New Mexico, with its wide open spaces of desert, mountain, and plain, offers rock climbers a surprising number of excellent climbing areas to pursue their vertical games. The Rio Grande's deep canyon yields many superb routes up vertical basalt cliffs from Taos to Albuquerque. The Sandia Mountains, Sangre de Cristo Range, and the uplift at Valle Grande all have secluded and cool crags with routes from one to ten pitches long. Southern New Mexico yields all kinds of hidden climbing gems from the granite peaks of the Organ Mountains to the limestone escarpments above Alamogordo. Come along and explore New Mexico's rich and rewarding rock climbing experience in this select gallery of stunning photographs. For more information, crag beta, and route descriptions, use Dennis Jackson's comprehensive guidebook Rock Climbing New Mexico from FalconGuides.
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- Crimping Up Lava Flows
- Josh Scares the Horses
- Javier Gets a Melenoma at The Sunny Side
- Cobble Pulling on Superslab
- Paul Has Fickle Fingers
- Pete Picks Pockets on The Optimator
- Brett Earns His Halo
- Climbing the Mark of Zorro
- Listen to Wailing Banshees
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