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A-Frame, The 
Arrowhead, The 
Bad Moon Rising 
Bat Dog 
Bush Doctor 
Bush Pilot 
Carpa Manana 
Crack From Hell, The 
Crack Head 
Crazy Cams 
Dog Day 
Double D Left 
DoubleD Right 
Driven to Climbs 
Duke in a Bucket 
Endless Summer 
Get Your Mojo Running 
Gift of Aliens 
Great Roof Left 
Great Roof Right 
Jam Your Blues Away 
Lackawanna 
March Madness 
Miami Vice 
Motengator 
Optimator, The 
Oral Sex in the Whitehouse 
Pete's Downclimb 
Pocket Rocket, The 
Primodelic 
Raised by Wolves 
Right on Raton 
S&M Crack 
Salt Mother 
Sangre Verde 
Saphire Crack 
Soma Holiday 
Son of Motengator 
Spoticus 
Sweet and Sour 
Taos Lightning 
Type O 
Up Your Arete 
Wounded Knee 
Yo Mamma 

Little Horse Mesa 


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The Classics

Mountain Project's determination of some of the classic, most popular, highest rated routes for Little Horse Mesa:
Pete's Downclimb   5.6     Trad, 1 pitch, 60 feet   
Right on Raton   5.8     Trad, 1 pitch, 50 feet   
Salt Mother   5.8     Trad, TR, 1 pitch, 50 feet   
Up Your Arete   5.8     Trad, TR, 1 pitch, 50 feet   
Crack Head   5.8     Trad, TR, 50 feet   
Motengator   5.8+     Trad, 1 pitch, 70 feet   
Great Roof Left   5.9     Trad, TR, 50 feet   
Endless Summer   5.9+ PG13     Trad, TR, 1 pitch, 50 feet   
Sangre Verde   5.10a     Sport, TR, 50 feet   
Jam Your Blues Away   5.10a     Trad, TR, 45 feet   
Taos Lightning   5.10c     Trad, TR, 45 feet   
Dog Day   5.10c/d     Trad, TR, 40 feet   
S&M Crack   5.11a     Trad, 75 feet   
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The obvious crack in the center of the photo is S&M Crack.

S&M Crack 5.11a  NM : New Mexico, other Northern ... : ... : Little Horse Mesa
S&M Crack is one of three routes at Sugarite dubbed as "megaclassics" by Dennis Jackson in his "Rock Climbing New Mexico" book. At 75 feet in length it is also the longest route at Sugarite. Start off some blocks at the base following some broken flakes and finger crack from protection up to a large roof/bulge. Pull up and around the roof via some committing laybacking to the hand crack above. If you're pumped like I was, a large ledge just off to the left about half way up the route offers a...[more]   Browse More Classics in NM


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By Karl K
From: Phoenix, AZ
Jun 18, 2008

Ratings here seem a little soft, but not too bad. Climbs often have good stances for placing pro.

By CaseyE
From: Dalhart TX
Oct 13, 2012

I have filled in some of the gaps with information from Dennis R. Jackson's Falcon guide to New Mexico. Please post if there is protection specific to each route.
I have my eyes on a few new lines here, so hopefully there will be some new cracks or even boulder problems in the near future!