Arizona Bouldering & Climbing

Anyone interested in a day trip to Cherry canyon on Sat?
Thinking of checking it out with a few other people.

Planning on leaving phx at 6am.

Greg wrote:

Anyone interested in a day trip to Cherry canyon on Sat?
Thinking of checking it out with a few other people.

Planning on leaving phx at 6am.

I might be up for that, but It might be too hot!

Where is Cherry Canyon? What kind of rock / climbing is it?

Not only is it too hot-- but its also too far, too tall, too chossy, and too hard for the masses to enjoy. Hence the reason it is never photo'd or discussed.

There are actually lots of photos, they just tend to have pics of emaciated dudes with vice like tentacles for fingers. The pasty whiteness and skeletal build reminds me of dracula (he boulders awesome because vampires can fly):

http://www.0friction.com/pix_142/zero_friction_pic_19678.jpg

Fish wrote:

Not only is it too hot-- but its also too far, too tall, too chossy, and too hard for the masses to enjoy. Hence the reason it is never photo'd or discussed.

I totally agree with P.L. The Draw is way better compare to Cherry. The only reason, why people climb in Cherry, is because they have done everything at the Draw.

go to the draw. much cooler, closer, and there are still plenty of FA's to be put up as MR. C. showed me a couple weeks ago.  even if Cherry isnt too hot right now, they have had so much rain that it would be as muggy as florida down in that canyon.

Brian and I made it out there thanks to the directions on Rockclimbing.com

We bouldered all day at Priest and then drove over to check it out.

We didn't find a trail into the canyon so we just headed down into the canyon blindly.
We ended up right on top of Dain's wall.

We walked up the canyon checking for about 20 mins.
It is unbelievable the amount of untapped potential in that canyon.

The Flag crew has obviously taken care of most of the most classic looking lines with holds.

The temps were just fine up there.
It was definitely humid and there were a ton of mosquitoes.
Dain's wall is a muddy water filled mess right now.

It was interesting to see how a group of people that wanted to keep the area so pristine didn't mind chopping a ton of trees down for lines.

We only got on a couple of problems since we only had an hour or so to climb.
The square cut edges and slits on those walls are awesome.
Fish was right, the rock does appear to be a bit chossy in spots. 

There are a lot of very tall walls that would be great for climbing but are a bit too tall for bouldering. 
You could bring rope up and tie off on one of the large trees about the cliff to climb some of them.

It took us 3 hours from Brian's house to the camp area above the canyon. 
The 5 mile dirt road is not that great. I wouldn't suggest you bring a car on it unless you don't mind trashing your suspension.

Is this the start of a Phoenix invasion of the canyon? It is doubtful.
It is too far away,the walls are too tall, the trails suck, the rock is a bit chossy,the road is a pain in the ass to drive on, the Draw is easier to climb at and you don't need 30 pads to land on.

But, if you are into some really hard, tall, overhanging crimper lines, or you love establishing new problems, this might be the place of  you.
If you don't climb at least V7, your choice of lines appears to be very limited unless you put up your own problems. Which by the way looks like there could be a few hundred problems to be done.

I would suggest waiting until the rainy season is over before you head up there. Too many bugs and you don't want to pull on those soft sandstone holds while they have moisture in the or they will probably snap right off.

those directions are pretty damn good! an assasination of the offending poster is iminant

the poster on rc.com ?

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oh yea manny  r . ? i will let him know i will see him tonight at the airport i better give him the heads up . hopefully he is ready for the attack

 

brian

my point is..... flag folk along with many others have kept that place hush hush for years. they have done everything in thier power to keep it to themselves. those that tried to do so are gonna be PISSED.

i couldnt give a *** less. now im not stuck with the verbal dosey doe when people ask where it is and how to get there. 

i find it all very funny. let the crappy contrived FA's begin. cuz face it, thats what we do best

i guess they might be pissed but as far as it being secret they must be in lala land allmost every pic that i have seen of cherry has been posted by someone who lives in flagstaff its not like it would be that hard to find thanks to google earth , so if they want to be mad let them iam sure they have all ready moved on to the next area that there not going to talk about and only post pics on the web that you can right click on and look at the propties and see what they name they saved it under .

brian