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Getting There 

This area is one switch back below Estrellita and easy to get to from that area if you wander through the woods. Otherwise hike up a small scree slope from the switchback and drop into a 15 foot wide gully/slot with the routes on the right side.


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Mountain Project's determination of some of the classic, most popular, highest rated routes for The Slot:
Bad Company   5.10a/b     Trad, Alpine, 5 pitches, 500 feet, Grade II   
Heat Stroke   5.10c     Trad, Alpine, 110 feet   
Shine On   5.11a     Trad, Alpine, 1 pitch, 110 feet   
Global Warming   5.11c     Trad, Alpine, 1 pitch, 115 feet   
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Linda figuring out how to exit the excellent corner on Shine On

Shine On 5.11a  NM : Sandia Mountains : ... : The Slot
*This route is 110' long, use a 70m rope or two ropes to get back down, even then you need to watch the ends carefully.Climb the center route up the very obvious left-facing dihedral, eventually climbing up and left past a bolt to a ledge. From the ledge run it out on large holds up and slightly right to a small seam with gear, generally staying left of the arete and below the scoop/groove higher on the route. Good holds and intermittent gear lead into the upper groove section with very cool fo...[more]   Browse More Classics in NM