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// Rock climbing · New Mexico

Climbing at Rough and Ready Hills

43 routes on 5 walls, 5.5–5.12b. In New Mexico. When the rock grips hour by hour, topos and people to climb with, in the app.

Routes
43
Walls
5
Grades
5.5–5.12b
Rock
Volcanic
Style
Sport · Trad
Best season (estimated)
March–May · October
// The grades

What grades are there?

Routes by grade

From 5.5 to 5.12b. Half are between 5.8 and 5.10d.

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 north-facing: shade for most of the day. A summer crag; cold in winter.

North0 sectorsNortheast5 sectorsEast0 sectorsSoutheast0 sectorsSouth0 sectorsSouthwest0 sectorsWest0 sectorsNorthwest0 sectors

Estimated best season: March–May · 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 5 walls

ASPECT · GRADES · ROUTES
01(B) Jungle Gym AreaNE · 63° · 5.7–5.11c13 routes
02(A) North End routesNE · 24° · 5.7–5.10d11 routes
03(C) Reddi-Wip AreaNE · 65° · 5.5–5.12a8 routes
04(D) Original AreaNE · 53° · 5.8–5.12b8 routes
05(E) The MothershipNE · 56° · 5.8–5.10d3 routes

Route names, topos and approaches are in the app.

// Where it is

On the map

Picacho MountainDona Ana MountainsFelsenmeer AreaButt Cheek AreaRough and Ready HillsNEW 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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