Climbing Near Sierra Vista, Arizona

Secluded canyon on Ft. Huachuca. Small boulders in the canyon offer bouldering amusement, thus far, but there is room for discovery. Begin at the bottom of Reservoir Hill and continue up the Huachuca Canyon dirt road passing the yellow gate. Note that sometimes this road is closed due to bear/mountain lion sightings. A high-clearance vehicle or mountain bike is recommended to get back into the canyon.

South-east facing, leftmost area of The Farmhouse. Great rock with great potential, but get lots of sun exposure all day long. Hike up the hill and turn left when you reach the cliff.

This area is south side of a narrow gap behind the main pillar of the formation, most easily accessed from the south side, just all the way westward from The Sunny Side wall. This is essentially the back side of the Bowling Alley. This crag has amazing climbing in it, with really tall high quality routes and very interesting rock features. It's shaded in the morning and the afternoon, and sunny for a while in the middle of the day when the sun is up above the gap (timing changes by season). In the fall/winter it could get cold and windy in the shade. In late spring and summer you might want the shaded. In any case, the chasing sun and shade is as easy as moving a few paces one way or the other. Now, the base of this cliff is a real pain in the ass because it's steep and loose like a moraine affording it its very fitting name. Some work has been put into improving this situation, but more people need to be involved to make an appreciable difference. Still (did I say this already?) the climbing here is amazing. Hike up to the Prow, head to the Sunny Side moving west on the south side of the formation until you find the obvious large gap that splits the mountain in two.