Horseshoe Canyon Ranch
Climbing Sections:
- Cliffs of Insanity (22)
- Confederate Cracks (50)
- Crackhouse Alley (27)
- Far East (22)
- Horseshoe Bouldering (20)
- Idaho Boulders (4)
- Land of The Lost (12)
- Magoo Rock (6)
- Middle East (20)
- Mullet Buttress (11)
- Prophecy Wall (8)
- Ren & Stimpy (7)
- Roman Wall (11)
- Sand Lot Boulder (0)
- South Idaho Boulders (11)
- The Goat Cave (10)
- The North Forty (88)
- The North Forty Boulders (26)
- The Titanic (8)
- 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 23 posts )
| Subject | Author | Replies | Last Post | |
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| 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 | |
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HCR cracks - are they dry? | jkasmann | 0 | Feb 25 2009, 6:44 AM |
| 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 |
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Climbing at Horseshoe Canyon, Dec 16-30 | thunder_suns | 0 | Dec 08 2007, 11:39 AM |
| horse shoe canyon ranch. dec. 3-6 | charley | 1 | Dec 01 2007, 8:24 PM | |
| bad idea to come climb in July? | arthur | 1 | Jun 25 2007, 4:48 PM | |
| HCR beta | kathryn | 12 | Mar 06 2007, 8:03 PM | |
| in search of partner for trips to hcr | jason1211 | 1 | Jan 20 2007, 2:06 AM | |
| march | snowzone | 1 | Jan 15 2007, 4:06 AM | |
| Horshoe Canyon ranch in January? | melonman | 4 | Dec 24 2006, 12:18 PM |






