Horseshoe Canyon Ranch
Climbing Sections:
- Cliffs of Insanity (26)
- Confederate Cracks (50)
- Crackhouse Alley (27)
- Far East (24)
- Horseshoe Bouldering (22)
- Idaho Boulders (7)
- Land of The Lost (12)
- Magoo Rock (9)
- Middle East (20)
- Mullet Buttress (11)
- Prophecy Wall (8)
- Ren & Stimpy (7)
- Roman Wall (12)
- Sand Lot Boulder (0)
- South Idaho Boulders (13)
- The Goat Cave (10)
- The North Forty (104)
- The North Forty Boulders (29)
- The Titanic (9)
- The Zone (1)
About Horseshoe Canyon Ranch:
| The newest, yet best developed climbing area in the Midwest!!! Bolted routes from 5.6 to 5.14a!! Beautiful sandstone features allows for the most bomber crack climbing in the Midwest. You can rent cabins ($50-off season, $108-during summer), or camp for only $5 from Sept. to March. Guide service and climbing school to come sometime in fall. Along with campground/showers at the North 40 crag that will be opened all year round. The fee for climbing is also $5, but you can buy a season-pass for $100 -- $50 per year to Camp and another $50 per year to climb. |
| Nearest town or city: | Jasper |
| Directions: | 7.4 miles west of Jasper on State Highway 74. If you're driving I-40, take Highway 7 N @ exit 81 in Russelville and proceed north to Jasper. From Northwest Arkansas, take 412 East to junction 103 (Compton) turn right and continue until junction 43 (Ponca) turn right. When you get to Ponca, go through and turn left on hwy 74 (Jasper) HCR is about halfway between Ponca and Jasper on hwy 74. Turn right down a dirt road at brown "Horseshoe Canyon Ranch" sign. Park at kiosk and register and pay for camping/climbing. Or see one of the Ranch employees for info on season passes, etc. |
| Latitude, Longitude: | 36.00641, -93.29204 |
| Access Issues: | |
| Camping: | Pay |
| When to Climb: | |
| Quantity of Climbs: | Year |
Forum Discussions (See all 30 posts )
| Subject | Author | Replies | Last Post | |
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| Summer climbing in HCR | gogleos | 2 | Jun 08 2012, 10:22 AM | |
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Partner for this weekend 2/18 at HCR? | watchoutforllamas | 0 | Feb 15 2012, 9:08 PM |
| Smooth Criminal, North 40, HCR | highstepper | 2 | Feb 11 2011, 11:06 AM | |
| Stiff-Neked Fools, North Forty, HCR | acorneau | 7 | Jul 14 2010, 4:36 PM | |
| HCR north forty new routes | critterdude542 | 3 | Apr 18 2011, 12:11 PM | |
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Horseshoe Canyon Ranch Partner, Friday and Saturday | andersjr | 0 | Apr 20 2010, 6:08 PM |
| Toprope at HCR? | osu_cowboy | 13 | Sep 29 2010, 8:07 PM | |
| Google Map For Routes | Fa310tx | 6 | Sep 12 2009, 8:19 PM | |
| Horseshoe Canyon Routes | Horkedreebs | 3 | May 29 2009, 9:48 PM | |
| Horseshoe Canyon Ranch March 15-16? | Azure | 1 | Mar 15 2009, 6:18 PM | |
| HCR cracks - are they dry? | jkasmann | 1 | Mar 26 2010, 3:08 PM | |
| Must to trad climbs at HCR? | bigfatrock | 7 | Dec 27 2008, 10:45 PM | |
| breaking into 5.13 | nfowler50 | 6 | Sep 05 2008, 4:44 PM | |
| Weather Conditions - March 11-15 | circello | 1 | Mar 12 2008, 11:00 AM | |
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Dave Graham's new 8a at HCR | speedywon | 0 | Mar 06 2008, 10:04 AM |






