As the famous Sophie B said "Yes, the moves are maybe 5.7 but the exposure is a lot more".Guernica is Picasso's most famous political painting. It depicts the violence suffered by the citizens of Guernica, a Basque town bombed by the Nazi Luftwaffe in 1937. These raids were ordered by Franco in the Spanish Civil war.

Guernica

Number 1

Combo Number 5

Drifter

Blue Nude

Duel Administration

Titos Arete

Redtail

Le Reve

Puttin' On The Ritz

Ain't No Thing But A Chicken Wing

Imagined Landscapes

Dirty Taco

Thunder Dome

Crimson Wonder

Crescendo

A route that looks easier than it is. The bottom is delicate, it's easier if you go right, but then if you're leading it's hard to reach your clips.  The middle is fun but then the top is the 10a/b portion with the baby roof and limited good holds.

A route that looks a little easier than it is. As you traverse right in the middle you find your self looking for holds. The last bolt is left of the anchors, clip it and then traverse right.  If you go straight up you make it a more difficult finish.

Start route following tan bolt hangers and continue straight up using side pulls after the generous pocket below the second bolt. This starts just left of the 5.12 and is two climbs right of Number One.

 Perma draws allow for confident climbs without the worry of loosing gear. Chain are at the top but you can lower from the perma draws. Stick clipping the first or second bolt is possible with a longer pole.

Climb through technical crimps and pockets up to a committing crux.  High feet, a good plan, and a jug make a tough move to a sharp easy finish. The crux might be height dependent.

This really fun climb goes up juggy pockets until around the fourth bolt. The crux section goes from bolts 5-7. Move up and a little right from the fifth bolt and either clip #6 high off some crimps or go up higher to a fairly good two-hand rail and clip from there. Going from 6 to 7 is a bit easier using some good but very rough and painful pockets and up to some jugs by the 7th bolt. Smooth sailing once you've got that one locked down.

Nice technical arete climbing gets you up to a ledge, then a bit less difficult arete/face climbing takes you to the anchors. Shares anchors with Ain't No Thing But A Chicken Wing.

Redtail starts as a 5.2 - 5.3 slab that gets serious when it turns vertical below the obvious Picasso roof. At the alcove, stay right and use small edges to gain the pockets. Climb very intentionally, for the pockets are positive but some are positively sharp! Once you reach the large pocket at the roof, the crux subsides if you keep working the feet gracefully.

  Le Reve starts just right of the bench like boulder at the base of the Picasso Wall. With a little good footwork pull on some small holds to a bomber ledge to clip the first bolt. Then work the slab pockets for some easy climbing to get to second bolt. From here on it's all fixed draws(bring a third if you plan on setting a top-rope).     The first crux is the sequence through the vertical borehole like pocket with the undercling at the top.  The second crux comes right after. Throw high for a three finger pocket, get higher feet and pull hard to a crimp just above the crack in right of the upside-down triangle feature. Pull the overhang to be rewarded with a good right side-pull and small edges to the the top.

 Technical work early on leads to a cushy life up top. 

Gain the small shelf about 3-4 ft up and navigate through the rather thin but fun lower 1/3 of the route. The rest is quite easy as you get to the top and share the last bolt and anchors with Tito's Arete.

This route is mostly a jug haul over a series of small ledges, with the crux about half way up. Check out some of the cool (geodes?) shining inside many of the pockets. 

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Steep face to the right of Duel Administration leads up to a roof bulge and a left hand under cling.  From the under cling it's a long right hand reach to a crimp which is the start of the crux.  Once you are over the roof bulge a couple of balancing moves takes you to the anchors.

A steep start leads into easy climbing straight up the bolt line.  Obvious crux at the permadraws.  Find the good holds for a short boulder sequence to finish at the anchors. 

Beta courtesy of Matt D.   Up to just below the 4th bolt it's fairly straight forward, you can skip a couple holds and there's some fairly sharp pockets along the way. This section goes at about 11b.  At bolt 4 the crux kicks in as you're holding a poor left hand and trying to continue bumping the right hand up on side pulls. After bolt 5 look for a left hand side pull as you follow a crimp line with the right hand.  Nice left hand jug at the anchors.  Thanks Matt!

Picasso Wall: Beautiful multi-colored wall that takes your breath away.Routes are roughly 60 ft tall and provide a range of route difficulty from easy and moderates to more difficult levels (range from 5.5 to 5.12+). Permadraws provided on many of the harder routes which typically start as a 5.9 or easier then increase in difficulty the higher you climb. Typically the climbs are only 5.9 in difficulty until you reach the main roof bulge. Just climb until you need to be lowered without worrying about losing a quick-draw! Its time to train!Ratings: While easier climbs are given a rating number representing the climb to be no harder than the rating represented, routes rated 5.10 and up are given a specific max crux rating. This should help you plan your visit and navigate your way along the bluff while using Mountain Project.Please provide feedback using your MP App. Star rating and rate difficulty feedback helps the next visitors use the app.

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