North Cliffband

BETA PHOTO: North Cliffband Overview

Description 

This is the section of cliff to the NW from the downclimb. There are roughly 25 excellent, though short routes. This is the most convenient crag at Cochiti, where it is easy to setup TRs on many routes, there is a nice 'scene' at the cliff base, shade trees, and a good diversity of grades is available.

Getting There 

From the downclimb, head NW.

Climbs (Right to Left, courtesy J. Hundhausen): 

(01) Napoleon Blown-Apart
(02) Grunge Up the Munge
(03) Proctologist's Fantasy
(04) Praise the Lunge
(05) Unknown Parallel Cracks (11a/b crack)
(06) Gunning for the Buddha
(07) Lainbo
(08) Montana Deviate
(09) Holy Wars
(10) Back to Montana
(11) Mr. Toad's Wild Ride
(12) Touch Monkey
(13) Digital Pleasures
(14) Empty and Meaningless
(15) Feminist Men - begins on top of giant boulder
(16) Monkey Lust - begins on top of giant boulder
(17) Laurel's Climb - giant boulder
(18) Unknown - giant boulder
(19) Cochiti Classic
(20) La Espina
(21) Cochiti Ugly
(22) Thief in Time
(23) Thief Crack
(24) To Catch a Thief
(25) Unknown
(26) Pickpocket
(27) Open Mouth Syndrome (OMS)
(28) Unknown

The Classics

Featured Route For North Cliffband

(12) Touch Monkey 5.13a  NM : Santa Fe Area : ... : North Cliffband

This sandbagged line is the centerpiece of Cochiti's North Cliffband, and likely the most sought after route at Cochiti. Its also likely the tweakiest route at Cohiti, with an evil, technical crux on insanely shallow, sloping pockets. Judging from the copious amounts of chalk at the crux, many a hard man has tangled with this impossible-to-ignore classic, though the equally stunning lack of chalk above the 5th bolt seems to indicate that few ha...[more]   Browse More Classics in NM