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Description 

This free standing pinnacle has great exposure and some fun oldschool routes to play around on. It's a great beginner area.


Getting There 

This pinnacle is located near the end of Auxier Ridge on the west side, overlooking Auxier Branch. When you reach a vast, overused camp site on the edge of a high cliff walk left and down until you can see Haystack.


The Classics

Mountain Project's determination of some of the classic, most popular, highest rated routes for Haystack Rock:
Original Route   5.2 X     Trad, 35 feet   
South East Face   5.3     Trad, 35 feet   
Haystack   5.3 PG13     Trad, 40 feet   
Girdle Traverse   5.4 X     Trad, 1 pitch, 60 feet   
Dirty Rastafarian Scoundrels   5.6 PG13     Trad, 1 pitch, 90 feet   
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Featured Route For Haystack Rock
D. Boyd (belaying) and J. Polk (climbing) Standard Route of haystack, circa 1995

Haystack 5.3 PG13  KY : Red River Gorge : Haystack Rock
This is the most obvious line from the saddle which passes through the hueco with a short crack above it. Climb into the hueco from the left and exit it right or left protecting out of the crack....[more]   Browse More Classics in KY