Rock Climbing Routes in El Rito, Northern New Mexico

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El Rito

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Climbing Sections:

Beer Block (5)
Big Pine Wall (6)
Ed-Woody (4)
El Rito (12)
Gnar Wall (4)
Pirates Wall (7)
Rad Wall (8)

Schoolhouse Slab (4)
Super Slab (5)
The Balcony (8)
The Front Porch (1)
The Thimble (1)
Walt's Wall (3)

About El Rito:

North of the Town of Espanola, just East of Abique, is the town of El Rito. About 3 miles outside of town is a killer conglomerate sport area. The routes are reminiscent of Maple but with fewer cobbles and more pockets. The routes are steep to vertical and cover a variety of grades. Camping is good on dirt road heading left from parking area. For a guide get hold of Rock & Ice #84. This guide is acurate, but more routes went up since then.

Nearest town or city:	El Rito
Directions:	Guide to the access trail redesign: http://www.nmcrag.org/El%20Rito%20Trail%20Design%203_1_03.pdf Up to date guide in PDF format written by Gary Clark. Go to this web site and click on the button “Routes” to download the pdf file. http://naclassics.com/elrito/sport.htm
Latitude, Longitude:	36.29720, -106.19600
Access Issues:	Update
Camping:	Free
When to Climb:	Update
Quantity of Climbs:	Month