Pinnacle Peak is a granite peak located in Scottsdale, AZ. It is surrounded by a housing development and contains a beautiful hiking trail as well as numerous sport and trad climbing options.
We started on Varicose, a 5.6 climb up a 70 ft crack in the granite wall. Definitely a great start to the day as this climb involved using one side of the body to work up the crack while the opposite side sought holds in the granite. No bolts on this route so make sure to bring all your trad gear.
We reached the summit from the South Crack, a 5.3 2 pitch 150 ft climb/scramble. Definitely a fun climb with lots of scrambling between large opening in between boulders. Again, no bolts on this one, all trad climbing!
Beautiful views of Scottsdale and Tonto National Forest from the summit.
And the best part, a 150 ft. rappel down from the top! Definitely a great day of climbing in beautiful winter weather. There are many other climbing options at Pinnacle Peak that I want to check out next time I am here.
Trusting the 'water knot' to rappel down from the summit of Pinnacle Peak.
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