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Horseshoe Canyon Ranch and Surrounding Areas

Submitted By: Erik Pohlman on Dec 24, 2006
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Rock Climbing Arkansas by Cole Fennel


Description 

The Buffalo National River's climbing is done mostly on high-quality sandstone. This area houses one of the most popular places to climb in the state, Horseshoe Canyon Ranch.


Getting There 

The Northwest part of Arkansas. Towns to look for are Harrison and Jasper.


The Classics

Mountain Project's determination of some of the classic, most popular, highest rated routes for Horseshoe Canyon Ranch and Surrounding Areas:
The Greatest Show on Earth   5.8     Sport   Horseshoe Canyon Ranch : The North Forty
Green Goblin   5.8     Sport, 65 feet   Horseshoe Canyon Ranch : The North Forty
Man Servant   5.9     Sport, 55 feet   Horseshoe Canyon Ranch : Mr. Magoo Rock
WMA Crack   5.9+     Trad, 60 feet   Horseshoe Canyon Ranch : Confederate Cracks
Hackberry Crack   5.9+     Trad, 1 pitch, 50 feet   Horseshoe Canyon Ranch : Confederate Cracks
Private Property   5.9+     Sport, 55 feet   Horseshoe Canyon Ranch : The North Forty
Monkeys on Magoo   5.10a     Sport, 55 feet   Horseshoe Canyon Ranch : Mr. Magoo Rock
Gimp and Wheezer   5.10a     Sport, 65 feet   Horseshoe Canyon Ranch : Confederate Cracks
Comotus   5.10b     Sport, 1 pitch, 65 feet   Horseshoe Canyon Ranch : Roman Wall
Mr. Magoo   5.10c     Sport, 55 feet   Horseshoe Canyon Ranch : Mr. Magoo Rock
Crimp Scampi   5.10+     Sport, 1 pitch, 70 feet   Horseshoe Canyon Ranch : The North Forty
Horseshoes and Hand Grenades   5.11a     Sport, 60 feet   Horseshoe Canyon Ranch : The Far East
Port Side   5.11a     Sport, 35 feet   Horseshoe Canyon Ranch : Titanic Boulder
Love Slave   5.11b     Sport, 1 pitch, 40 feet   Horseshoe Canyon Ranch : The North Forty
Boronocus   5.11b     Sport, 1 pitch, 85 feet   Horseshoe Canyon Ranch : Roman Wall
Big Top   5.11b     Sport, 65 feet   Horseshoe Canyon Ranch : The North Forty
Sonny Jim   5.11b     Sport, 1 pitch, 70 feet   Horseshoe Canyon Ranch : The North Forty
Taliban soup   5.11     Sport   Horseshoe Canyon Ranch : Prophecy Wall
Mine Mine Mine   5.12a     Sport, 50 feet   Horseshoe Canyon Ranch : The North Forty
Cradle of the Deep   5.13a     Sport   Horseshoe Canyon Ranch : Titanic Boulder
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Featured Route For Horseshoe Canyon Ranch and Surrounding Areas
Nathaniel pulling the roof on Ride the Short Bus.

Ride the Short Bus 5.12b  AR : Horseshoe Canyon Ranch : Goat Cave
Start off of a boulder right of Man Junk. Stick clip your rope high. Campus or try to find feet and pull from a crimp-rail to a crimp in the short digedral overhead. Reach past a crimp to a jug and paste your feet. Climp jugs to the right out the roof to the lip. Move slightly left at the lip and throw for a sloper then match and move right to the anchors....[more]   Browse More Classics in AR


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By Jason Haas
From: Westminster, CO
Nov 2, 2009

The new comprehensive color guidebook to the state of Arkansas by Cole Fennel is now available in stores, including at the Ranch. The book is 400pages and describes nearly 1500 routes and 350 boulder problems.