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Mesquite Wash Rockpile Rock Climbing

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Areas in Mesquite Wash Rockpile

East Face Area 5

Easy Street 3

Goth Sloth Area 12

Shady's 8

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Elevation:	2,561 ft	781 m
GPS:	33.71255, -111.51233 Google Map · Climbing Area Map
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Shared By:	Rb Black on Feb 10, 2019
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Description

Currently, the east facing rockpile has only one known historical area of TRAD route development from 1984, featuring a three-pitch circuitous climb, and two adjacent short moderate 1 pitch routes. After initial Trad area was established, someone subsequentially went in and bolted a bunch of sport routes, which may have affected the original three TRAD routes established (bad style!).

See "Nightmares" for hand drawn topo.

The area is on Tonto National Forest land. The rock is the same as “Pinnacle Peak Granite: a porphyritic biotite granite with large microcline phenocrysts - Middle Proterozoic aged (1.4-1.45 Bya).”

Getting There

Parking/Approach info for “Mesquite Wash Rockpile” area

Drive from Phoenix or Payson on the Beeline Highway - SR 87 to approx. Milepost 207.8 and Park at the Mesquite Wash Off Road Vehicle Staging/Parking area located at bottom of long highway grade on the west side of the highway. (approx. 8+ miles north of Saguaro Lake Jct.)

Hike south approx. 1.2 miles along the edge of the southbound highway shoulder to a drainage at approx. Milepost 206.5 on the west side of the highway. (Be cautious of traffic while hiking along the shoulder of the Highway)

Follow up the drainage to the west, approx. 0.13 miles up to the base of the route/rockpile near the top of the ridge.
Belay near 33.712545°N, 111.512332°W. (Use a low impact approach to the base, as no known established trail exists)

28 Total Climbs

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Classic Climbing Routes at Mesquite Wash Rockpile

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

5.6 4c 14 V 12 S 4b 5 ● Roll Call Trad Goth Sloth Area
5.7 5a 15 V+ 13 MVS 4b 7 ● Goth Sloth Trad Goth Sloth Area
5.8 5b 16 VI- 15 HVS 4c 6 ● Sideshow Trad Goth Sloth Area
5.10 6b 20 VII- 19 E2 5b 7 ● Coexist Trad Goth Sloth Area
5.11- 6c 22 VIII- 22 E3 5c 5 ● Cocaine Corner Sport Goth Sloth Area