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Red River Area Rock Climbing

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Red River (Mallette Park) 6

Roadside Distraction 7

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Elevation:	8,661 ft	2,640 m
GPS:	36.7081, -105.40558 Google Map · Climbing Area Map
Page Views:	37,642 total · 161/month
Shared By:	Tyler Bowser on Mar 8, 2006
Admins:	Mike Howard, Jason Halladay, Mike Hoskins, Anna Brown Page Updates (admin only)

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Description

Near the town of Red River, the routes on these crags are well protected and on vertical to low angle hard granite. There is also a developing bouldering area located above the Terrace Towers Lodge in the West part of town. The routes were put up by a Red River local, Tyler Bowser.

See the guidebook Taos Rock for further details on this area.

Getting There

On a map, find the town of Red River, west of Questa on highway 38. See individual crag directions for specifics.

NOTE: GPS Coordinates are to the town of Red River.

13 Total Climbs

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Classic Climbing Routes at Red River Area

Mountain Project's determination of the classic, most popular, highest rated climbing routes in this area.

5.7 5a 15 V+ 13 MVS 4b 35 ● Bandito Sport Red River (Mallette P…
5.8 5b 16 VI- 15 HVS 4c 21 ● Moonshine Sport Red River (Mallette P…
5.8 5b 16 VI- 15 HVS 4c 47 ● Roadside Construction Sport Rdside Distraction
5.9 5c 17 VI 17 HVS 5a 7 ● Desperado Sport Red River (Mallette P…
5.9 5c 17 VI 17 HVS 5a 32 ● Middle of the Road Sport Rdside Distraction
5.10a 6a 18 VI+ 18 E1 5a 38 ● Roadside Distraction Sport Rdside Distraction
5.10b 6a+ 19 VII- 19 E2 5b 8 ● Highway Men Sport Rdside Distraction
5.10c 6b 20 VII 20 E2 5b 13 ● Bounty Hunter Sport Red River (Mallette P…