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Elevation: 6,300 ft
GPS: 36.3642, -105.7269
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Shared By: Mike Howard on Apr 5, 2007
Admins: Mike Howard, Jason Halladay, Mike Hoskins, Anna Brown

Description Suggest change

Short, steep cragging above the Rio Grande at the gorge rim. The first significant wall you come to after hiking along the rim from Dead Cholla. Some anchors easily accessed from the lip.

Getting There Suggest change

From the Dead Cholla parking area...head up river along the dirt track above the cliff band. Go less than a mile passing the Panoramic Cliff (obvious anchors on the top of a cliff).

Travel about fifty yards past the clifftop with anchors and then through a wash. Look for cairns and then drop right and down to the upper cliff band.

To reach the lower cliff band. Hug the upper cliff band for 60 yards. about 100 feet past Black Mamba go right and down on a faint trail follow cairns to the lower band.

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Classic Climbing Routes at Utopian Vista Upper Tier

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5.7+ 5a 15 V+ 13 MVS 4b
 8
Brown Berets
Trad
5.8 5b 16 VI- 15 HVS 4c
 7
Monarch Migration
Trad, TR
5.10- 6a 18 VI+ 18 E1 5a
 7
Aldous
Trad
5.10- 6a 18 VI+ 18 E1 5a
 6
Adios Compadres
Trad
5.10 6b 20 VII- 19 E2 5b
 6
Welcome to Utopia
Sport
5.11a 6c 22 VII+ 22 E3 5c
 6
Oppie
Sport
5.11b/c 6c+ 23 VIII- 24 E4 6a
 5
The Man... Who Killed The Deer!
Trad, Sport
5.11c 6c+ 24 VIII- 24 E4 6a
 7
Modest Mouse
Trad
5.11c/d 7a 24 VIII 25 E4 6a
 4
One Chance... To Get Everything…
Sport
5.11d 7a 24 VIII 25 E5 6a
 5
We All Float On
Sport
5.12a 7a+ 25 VIII+ 25 E5 6a
 4
The Good Times... Are Killing Me!
Sport
5.12- 7a+ 25 VIII+ 25 E5 6a
 5
Nat Love
Sport
5.12c 7b+ 27 IX- 27 E6 6b
 4
Black Mamba
Sport
Route Name Location Star Rating Difficulty Date
Brown Berets
 8
5.7+ 5a 15 V+ 13 MVS 4b Trad
Monarch Migration
 7
5.8 5b 16 VI- 15 HVS 4c Trad, TR
Aldous
 7
5.10- 6a 18 VI+ 18 E1 5a Trad
Adios Compadres
 6
5.10- 6a 18 VI+ 18 E1 5a Trad
Welcome to Utopia
 6
5.10 6b 20 VII- 19 E2 5b Sport
Oppie
 6
5.11a 6c 22 VII+ 22 E3 5c Sport
The Man... Who Killed The D…
 5
5.11b/c 6c+ 23 VIII- 24 E4 6a Trad, Sport
Modest Mouse
 7
5.11c 6c+ 24 VIII- 24 E4 6a Trad
One Chance... To Get Everyt…
 4
5.11c/d 7a 24 VIII 25 E4 6a Sport
We All Float On
 5
5.11d 7a 24 VIII 25 E5 6a Sport
The Good Times... Are Killi…
 4
5.12a 7a+ 25 VIII+ 25 E5 6a Sport
Nat Love
 5
5.12- 7a+ 25 VIII+ 25 E5 6a Sport
Black Mamba
 4
5.12c 7b+ 27 IX- 27 E6 6b Sport
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