Climb Hueco Tanks This Winter

It’s mid-November now. The days shorten. The air chills. Snow flies in the mountains and across the northern United States. The weather report is bleak, calling for yet another Arctic front to dive south from Canada. If you’re like me, snow and cold isn’t everything it’s cracked up to be by avid skiers and ice climbers. For me and other snowbirds, it’s time to flap our wings and head south to sunnier climes.

Since I like fun-in-the-sun rock climbing in mid-winter, I've always gone to Hueco Tanks near the city of El Paso on the Texas-Mexico border. It's an easy day's drive from Colorado and the weather in December and January is about perfect. Oh, and the climbing is great too. Really great. If you want to head south to Hueco Tanks this winter then check out these articles and find out all the beta on visiting Hueco, as well as topos and route descriptions, and a great gallery of climbing photographs. See ya down there.

Photo above: Brett Green bouldering at Hueco Tanks.
Photograph © Stewart M. Green