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Bear Boulders Climbing

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Elevation:	4,585 ft
GPS:	32.4723, -106.7684 Google Map · Climbing Area Map
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Shared By:	Aaron Hobson on Jul 8, 2006
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Access Issue: Area Closed Details

Bear Boulder and the area known as Flame Thrower (on the ridge behind Bear Boulder)are closed to climbing per the land owner, the Chihuahuan Desert Nature Park. This closure has been made fairly recently and the CDNP is posting signs to notify visitors that climbing on their preserve is prohibited.

Description

This is a small group of boulders with drive-up access. The largest boulder has a number of interesting and tall boulder problems. There's even a fixed pin at the top for those who prefer to top-rope the tallest face which is about 20 feet tall. One of the nie things about bouldering here is that there are hardly any signs of civilization in sight. Hard to believe with only a short drive out of Las Cruces.

The rock quality of the largest boulder is quite good. Some of the surrounding boulders are a mixed bag as far as quality of rock/routes goes.

Getting There

Continue along Jornada rd until you reach a large the entrance to the Jornada experimental range (6.4m). Turn left right before the stone pillars and continue for another 1.2m. The boulders will be easily visible and a small rd leads right to them.