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Shared By: Joe Kreidel on Oct 10, 2009 · Updates
Admins: adrian montaño, Greg Opland, Brian Boyd, JJ Schlick, Kemper Brightman, Luke Bertelsen

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This is a nice low elevation bouldering area in a beautiful little canyon. There are a handful of really nice boulders to be climbed on, with some great moderate problems and some really good harder ones. The rock is a bit water polished, but has really nice features and is mostly super solid. The landings of some of the climbs are occasionally under standing water.

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These boulders are directly below It Cliff. Park at the Molino Canyon Vista parking area, about a mile before the turn for Molino Basin Campground. The trail starts paved for a few meters, then turns to gravel. Turn right just out of the parking lot to follow the trail South. After 2 minutes on the wide gravel path, it will peter out into an open area. Keep heading straight on a smaller, but clear, trail that takes you down to the wash. Once in the wash, cross to the other side, scramble down a short section, and pick up the trail to the It Cliff. The path of least resistance is to continue to the far end of the It cliff, where the trail will drop you just downstream of the Boxcar Boulder and Hammer of Hate.

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Classic Climbing Routes at Molino Basin Boulders

Mountain Project's determination of the classic, most popular, highest rated climbing routes in this area.
V1 5
 10
● Cyclops
Boulder
V2 5+
 9
● Action Arete
Boulder
V2 5+
 11
● Long Shadow
Boulder
V2+ 5+
 5
● Block Party
Boulder
V3 6A
 5
● Little Fish
Boulder
V3 6A
 5
● The Moonboard Right
Boulder
V4 6B
 12
● Battle Tackle
Boulder
V4 6B
 16
● The Moonboard
Boulder
V4 6B
 11
● Tiger Style
Boulder
V8 7B
 10
● Hammer of Hate
Boulder
V10 7C+
 5
● Wu Tang Sword AKA Killa Bees
Boulder
Route Name Location Star Rating Difficulty Date
● Cyclops
 10
V1 5 Boulder
● Action Arete
 9
V2 5+ Boulder
● Long Shadow
 11
V2 5+ Boulder
● Block Party
 5
V2+ 5+ Boulder
● Little Fish
 5
V3 6A Boulder
● The Moonboard Right
 5
V3 6A Boulder
● Battle Tackle
 12
V4 6B Boulder
● The Moonboard
 16
V4 6B Boulder
● Tiger Style
 11
V4 6B Boulder
● Hammer of Hate
 10
V8 7B Boulder
● Wu Tang Sword AKA Killa Bees
 5
V10 7C+ Boulder
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A campsite at the Molino Basin Campground on Mt. Lemmon in early March 2003. Not a huge number of campsites, but a very nice spot. Rusty Reno (L) & Tom Coe (R).
A campsite at the Molino Basin Campground on Mt…
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Anyone know what this climb is? It had a lot of dead branches covering it and it felt a little grainy. Hard to believe it hasn't been done before. Probably doesn't get a lot of traffic. It's just downstream of Imp and to the right. It felt like a v4+. Fun climb, aside from the annoying branches.
Anyone know what this climb is? It had a lot o…
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Topo for the central cluster of boulders in Molino Basin. Scale is way off, but it should all make sense when you are down there. There are some photo topos at boulderingtucson.com, I'll get those posted here when I get a chance.
Topo for the central cluster of boulders in Mol…
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Molino Basin, looking upstream. Boxcar Boulder on the left, Hammer of Hate on the right, and No Man's Land straight ahead.
Molino Basin, looking upstream. Boxcar Boulder…
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Hammer Area
Hammer Area
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molino
molino
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Molino
Molino
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Hammer of Hate, a fantastic hard problem with a variety of cool moves.
Hammer of Hate, a fantastic hard problem with a…
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Lowball roof project aka Wu Tang Sword
Lowball roof project aka Wu Tang Sword
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These cool little frogs like to hang out on all the holds.
These cool little frogs like to hang out on all…
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Fun slabs in the creekbed.
Fun slabs in the creekbed.
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