Poultrygeist Area

Description 

The routes at the Poultrygeist area tend to be a little more diverse than those on in the Chicken Little Area, with more pockets, overhangs, some jugs, and some exciting stemming. I thought the routes actually tended to be more fun here, in general. The routes range from low 5.10 to 5.12a.

Getting There 

See Photo. Head right from the top of the trail at Chicken Little area, heading along the base of the cliffs until you get past a chossy area of rock to nice stone again.

Routes 

Walking toward the right from the Chicken Little Area, you will come across two routes in nice rock. It will be an obvious break from the choss. These first two routes are (left to right):

(01) Chicken Cha Cha (5.10d)
(02) Cock Star (5.11c)

Continuing right along the path, you will come upon a series of other routes. Again, from left to right, these routes are:

(03) Cockwork Orange (5.10d)
(04) Finger Lichen Good (5.10a)
(05) Stunt Cock (5.12a)
(06) Chicken Out (5.10c)
(07) Cock -a-doodle-do (5.11c)
(08) Chicken Fingers (5.10c), Trad
(09) Poultrygeist (5.11a)
(10) Chicks with Ricks (5.10c)
(11) Crack L of Cockeyed (5.9), Trad
(12) Cockeyed (5.10c), See note below
(13) Fowl Play (5.11a), See note below

NOTE: Cockeyed and Fowl Play are both rated incorrectly in Beverly's Jemez Rock, as both are listed as 5.8. The ratings above more correctly represent the difficulties of the climbs and also are the ratings in Rick Bradshaw's online guide.

The Classics

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(07) Cock -a-doodle-do 5.11c  NM : Santa Fe Area : ... : Poultrygeist Area

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