Last Sunday Erin, Jason, Sav and I took a trip out to Queen Creek. It was cold as shit and with a 40% chance of rain; we just prayed we wouldn’t end up heading home wet and cold without getting any climbing in.
We decided to try a new place in Upper Devil’s Canyon called The Beach. Marty’s little guide to Upper Devil’s did a good job of leading us there without too much trouble. The Beach itself is a relatively small area with climbs ranging from 5.9 to 5.13. The crag is approached from the top, so it makes it easy to setup top ropes on some of these stiff routes.
We ended up climbing a couple of 10s, a couple of 11s (one which was uber classic dihedral/face/arete that I want to go back and send), and a 12 (overhanging arete with a crap start but decent climbing the rest of the way).
Despite being super cold and actually getting snowed on a little, it was a good time. The Beach has a couple of good climbs, and is great if you just want to top rope climbs in the 10+ to 12 range.
Check out the rest of the pics from the trip here. Pictures taken by Erin and Sav… yeh, I lugged my big camera all the way down there and didn’t take any pictures myself!
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Nice! Glad you got some climbing in!
Yeh me too! After getting rained out of Red Rocks on a 40% chance of rain we deserved some good luck with the weather