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Crazy Horse Buttress (Chiang Mai)

Sport climbing near Mae On, Chiang Mai, Thailand. The rope and quickdraws to bring, and the send-temps forecast.

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What to bring

Bring a 70 m rope. It lowers off 98% of the 273 sport pitches listed here. A 60 m does 91%.

16 quickdraws cover 90% of pitches. The longest needs 25.

What each rope covers

  • 50 m70%
  • 60 m91%
  • 70 m98%
  • 80 m100%
Median
18 m
Most common
15 m
Longest pitch
36 m

A 60 m works for about 90% of routes and a 70 m is ideal. Only a handful of extensions need 80 m.

Source: climbgrades.com

Route data from theCrag contributors (CC BY-NC-SA), collected 2026-09. Single-pitch sport routes only. theCrag

Conditions

Rope & draws

Bring

70m

60 m works for most routes

Draws

16

Your 70 m covers 98% of pitches

Median
18 m
Most common
15 m
Longest pitch
36 m

Draws: Covers 90% · longest needs 25

A 60 m works for about 90% of routes and a 70 m is ideal. Only a handful of extensions need 80 m.

Your 70 m lowers off 98% of pitches here (up to ~30 m). Check the topo for longer ones and knot the end.
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Check a specific route

Rope length

Route height (ground to anchor)

30m

Rope reaches

10 m of rope to spare.

Needed 60 mRope 70 m

Longest route or pitch

35 m

Comfortably ~30 m

  • •Knot the belayer’s end.
  • •Watch the middle mark.
  • •Topo heights are estimates.
  • •Traverses and roofs use extra rope.

Longest pitches at Crazy Horse Buttress (Chiang Mai)

  1. Ruam Jai6a+36 m17 bolts
  2. Northern Exposure Ext6b35 m23 bolts
  3. Jai Teung Jai6c+35 m18 bolts
  4. Fatherhood6b+35 m16 bolts
  5. Morning Glory6a+31 m13 bolts

Rope by wall

The shortest rope that lowers off 90% of a wall's pitches (80 m where none does), and the share it covers.

WallRopeLongest
Heart Wall36 pitches70 mcovers 94%36 m
Crazy Horse Area31 pitches70 mcovers 97%35 m
Reunion Buttress28 pitches60 mcovers 93%35 m
Little Monkey Cove25 pitches50 mcovers 96%21 m
The Aircon Wall19 pitches50 mcovers 95%23 m
Anxiety State Crisis Cave16 pitches70 mcovers 100%30 m
Tamarind Village14 pitches50 mcovers 100%20 m
The Ant Hill12 pitches70 mcovers 100%30 m
Brah Wall12 pitches50 mcovers 100%16 m
The Gatekeeper Buttress12 pitches70 mcovers 100%29 m
The Furnace10 pitches60 mcovers 90%30 m
Vision Wall10 pitches60 mcovers 100%25 m

Route data from theCrag contributors (CC BY-NC-SA), collected 2026-09. Single-pitch sport routes only. theCrag

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