New climbing destination: Superstition Mountains in Phoenix

Hey everyone! Ever since Hueco Tanks decided to turn into a lame, climber hating park, we’ve been searching for new places to frequent so we don’t have to give our money to liars who make stuff up just so they can close down access to us. This has proven difficult. Obviously, Hueco is a climbing Mecca and one of the best destinations in the world for bouldering …so that means finding comparable rock is almost impossible. However – if you’re willing to hike for 45 minutes and put your hands on some fairly sharp rock, you’ll find an amazing hidden gem of a place. Our New Years was supposed to be spent back up in Red Rocks, but we decided to stay home and finish the roof on the woody. So while here, we started searching around for something close that wasn’t bad and wasn’t covered in snow. We had heard of the “supes” a couple years ago while it was still in it’s development stage and people were saying great things about it. So we decided that we would trudge out there and give it a fair shake. Thank goodness for us, one of our good friends had been there a few times and offered to meet us out there and show us around. The hike was long but not horrible and the area was absolutely beautiful! We decided to head out again the following weekend but had to do it alone. We explored a couple new areas but then ended up getting lost. It was a fun day and we’re excited to get back. There is a project up there that we both want to put to bed!!

Entrance cliffs...pretty cool
Entrance cliffs…pretty cool

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This is the view from the 45 minute long trail
This is the view from the 45 minute long trail

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Another view...
Another view…
Working the warm up
Working the warm up
Cody's turn
Cody’s turn
Cheese!
Cheese!
Crazy fun problem
Crazy fun problem

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Just chillaxing
Just chillaxing
Tommy trying a super stiff problem that I couldn't even get off the ground from!
Tommy trying a super stiff problem that I couldn’t even get off the ground from!
Tommy giving this sharp thing a go
Tommy giving this sharp thing a go

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Descent
Descent

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Descent at sunset. It was stunning!
Descent at sunset. It was stunning!

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The crew!
The crew!