Mountain Project: Climbing Texas

Submitted By: Hank Caylor on Jun 23, 2006
Administrators: Hank Caylor, Matt Richardson, LeeAB
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Description of Texas

James Crump, the "Godfather" of Texas climbing says, "Texas is BIG! Really big". It is faster to drive from Boulder, CO to Salt Lake City, UT than it is to drive from Enchanted Rock, TX to Hueco Tanks, TX. Fortunately for us though, Texas is virtually jam packed with different types of rock. All this rock just happens to be spread throughout a massive State, so we get an undeserved reputation for being flat.

From the Syenite/Ironrock of Hueco Tanks to the Limestone bluffs of the Central Texas Hill Country and the splitter Pink Granite of Enchanted Rock State Natural Area. Even the Dallas area is adjacent to many fine areas. Texas definitely has it all, especially if you count the Western border with Mexico which is just a massive long wall of limestone, largely unexplored. Speaking of Mexico, Texas is a very convenient launch point for many World class climbing destinations both developed and undiscovered in this magnificent Country as well.

Always be prepared for an adventure when climbing in the "Lone Star State". Most of the State is privately owned and negotiations for climbing are not always welcome. A polite attitude can go a long way.

The Classics

Mountain Project's determination of some of the classic, most popular, highest rated routes for Texas:

Nobody Gets Out of Here Alive V2 Boulder North Mountain : The Grenade

Local Flakes V2 Boulder North Mountain : Mushroom Boulder

Sign of the Cross V3 Boulder North Mountain : Sign of the Cross

Dragon Fly V5 Boulder, 15 feet East Mountain : Dragon's Den

Lobsterclaw V5 Boulder North Mountain : The New Meadow

Center El Murray V6 Boulder North Mountain : Mushroom Boulder

Left El Murray V6 Boulder North Mountain : Mushroom Boulder

Baby Face V7 Boulder North Mountain : Trac II

Mushroom Roof V8 Boulder, 15 feet North Mountain : Mushroom Boulder

Cave Crack 5.6 Trad, 1 pitch Echo Canyon : Orange Peel Area

Sweat 5.7 Trad, 1 pitch Main Dome : News Wall

Eight Flake 5.8 Sport, 1 pitch Reimer's Ranch : Dr. Seuss / Prototype Wall

Middle Crack 5.8 Trad, 1 pitch Echo Canyon : Triple Cracks Sanctuary

Owl Crack 5.8+ Trad, 1 pitch Echo Canyon : Triple Cracks Sanctuary

Malice In Bucketland 5.9- Trad, 1 pitch, 125 feet North Mountain : Central Wall

Sea of Holes 5.10 R Sport, 2 pitches, 350 feet North Mountain : Central Wall

Fear of Flying 5.10 Trad, 1 pitch Buzzard's Roost : East Face of Buzzard's Roos...

Window Pain 5.10 Sport, 1 pitch, 150 feet North Mountain : Central Wall

Prototype 5.10b/c Sport, 1 pitch Reimer's Ranch : Dr. Seuss / Prototype Wall

Liposuction 5.12a Sport, 1 pitch, 40 feet Reimer's Ranch : Sex Cave

Featured Route For Texas

Sweat 5.7 TX : Enchanted Rock State Natura... : ... : News Wall

Sweat is a short, but stellar, crack climb located where the blue climbers trail hits the wall. It is easy to spot as an arching crack that ends at a ledge with a small group of trees. The climb starts out as a fist crack (#3 Camalot), narrows to hands (the best part of the route), and then ends as a finger crack below the anchors. Just below the anchors are two cracks that you can use to get around a large hanging flake. You can either...[more] Browse More Classics in TX

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Silo climbing near Dallas. Photo by Todd Gordon.	"Fear of Flying" at Enchanted Rock	Georgetown Limestone
One of the Triple Cracks at E-Rock	Texas Crash Pad	Little feat 5.9 at Enchanted Rock by sunrise

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By SirVato
From: Toyota-rado
Jan 24, 2007

Hueco Tanks In touble??

I got an e-mail from a friend
HERE's THE LINK

By kyber
From: Austin
Sep 29, 2008

killing time: austin google maps of climbing areas:

http://maps.google.com/maps/ms?msa=0&msid=115373301781539628>>>>>

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