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Scheduled Community Top Roping for: Tuesday, August 31, The Big Enchilada The Big Enchilada is a 60 foot, southwest facing, basalt cliff with numerous traditional and toprope routes. Routes are somewhat chossy and many are infrequently climbed. The Big Enchilada also features 2 bolted sport routes. This cliff is in a good location and is fairly tall. Many good routes can be found here, while avoiding the crowds. Many trad leaders practice here. Click here for an East Side route guide, and click here for a South Side route guide. Bolting is permitted here, but is discouraged, due to the lack of good sport climbing potential. To get to the Big Enchilada from NM state road 4, turn southeast on Monterey South. Follow this for .7 miles until you come to Potrillo road. Turn right on Potrillo and continue for .8 miles until you come to Estante road. Take another right and follow the road back until you come to a pullout on the right side of the road (.3 miles), just past a fire hydrant (this hydrant is on the right side of the road as you approach, don't be fooled by an earlier hydrant on the left). Park here. Follow the obvious trail south until it splits, and follow the left branch. Follow this trail to its end (a cliff edge). You have arrived! The hike is about 0.75 miles. Top rope sets are available to the right and left of the trail end. Watch for loose rocks on the climbs; particularly near the top. The descent gully is slightly left of the trail end. As you come down the gully, two bolted climbs will be on your left, and the main Big Enchilada area is around the corner to the right. Click here for a detailed street map, showing the location of trailhead and crag. NOTE: Be very careful to keep adequate distance from the FIRE HYDRANT, mail boxes, driveways, and the edge of the road, when parking. You must keep your tires off the road when you park. If you don't obey these rules, you may get a ticket. The local property owners demand legal enforcement. We are developing a bad reputation with them, which could haunt us for years to come. Scheduled Community Top Roping for: Thursday, September 2, The "Y" The "Y" is a 45 foot basalt canyon with about 35 traditional and toprope routes. The "Y" is a popular toproping area for locals. It is not on the Los Alamos Canyon rim as are the other climbs on this page. Due to the narrow canyon, it's not climbable in the winter. There are routes on both sides of the canyon - the north side (which faces south) has most of them. Topo of the North Wall with descriptions, and Topo of the South Wall with descriptions. Sport route bolting is not permitted here, by community agreement.
The "Y" is just
east of the intersection of NM 502 and NM 4. The unobvious parking area is just past the
first guard rail on the south side of NM 502. Park along the road (beside the fence), and
walk between the guard rail and the fence to the cliff's edge. The descent is at the west end
of the cliffs.
Click
here
for a detailed street map, showing the location of trailhead and crag.
Scheduled Community Top Roping for: Tuesday, September 7, Playground The Playground is a 60 foot south-facing basalt cliff with over 40 traditional routes and topropes. This area is White Rock's most popular toproping area. Numerous moderate to difficult crack and face climbs ascend the cliff. In addition, the entire base of the cliff can be traversed as a boulder problem. Many people come here just for the excellent bouldering. Be warned, however, that this bouldering is very dissimilar from what most boulderers would enjoy, and has as much to do with memorizing moves as strength. Toproping is usually fairly easy, bring a rack and long slings to tie off trees. Most toprope sets are on a shelf 10' below the rim. Click here for a route guide. Sport route bolting is not permitted here, by community agreement. To get to the Playground from NM state road 4, turn south on Rover Blvd. After about 100 yards, take a left on Meadow Lane. Follow this street (it will slowly curve south) passing the turnoff for the "Overlook", and continue to 719 Meadow Lane. Park near by, being careful not to block mailboxes or driveways (several residents have complained in the past). Take the public access trail between 719 and 721 Meadow Lane. From here, turn right and walk toward the rim of the canyon. Follow the rim for 300 yards and locate an approach gully with a 30 foot basalt tower on it's left side. At the bottom of this gully is the Playground. Click here for a detailed street map, showing the location of trailhead and crag. Scheduled Community Top Roping for: Thursday, September 9, The Overlook
To get to the "Overlook," turn off NM 4 onto Rover, make an immediate left onto Meadow Lane. Turn left at the sign on Meadow Lane that announces "Overlook Park." Follow this road due east until you get to its end. Park here, and walk straight out. Just before you get to the Rio Grande "Overlook", turn left (north), and walk to the end of a narrow ridge of rock. Climb down to the next level, which is the top rope anchor level. Due north is the sport climbing area, and due east is the more traditional, crack, bolted, and top roping area. The Overlook top ropes are all set with bolts. It is not always obvious that people are below...be careful! Get to the cliff base by following a distinct trail on the south end of the main cliff. Click here for a detailed street map, showing the location of trailhead and crag.
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