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Lower section of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle C...
Description North facing cliff up the South hillside of the hairpin turn canyon. The cliff is the South (left) side of a narrow (4-12' wide) canyon that can be seen from the hairpin turn parking pullout. Because the canyon is so narrow boulders have gotten wedged in the canyon and sand and rock have filled in the up canyon side of them creating several flat terraces to belay from.
All the hardware has been camouflaged to match to rock color.
Getting There Park at the hairpin turn parking pullout. Cross the road. After passing a 2' wide metal drainage pipe and pile or jumbled rocks on the left side of the road head up hill via a smallish drainage. Just before reaching the cliffs exit the drainage to the right and follow the natural rock stairs up the right side of the canyon. You will be at the base of a 8' tall boulder blocking the way to the upper canyon. Scale the boulder and set down your gear on either the main terrace or up at the top of the canyon.
The ClassicsMountain Project's determination of some of the classic, most popular, highest rated routes for Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle Crag:
Raphael 5.10b/c Sport, 1 pitch, 50 feet
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The middle of the 3 routes on the "Chanel 6 News Tower" the semi-independent tower immediately down-canyon from the main wall. Starts with 2 bolts worth of 5.7/8 climbing on edges to a huge rest jug. Then it climbs 3 bolts worth of overhanging rock on crimps, edges, pockets, sloping ledges, sidepulls and jugs. Fun and entertaining climbing. Short but physical. Still somewhat sharp too so bring your skin.... [more] Browse More Classics in AZ
Me standing on the boulder that guards the upper c...
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Kristina standing on the main terrace.
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The upper half of the wall as seen from the top of...
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BETA PHOTO: Printable Topo. Grades and approach info are incor...
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View from the crag to Catalina hwy.
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| Comments on Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle Crag |
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By NickMartel
From: Tucson, Arizona
Apr 16, 2012
| This is a new area low on the mountain where the rock is much more crumbly and so it still has some loose rock.
WEAR A HELMET!!!
Nothing big has come off for at least a month but small pebbles still come off almost every pitch so WEAR A HELMET and knock em down!
ENJOY! |
By Hendrixson
From: Tucson, AZ
Apr 16, 2012
| Thanks for reposting this crag. I look forward to checking it out. |
By NickMartel
From: Tucson, Arizona
Apr 16, 2012
| After getting feedback from some older and wiser climbers than us Kristina and I decided to take it down until we finished camouflaging all the hardware. |
By Hendrixson
From: Tucson, AZ
Aug 17, 2012
| What is the first route encountered? The route to the left of April O'Neal. Seemed harder but on lesser rock than April O'Neal. The bolting at the start is odd and very tight.
We had fun on the two routes we did before getting rained out. |
By Andrew Megas-Russell
From: Tucson, AZ
Apr 12, 2013
| This crag is super accessible and is packed tight with routes. The movement is fun. The bolting is very generous... body length bolted. It doesn't seem to match up with the style of other bolted routes on Mt. Lemmon... meaning less bold and sometimes awkwardly placed bolts. The grades also seem a bit soft for the area. That being said, if you are visiting town and get scared on some of the other great classic southern AZ routes on mt. lemmon, this is the place for you.
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By Charles Vernon
From: Tucson, AZ
Apr 13, 2013
| I've never been to this crag, but it seems strange to single it out as not matching up with the style of other bolted routes on Mt. Lemmon. There are tons of newer bolted areas where the bolts are close together. Raycreation, Ridgeline, Munchkinland, Rivendell, just to name a few. |
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