The Farmhouse / Whippersnapper Wall, AZ

Overview
Located at The Farmhouse, which is a more recently grid-bolted limestone sport crag located between Sonoita and Whetstone on the south side of SR-82 in the eastern Mustang Mountains of Cochise County. Published information claims “this wonderful crag features high quality rock” but that is obviously a subjective assertion from the generation of climbers developing the area. This will never be a destination crag when considering how close Mount Lemmon and Cochise Stronghold are. Regardless, many challenging routes are safely set up with anchors, fundamentally creating an outdoor gym that allows traveling climbers another burn when road-tripping between other higher-quality climbing areas. The crag is adjacent and above a noisy highway, vaguely wild with relatively short approaches, so as quoted elsewhere, “amazing”, if you’re a sport climber.


Hike
Eight areas can be accessed via private land via a main trail that junctions into two just above the Approach Boulders. This Whippersnapper Wall guide includes the official route that passes under the other three western areas: Vineyard, Pumpkin Patch, and The Wall of Superheroes. Areas 5-8 are located along the western aspect of the cliff. All eight areas warrant standalone guides.Synopsis
There are currently one-hundred-eleven routes at The Farmhouse, mostly developed post 2018 – 2025 by Bertelsen, Brightman, Cisneros, Mangual, and Henscheid (to name a few). Since development is ongoing, some routes could be red tagged with fixed lines hanging often, sometimes for insufferably long periods of time, with numerous gear stashes amongst the basal boulders. LNT is mostly a dubiously followed concept for rock climbers, which likely has been discussed ad nauseam on many social media platforms. Each to their own.

2025-10-10 pseudalpine