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Tiger Stripe Wall

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Description

Tiger Stripe wall is one of the most accessible, prettiest, and nicest walls around the first pullout...provided you want to climb routes somewhere between 5.10 and 5.10, but not easier or harder. A few of the routes here are longer, cleaner, and more fun than most in the area at the grade and make a good partial day of climbing. The wall sports 4 known routes plus variations and TR's, all of them being sunny for most of the day in the winter.

The wall is beautiful and photogenic alone due to the inter-folded strata and sedimentation and erosion lines.

The drawbacks of this area are the shady belay down in a trench at the base, the cat-claw bushes at the base of 'Tigger' and a constant stream of people walking by.

Take a rack of draws (10+) and a light rack. If you wish to do the route Bengal, add an Offwidth rack of wide gear as well. Beware that a longer rope is advantageous for single-rope raps or lower offs from the longer routes. If I recall correctly, a 50M will not allow lower-offs from at least two of the routes.

Getting There

From the first pullout, look down and left to a lighter-colored wall with beautiful layers of stripes, each section of wall has stripes offset at different angles. Follow a secondary trail down and left aiming at this rock, which is nearest of all significant cliffs. This approach may take 3-5 min.

Routes from Left to Right

5.9 5c 17 VI 17 HVS 5a R
 1
Unknown
Trad
5.9 5c 17 VI 17 HVS 5a
 6
Bengal
Trad
5.10b 6a+ 19 VII- 19 E2 5b PG13
 15
White Tigers
Sport
5.10c 6b 20 VII 20 E2 5b PG13
 11
Action by the Fraction
Trad
5.10a 6a 18 VI+ 18 E1 5a
 127
A Fraction of the Action
Sport
Route Name Location Star Rating Difficulty Date
Unknown
 1
5.9 5c 17 VI 17 HVS 5a R Trad
Bengal
 6
5.9 5c 17 VI 17 HVS 5a Trad
White Tigers
 15
5.10b 6a+ 19 VII- 19 E2 5b PG13 Sport
Action by the Fraction
 11
5.10c 6b 20 VII 20 E2 5b PG13 Trad
A Fraction of the Action
 127
5.10a 6a 18 VI+ 18 E1 5a Sport

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Tiger Stripe Wall' is the low and left crag. This is approached in a mere 5-10 miuntes from the car and has a few nice routs on it. Photo by Tony Bubb, 4/06.
[Hide Photo] Tiger Stripe Wall' is the low and left crag. This is approached in a mere 5-10 miuntes from the car and has a few nice routs on it. Photo by Tony Bubb, 4/06.
Suddenly famous, unknown climber at Tiger Wall, Nov 21 2009.
[Hide Photo] Suddenly famous, unknown climber at Tiger Wall, Nov 21 2009.
Tiger Stripe Wall is a beautiful and features face quite close to the parking. Even with the short approach, the wall sees less crowding that other nearby crags. Photo By Tony Bubb, 1/03.
[Hide Photo] Tiger Stripe Wall is a beautiful and features face quite close to the parking. Even with the short approach, the wall sees less crowding that other nearby crags. Photo By Tony Bubb, 1/03.

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Carnes
New Mexico, Albuquerque
[Hide Comment] We found an interesting bolted slab further up the trail climber's left. Probably about 5.7 with a bolted anchor just below the ridge line at about 25m. Made for a fun warm up on our hike in to another crag. Mar 25, 2022