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El Potrero Chico

Sport climbing near Hidalgo, Nuevo León, Mexico. 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 75% of the 418 sport pitches listed here.

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

What each rope covers

  • 50 m8%
  • 60 m27%
  • 70 m75%
  • 80 m87%
Median
28 m
Most common
30 m
Longest pitch
56 m

A 70 m is the standard. An 80 m (or two ropes) lets you link pitches and rap the long lower pitches of routes like Sendero Luminoso.

Source: potrerochico.com

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

Conditions

Rope & draws

Bring

70m

Covers 75% of pitches

Draws

16

Your 70 m covers 75% of pitches

Median
28 m
Most common
30 m
Longest pitch
56 m

Draws: Covers 90% · longest needs 25

A 70 m is the standard. An 80 m (or two ropes) lets you link pitches and rap the long lower pitches of routes like Sendero Luminoso.

Your 70 m lowers off 75% of pitches here (up to ~30 m). Check the topo for longer ones and knot the end.
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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 El Potrero Chico

  1. Jesse James5.13b56 m–
  2. Usul5.12b56 m–
  3. Usul Left5.12d56 m–
  4. Bury Me Standing5.11a55 m8 bolts
  5. Tool5.12d55 m–

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
The Virgin Canyon73 pitches80 mcovers 92%46 m
Las Estrellas45 pitches80 mcovers 89%43 m
Lower Sense of Religion42 pitches80 mcovers 93%50 m
Mini Super27 pitches70 mcovers 100%30 m
Canon de los Lobos25 pitches80 mcovers 88%45 m
The Outrage Wall25 pitches80 mcovers 60%50 m
Upper Sense of Religion24 pitches80 mcovers 58%56 m
Front Side22 pitches80 mcovers 82%38 m
El Fin De Semana15 pitches80 mcovers 67%47 m
The Spires15 pitches80 mcovers 80%55 m
Fitness Canyon15 pitches70 mcovers 100%27 m
The Central Scrutinizer14 pitches80 mcovers 79%55 m

The 12 biggest of 17 walls. Pick any wall under Rope & draws above to see its numbers.

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

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