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The Shuttle Cave area, looking up stream.

Description 

This beautiful area, located on a bend of the Brazos River in North Texas, has a selection of over 90 short, bolted routes, with the potential for many more. Bolting began in November of 2002. Some of the routes have loose rock on them, so be careful. There is an overhung cave with the first 5.12 named Columbia, bolted Feb. 1 ,2003. POB is full of several good boulders. Most of the bolted routes now are vertical, and up to 5.12 in difficulty. POB was closed for a few years but has recently re-opened to climbing.

A pdf guide can be found at the following link:
POB Guide


Getting There 

From Mineral Wells Texas: Go West out of town on HWY 180. Just west of town, head North/Northwest on 337, towards Graham. After about 25 miles on this road, and just after you cross the county line, look for the open gate across the highway from a gravel pit. If you get to Graham then you have gone too far. Make sure you stop at the house to pay. The entrance for POB is at the GPS location.


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Mountain Project's determination of some of the classic, most popular, highest rated routes for Paradise on the Brazos:
Welcome To Paradise   5.7     Sport, 20 feet   Corner Walls
The Monkey Lives Here   5.8-     Sport, 1 pitch, 25 feet   Stockyards
Hannah's Route   5.9     Sport, 35 feet   Three Gray Faces
Sam-O-Rama   5.9+     Sport, 30 feet   Corner Walls
Rock-About   5.10a     Sport, 35 feet   Three Gray Faces
Sweet Action   5.10b     Sport, 30 feet   Corner Walls
Brazos Bros   5.11a     Sport   Three Gray Faces
Alamo Arete   5.11c     Sport, 1 pitch, 35 feet   Stockyards
Columbia   5.12b     Sport, 1 pitch, 35 feet   Shuttle Cave
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Mario Stanley on Columbia.

Columbia 5.12b  TX : Paradise on the Brazos : Shuttle Cave
From the guidebook:Climb the route on the left side of the cave (denoted in fixed draws). This POB classic was named in honor of the space shuttle Columbia, which broke apart in blue skies over the crag (north Texas) on January 1st, 2003....[more]   Browse More Classics in TX


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Sunset at Paradise On the Brazos in Jan 2003

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By Zach Wahrer
From: Colorado Springs, CO
Jul 24, 2011

Be aware that it is currently $10 per person, per day for climbing at POB.

By Scott Strong
From: Dallas, TX
Aug 31, 2011

There is a box in front of the house that holds waivers and envelopes to put money in. There is a slot on the back of the box in which to place the envelopes. A sign-in sheet is located next to the box.

It's $6 a night to camp, which is helpful for beating the heat.

When Filibuster Creek is dry, the creek bed reflects the heat up and it gets pretty toasty in the shade.

By Scott Strong
From: Dallas, TX
Sep 5, 2011

I have been adding info for the climbs directly from the guidebook, but I will need to go back and re-write the entries for the climbs. A friend of Jimmy's had given me tacit approval to pull the beta from the guidebook but there could be some potential legal issues to do so even if I cite the original work. So I will be going back and updating the climbs with my own words.

By wankel7
From: Dallas TexASS
Sep 19, 2011

Facebook page for POB is up:
www.facebook.com/climbPOB

By Scott Strong
From: Dallas, TX
May 22, 2012

It seems that some folks feel that $10 is too much to pay for a day of climbing. This continues to be a problem at POB. If you can't afford to pay for climbing or you don't think you should have to pay to use someone's private property, then just don't go to POB. Climbers trespassing will ruin it for everyone. Freddie is watching, he writes down plate numbers and keeps track of who goes in and out. Don't be a moron.