-tunes it with what climbers log.

Friction ScoreHow the rock grips, hour by hour and wall by wall. In the app, for every crag on the map. See it in the app →ILLUSTRATIVE EXAMPLE

// Walls

The 4 walls

ASPECT · GRADES · ROUTES
01The Lower SlabsSW · 229° · 5.9–5.11a5 routes
02Banshee WallSW · 237° · 5.8–5.12b4 routes
03Mother Mountain5.6–5.83 routes
04Elevenses CragNE · 47° · 5.71 route

Route names, topos and approaches are in the app.

// Where it is

On the map

Hermit PeakLas Vegas / El PorvenirPecos River CanyonApache Canyon (a.k.a. Grasshopper Canyon) BoulderingPorvenir CanyonNEW MEXICO · 4 CRAGS WITHIN 25 MIBoundaries © Natural Earth
// Nearby

Crags nearby

// The Friction Score for every crag

Climb more. Guess less.

When the rock grips, hour by hour and wall by wall; topos, your logbook and people to climb with. In your units (°F or °C) and your grades (YDS or French). The social side is free, always.

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