Tucumcari Mountain  Photos:  Recent | Best | Popular Elevation:  4,900' Lat, Long:  35.134, -103.6947 Map Page Views:  1,173. Good page? (1 like)    Administrators:  Aaron Hobson, Jason Halladay, Anthony Stout, LeeAB, Tom Erickson Submitted By:  Dave Huntzinger on Apr 29, 2011 Make this area a Favorite What's New   Print a Mini-Guide with routes Add Route  Add Photo  Add Comment  Add Event

Private Land MORE INFO >>> Although Tucumcari Mountain is technically private land, most of the best climbing is found on the Eastern side which is owned by a cattle company and I have never seen anyone asked to leave. This information is a public crowdsourcing effort between the Access Fund, and Mountain Project. You should confirm closures, restrictions, and/or related dates. Keeping climbing areas open and conserving the climbing environment

Description 

The mountain is largely undeveloped, but offers relative seclusion from locals and definitely other climbers. Been working to put up at least a half dozen of the best boulder problems from the mountain up here. The rock quality is sandstone, so be careful. The Eastern slope offers some harder rock. The prevailing winds usually come from the SW and can be really severe, especially if you are on the Western side of the Mountain. Questions? I'm on facebook, send me a message and I'd be happy to show you around my local chosspile.

Getting There 

From I-40 take the exit with the Love's and Flying J truck stops and instead of heading towards them go south towards the Mountain. The road will cross a cattle guard and then turn into dirt. There is a parking area on the left, but keep following the road as it curves to the left (instead of going straight along the canal). The road is usually in good condition and unless your car is like 2 inches off the ground, clearance is fine. Continue to follow the road as it weaves across some open country for maybe 3/4 of a mile. It ends at the base of the mountain and there is a circular parking area. If you don't have a 4x4 I would highly recommend parking here.

The Classics

Featured Route For Tucumcari Mountain

Eastern Traverse V1-2  NM : New Mexico, I-40 Corridor : Tucumcari Mountain

A solid warmup before trying some of the other problems in the area. Use the pockets and crimps to make your way to the right around the boulder. The crux for me is when the small holds end and you must transition to a crack then up around the corner to the finish. Once you've rounded the corner, the holds are buckets and you're golden to the finish. It's a longer traverse, and doing it a few times is some nice endurance. Bonus points for going there and back!...[more]   Browse More Classics in NM