Minor Wall

LAT,LNG 33.99242, -106.99215
CREATED May 2023
UPDATED Jan 2024

Description

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All but forgotten, this quiet crag has some interesting mixed, trad, and sport climbing. The routes are short. The base of the routes is a nice spot for kids or dogs to run around. Shade varies by season and time of day. The wall faces a number of directions, mostly south and west. One can climb here all year round.

The style of climbing is fun, wacky, sequency, and engaging. Some of the routes are short enough to stick-clip the whole thing, and many can be accessed from above relatively easily if you get shutdown on lead. This is a great place to test your onsighting skills if you are a hard 5.11 climber. Lots of hidden holds and technical moves. It's obviously not world-class climbing by any means, but certainly worth a visit.

As of Dec 2016, all of the anchors have been replaced with modern hardware and in most cases steel lowering biners.

Topo of Minor Wall

Overall lay of the land

20 Climbs

Coming soon: New Climbs

  1. 1
    Sharkopus
    Easy 5th
    Tr · Sport
  2. 2
    Son of Sam
    5.7
    Trad
  3. 3
    Middle Socorro Louie
    5.11b
    Trad
  4. 4
    Handlebar Willy
    V1
    Bouldering
  5. 5
    Take That Stopper and Shove It
    5.9+
    Sport
  6. 6
    Butcher Shop
    5.10
    Sport
  7. 7
    Hangover Crack
    5.11+
    Trad
  8. 8
    Midnight Squid Tickler
    5.11c
    Sport
  9. 9
    Harley Davidson Son of a Gun
    5.11d
    Sport
  10. 10
    Sorry Angel
    5.12a
    Trad
  11. 11
    Greenpeace
    5.10c/d
    Sport
  12. 12
    Whispering Huecos
    5.11a
    Sport
  13. 13
    Roadside Accident
    5.9
    Sport
  14. 14
    Croconaut
    5.10c
    Tr · Sport
  15. 15
    Uknown
    5.10
    Sport
  16. 16
    Left Socorro Louie
    5.10c
    Sport
  17. 17
    Apocaloctopus
    5.11a
    Sport
  18. 18
    Swiss Cheese
    5.10c
    Sport
  19. 19
    Minor Aretion
    5.10+
    Sport
  20. 20
    Socorro Louie Bags Another Minor
    5.10d
    Sport
Minor Wall
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