Hideout Climbing Area, Sandia Mountains, New Mexico
The Hideout rock climbing area is located low is the Sandias and has generally South-facing quartzite, making it a good place to go in the winter months when climbing in the higher Sandias may be out of the question. This information is only posted here at Beverly Mountain Guides and all jpg images and Topos are copyrighted material.
Check out this “TOPO! map for directions”Hideout.pdf .
“Prefiero morir de pie que vivir de rodillas,” / “I’d rather die on my feet than live on my knees.” Emiliano Zapata (8 August 1879 – 10 April 1919) was a leading figure in the Mexican Revolution against the dictatorship of Porfirio Díaz that broke out in 1910. Zapata was one of Pancho Villa’s right-hand men and used this phrase for motivation, although the phrase was not originally coined by him. Pancho Villa and his reign in northern Mexico spread all the way into the present day New Mexico. It was places like this that granted sanctuary for soldiers, miners, and now climbers.
The Hideout is reminiscent of the days when the Mexican influence of these lands was a direct reality, and there was no gas station or international airport nearby. The Hideout is a great place to savor the lost appreciation of what the lower Sandias used to look like even thirty years ago.
The Hideout is a revitalized rock climbing crag hosting bullet quartzite in the Sandia Mountains of New Mexico. The routes put up are courtesy of Justin Spain, Jason Williams, and Marc Beverly.
Click Here to link to the jpg image topo !!!
Perhaps there will be more climbs here.
Some of the NEW Routes in the Sandia Mountains are:
NOT SUSTAINED
Die On Your Feet
Live On Your Knees
Pancho and Lefty
Date: Tracker 2 Beacon
We have some NEW TRACKER 2 beacons in stock.
$350 + tax & shipping
I purchased a new Tracker 2 from BCA. Actually, I ordered it about 8 months ago and got to play with one at the Mountain Rescue 50th Anniversary Meeting at Timberline Lodge on Mt. Hood this last summer. Now, I have my own and have taken it out into the field to see what it could do.
I found the processor to be mach 10 compared to all other beacons on the market. The ease of motoring in on the “Tracker Units” (sometimes referred to as meters) works very well and the arrow function is spot-on. The SP function does an incredible job at narrowing the search breadth (how wide the angle of the search is in front of you) and locks out spurious signals well on the multi-beacon search.
It would be nice if the arrows went away under 3m, but it’s not a big deal as long as the user knows not to follow the arrow under 3m.
Other than that, I would not hesitate to give this beacon to a never-ever client and have them go through a quick demo and then be off to ski. There’s no bells or whistles to it, so there’s no fumbling around wondering which button to push, pull or turn. This is a great beacon and has several other benefits, but overall I would recommend this beacon to anyone, even full time patrollers, guides, or other backcountry professionals.
Marc Beverly
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World Ice Climbing Competition Circuit - Europe 2010
National Geographic and Beverly Mountain Guides in Mexico
We will be working with National Geographic in the early part of December in Mexico to film some unique footage. A new, virgin cave that has never been explored could house some of the Earth’s largest gypsum crystals in a vertical cavern some 300 meters down. The temperatures will be excruciatingly hot.
Our crew will be gone on-location, but will hope to keep in touch with you during this project.
International World Ice Competition, Europe 2010
Both Justin and Marc went to the International World Ice Climbing Competition in Europe this year. We were the only Americans who did the entire tour. You can read more about the tour at Marc’s Blog
We went to Kirov, Russia , Italy , Switzerland and Romania to represent the United States. We met with up two other North Americans for a couple of the events.
Marc has competed in Ouray’s Ice competition for the last several years and has placed in the top 10, but has never been on the podium in Ouray. Justin and Marc took 3rd as a team in the Bozeman, Ice Breakers Open Ice Competition and put up a new route in Hyalite Canyon, “Prodigy 505” M10, WI6+ on site, ground up and during the competition!
Although this trip was exciting and had some great rewards, it was also costly. We thank our sponsors and we hope to have your support next year. If you are in Europe and want to connect with us, please do so. You may reach us easily by e-mail: marc@beverlymountainguides.com or justin@beverlymountainguides.com
We will be back to put on some avalanche courses in February in the southwest once again !
