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Here we post links to good, free topos for central Texas climbing areas. We find them as, if not more, accurate than the most recent guidebooks. Check the blogroll for more. This page is constantly under construction.

Bouldering

DrTopo’s Free Rock Climbing Guidebooks has nifty little maps and guides for Roger’s Park and McKinney Falls. They give directions, explain the access points and the basic wall set up, and map the major problems of these ever-evolving areas. After a few visits you won’t need one at all.

BloodyFlapper has more for these areas, including vague outlines and googlemaps of Pace Bend.

We find the bouldering at Bull Creek to be so boring, so footless, and one time we went there and there were dirty diapers smeared all over the landing area, that we will never ever post topos or directions there until some revolution or chipping festival takes place.

Reimers Ranch

These are the now evaporated TexasClimbersDotCom topos of the more popular walls at Reimers. There are always new routes and changes. If you’re looking for a few walls worth of beta, or good directions and your bearings, these are quite adequate. Anything else you need to know you’ll figure out once you get there. The Dead Cats wall is a constant, and the topo for it here is thorough.

Reimers Overview

Sex Cave and Canyon (Sorry the file is called “Warning.” It’s totally safe!)

Dead Cats

T-Roofic

Prototype

Crankenstein

Monster Rock

John Hogge’s sport climbing area. Said to be worth a trip, especially for the more moderate runs. Word is that the harder routes can get a bit contrived, and some of the bolted but unsent lines seem arbitrary. The MRock website has all the details, but the topo takes more effort to find than we’d like, so we put it here.

Paul’s Crag blog has tons of beta and some nice photos of MR.

monster-rock-climbing-guide.doc

MR Website

Mexico

El Potrero Chico: Routes and conditions are constantly changing, so it’s worth picking up The Whole Enchilada by Dane Bass, and then taking it everywhere with you. Some of the graphics correspond to climbs listed five pages ago, or to nothing at all, but the book is damn thorough, and far superior to the bootleg paper topo with the neon covers, or the original but long outdated (on account of the prolific route setting there) book.

El Salto: Jason will not love us for posting this, but here is an old school topo for El Salto. There’s one in TWE too.

Puente de Dios: This beloved tourist spot got it’s first bolted lines a few years ago. Every year people from Texas take trips to set lines, and the local and regional climbers down there love it. This site has tons of beta and info, and is updated all the time. Here are some basics, based on Alex C’s words :

Directions: Start by getting to the town of Galeana. Well, first-first get to Monterrey (follow EPC directions, cuoto or libre). On the outskirts of Monterrey head toward Saltillo on Hwy 40. Before you get to Saltillo take Hwy 57 south towards Matehuala. After two hours take the exit marked “Galeana & Linares,” which loops back over the highway and heads east through Tokyo. After about 20 minutes turn left into Galeana. Leave Galeana by heading north toward Rayones — following the signs to Puente de Dios. After 15 minutes or so, turn right up a hill on a cement ramp (going straight takes you to a small village). You will get to the Puente in about 3 minutes.

There are hotels to stay in in town, but mostly people camp. Puente is not for the feint of heart, since it’s a burly ride, and you’ll want to make it a longer stay to make the drive worth it. That said, there’s lots of cool routes that Austinites have an easy time with, as they mimic the style of climbing we have here.

The Georgetown Sanctuary

This are is small, about eight tall sport climbs, pretty moderate and fun. Can get mosquitoey.

Sanctuary Beta

more coming soon….