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About Queen Creek Canyon:

Beautiful desert terrain, located about 45 minutes east of Phoenix. Very diverse area, crag climbing, bouldering and sport routes can all be found in the area around Superior and Devils canyon as well as Queen Creek. Plenty of wide open desert to camp in and numerous locations for climbers to explore. Stop at REI in Tempe and get local climbing guide pamphlets by Marty Karabin or talk to the locals for routes. Oak Flats (part of Queen Creek area) is also the home of the Phoenix Bouldering Contest. Get "Queen Creek" by Marty Karabin at your local climbing store for all the camping, supplies, average temp info and all the beta you can ask for. Only going to a specific area? Pick up his QC area pamphlets at REI for $2
Nearest town or city: Superior
Directions: One hour east of Phoenix. From Phoenix: East on US 60 to Superior (about 60 miles). Continue east on US 60 through tunnel. Here starts the Road Area with Atlantis parking lot immediately to your right after tunnel. Parking lot for the Pond a little further down on your right (Pond Area is on your left). 2 miles from tunnel, turn right on Magma Mine Road (MP 231) to get to Oak Flat Campground, Euro Dog Valley, the Mine Area and Devils Canyon.
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Access Issues: Pamphlet Mini-guides are $5
Camping: Yes
When to Climb: Winter
Quantity of Climbs: Year

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Forum Discussions (See all 30 posts )

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With Replies Triple C Cafe / Coffee sssarahsue 2 Mar 31 2011, 4:04 PM
With Replies guide book tory_c89 2 Feb 24 2011, 12:55 PM
No Replies crash pad hawkmud99 0 Jan 14 2011, 3:12 AM
No Replies Queen Creek Beta Builderdash 0 Jan 05 2011, 3:16 AM
No Replies Lost shoes found at Upper Devil's Canyon on 10/16 mikemikaels 0 Oct 20 2010, 8:03 PM
With Replies oak creek bouldering March 12, 2008 travelerphotography 1 Mar 12 2008, 4:32 AM
With Replies Oak Flat still open in 2008! sonso45 5 Mar 03 2008, 10:34 PM
With Replies Mine area parking blocked off BennyWenny 2 Nov 30 2007, 4:28 AM
No Replies Two Apache tribes in the fight against mine. AZrockclimber1988 0 Jun 20 2007, 7:45 AM
With Replies Some weird stuff going on near the mine. AZrockclimber1988 6 Jun 07 2007, 1:11 AM
With Replies Looking for Climbing Partner in Phoenix Area - January paveldobrinskiy 2 Dec 23 2006, 5:41 PM
With Replies Climbing Partner hmsgass 1 Nov 29 2006, 3:36 PM
With Replies anybody wanna climb?? newluddite 1 Nov 21 2006, 4:49 PM
No Replies Weather & Bolted Sports Routes? kingAndy 0 Nov 18 2006, 5:31 PM
With Replies Karabin's guide to Queen Creek? pyrosis 2 Nov 09 2007, 5:01 AM