Arizona

Another Arizona sunset. Photo by Blitzo.

Welcome to Arizona! 

Arizona is purported to have more exposed rock than any other state in the US. The bad news is that it isn't ALL climbable. The good news is that a BUNCH of it is great for pulling on! Granite, dacite, basalt, limestone, gneiss, monzonite, welded tuff, and a thousand other kinds of the hard stuff.

From the Grand Canyon, Flagstaff and Paradise Forks in the north, to the crags of Granite Mountain, the Superstitions, and Queen Creek, and finally south to Mount Lemmon and Cochise Stronghold, we have it all! Cracks of all sizes, wide, thin, edges, pockets, jugs, sport, trad, bouldering, big walls, no approach, big hike...whatever you're psyched about! The one thing we're a little short on in most areas is crowds, but that's a good thing.

We also have the best year 'round climbing possibilities in the country with crags at just about every elevation imaginable. Between that and the large percentage of sunny days, there ain't a whole lot more you could ask for!

Featured Route For Arizona

Endgame 5.10a  AZ : Cochise Stronghold : Rockfellow Dome

An amazing, if unlikely line up the SSW side of the End Pinnacle, around the corner from Days of Future Passed. Great, mostly well-protected and airy climbing with a little bit of everything. The start is under a house-sized boulder which leans against the End Pinnacle. Beware of possible windy conditions and a shady and possibly very chilly first belay under a large boulder.P1: Start on the slab under the boulder to a small ledge and out to t...[more]

Add Photo Photos of Arizona

Ajo Mountains, AZ. Photo by Blitzo.	always a bit gripped at the practice cliff.	On your hottest day, I'll be kicking clients in th...
Agathalon. Photo by Blitzo.	Spider Rock. Photo by Blitzo.	Sonoran Desert. Photo by Blitzo.
Arizona sunset. Photo by Blitzo.	Monument Valley. This may be in Utah. It's right o...	Canyon De Chelly. Photo by Blitzo.
Ocotillo. Photo by Blitzo.	Klondyke wall in southern az is big and adventurou...	Arizona is blessed with tons of rock. Anyone ever...
Pina Blanca Lake Close to Mexico	On the border of Mexico but the mountains are in A...	This rock not far from Nogalas Arizona.
Catalina Mountains Tucson AZ	Road up Mt Lemmon just before windy point.	Natural bridge on Mt Lemmon.
Manzanita tree.	It Stormed all day but what a Sunrise The Homestea...	Saguaro in bloom-AZ state flower. Photo by Blitzo.
Saguaro mutation-Saguaro National Monument. Photo ...	Ocelots. Photo by Blitzo.	sad that windy walks no longer exists, the finest ...
a few more red tile roofs, but this was only 1990	Saguaro along the Mt Lemmon Highway.	My best memory of Flagstaff is on the rail guard.
OK, this was worth getting up at 5:30 a.m. for. A...	The west slopes of Mt Humphreys, highest point in ...	Storm clouds and sunshine over Tucson.
Anyone been climbing here?- East slope of Mica Mt....	Rainbow over the Catalinas	stormy sunset, july 3, '08
Here we see the "virga" rainfall common in Arizona...	Matterhorn - June 2008