Hueco Tanks State Historical Park, a collection of three granite mountains rising above the desert east of El Paso, Texas, offers some of America’s best bouldering and climbing on its soaring rock walls and scattered boulder gardens. The park, with a warm, dry climate, is regarded as America’s premier winter climbing area. The 250-foot-high Front Side cliff offers lots of classic and fun climbing routes. Check out my on-line guide to Hueco’s routes. It’s the excellent and varied boulders, however, that bring rock jocks to Hueco in the winter. Here you’ll find hundreds of boulder problems for climbers from beginner to ace. It’s a great place to roam about and discover the joy of movement, the harmony of the natural world, and the essence of the bouldering experience.
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- Sunset Bouldering on North MountainNorth Mountain offers Hueco's only unguided bouldering opportunities.
- Rainbow Arcs Over Hueco Tanks
- A Classic Hueco Problem"Full Service," the park's most famous V10 problem, is also at Dragon's Den.
- Hueco is a Bouldering PlaygroundThis photo was taken during Hueco's heyday in the mid-1990s when thousands of climbers came.
- Cruising for Huecos"Lunch Rock Direct" is a fun one-pitch jug-haul up the left side of The Front Side.
- Uriah's Heap is No Pile
- Let Them Eat Cake
- Crank Like a Dragonfly Sting Like a Bee
- Into the Sunset
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