"This trip was organized by AZ peakbagger Amy, and led by guide Matt, who has summited Babo over 50 times. My brothers Josh and Patrick, and our friend Matt, made the early morning drive down from the valley and got to the trailhead around 6 am. After introductions, we were underway around 6:20 am. Matt the guide gave us a lot of good info, and we made decent time while keeping a pretty comfortable pace up to the Great Ramp. We then worked our way up to the bottom of the ladder pitch. On our attempt last year, our friend Matt, Patrick, and I sat there for an hour while I stared at the pitch and toyed around with some moves. This year I started up a little, and felt I probably could climb it, but was happy to let our guide Matt set up the rope and then be tethered in for the ascent. We all made it up with no problems, and continued up to the summit. It was an awesome ascent, and the summit and views were wonderful. We spent about an hour on the summit, with some of us grounding. We took a lot of pictures and video, talked and ate, and then began the descent. Matt the guide got everything set up for the rappel, and then we all made it down to the bottom of the pitch with no..." — ZachTeich • Apr 29, 2025

"An epic day (I don’t use that term loosely) on the rock up the ultra classic SE Arete. 6 long and exposed pitches with plenty of scrambling in between. Left Phoenix at 4 AM, on the trail by 7:30. Approach trail+ bushwhacked put us climbing at 1145. Summited at 345. Made it back to the trail at 545 after rappelling the Forbes Montoya Route and car by 730. After stopping for dinner, didn’t get home until after 11. A very memorable technical backcountry adventure. Complete TR: https://themtsarecalling.com/baboquivari/" — Christopher • May 18, 2018