The crux is the 15 feet above the first big ledge, but it's not much of a crux.  The route is sustained 5.7-5.8. 

Borland's Story Line

Cochise was a Smooth Dude

Kaeli's Clean Start

Aaron’s Beanfest Route

The Rest of the Story

Allie’s Beanfest Route

Naiche's Bow

Hunter's Left Layback

Just a new and harder line up to the left of Borland's Story Line.  This route gives the wall a nice mix from 5.8 to 5.11.  Just about something for everyone.  A great place for a winter afternoon or a summer morning. 

  Crux is about 20 feet, but it's well bolted and clean to climb.

This is an existing route up a very smooth water stained area that is quite slick.  I've never climbed this and haven't met anyone who has.  It may be 5.12 for all I know.   

  The crux seems to be between the 2 and 3 bolts where it's slightly overhung and very smooth. 

  Feedback requested.

This route provide a clean start to Naiche's Bow and is safer to clean the draws.  The starting move is at the under cling and the crux is between the 2 and 3 bolt.

Climb 30’ of 5.6R to the beautiful and clean 5.9 splitter crack. Break out left near top of crack and climb past ledges to the top of the freestanding tower on the ridge. 

The route follows clean cracks up the middle of the slaby tower passing the first roof on the left and the final roof to the right at the top

Existing Route.  It bows to the left at a fairly sharp angle.  Can be risky to clear quick draws on the way down due to the risk of a moderate pendulum. 

  It's been climbed a lot and many of the starting holds are gone.  Can be difficult for beginning climbers to get off the deck.  Otherwise I'd rate it 5.7.  This is why I made Kaeli's Clean Start.

Naiche's Nest is a small, 50 foot high, half dome about 200 yards North-West of the Isle-of-you campground.   The wall is about 85 degrees from vertical and runs almost due north-south.  It gets great morning shade and direct sunlight a few minutes after noon.  Great for summer mornings or winter afternoons.  While the Isle-of-you is crowded, just 250 yards away, this area is seldom used.  The rock is solid and typical of the stronghold.  Great bouldering on the south side of the dome. 

  As I post this area in December 2009, there are 5 routes on three chained anchors.  Two routes existed and shared the original anchor.   I cannot find any references to the original routes in "Rock Climbing Arizona" or "Weekend Rock Arizona" or in any other climbing books or on-line resources.  Three routes are new.  If you know the history of this as a climbing area, please comment on this page.  I'm going to post and name the two existing routes and someday hope original contributors can take the credit for this nice little area. 

  Naiche was the son of Cochise.  The dome has a small nest like hollow on the top.  In the Journals of Alden Sladen, Lt Sladen mentions seeing Naiche playing in the rocks in the general area between the stronghold and Middlemarch pass.  General Howard, Sladen and Jeffords met Cochise to negotiate the treaty of 1871 about 400 yards west of this dome in Slavin's Gulch.  It is quite likely that young Naiche played on these rock.  I've been taking my kids and friends here to climb since the late 1990s and have named the new routes after them.  Thanks to Daryl Allen and Russ Balderson for their help with tools, advice and manpower.

Borland's Story Line

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Routes in Naiche's Nest