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// Rock climbing · Arkansas

Climbing at Fern

109 routes on 17 walls, 5.5–5.13c. In Arkansas. When the rock grips hour by hour, topos and people to climb with, in the app.

Routes
109
Walls
17
Grades
5.5–5.13c
Rock
Sandstone
Style
Sport
Best season (estimated)
March–May · September–November
// The grades

What grades are there?

Routes by grade

From 5.5 to 5.13c. Half are between 5.8 and 5.10d.

Each climb counts at its grade; ungraded ones are left out. In the app you can switch to French, UIAA, British or Font grades.

// The walls

Sun and shade

Mostly south-facing: sun for much of the day. A winter crag; in summer, go early or late.

North0 sectorsNortheast0 sectorsEast1 sectorSoutheast2 sectorsSouth9 sectorsSouthwest2 sectorsWest0 sectorsNorthwest1 sector

Estimated best season: March–May · September–November. Worked out from each wall's aspect and the latitude; the app fine-tunes it with what climbers log.

Friction ScoreHow the rock grips, hour by hour and wall by wall. In the app, for every crag on the map. See it in the app →ILLUSTRATIVE EXAMPLE

// Walls

The 17 walls

ASPECT · GRADES · ROUTES
01Bleeder Boulder5.6–5.12a19 routes
02Reservation WallS · 197° · 5.6–5.12b16 routes
03Fern NorthSW · 204° · 5.6–5.11a15 routes
04Small Wall BoulderS · 197° · 5.5–5.13c11 routes
05Nasty WallS · 197° · 5.9–5.11d7 routes
06P.K. BoulderS · 164° · 5.7–5.11a7 routes
07Fern BoulderingSW · 223° · V1–V76 boulders
08Cowboy Boulder5.6–5.12c5 routes
09Slap Happy areaSE · 113° · 5.8–5.11a5 routes
10Oriental WallNW · 303° · 5.10a–5.12c4 routes
11Psychadelic BoulderS · 194° · 5.8–5.10c4 routes
12Charlton Heston BoulderE · 101° · 5.7–5.10b2 routes
13The DojoSE · 140° · 5.10b–5.10c2 routes
14Factual BoulderS · 197° · 5.11a–5.12a2 routes
15Happy WallS · 162° · 5.7–5.10c2 routes
16Jesus BoulderS · 176° · 5.13a1 route
17Yes Ma'am BoulderS · 182° · 5.81 route

Route names, topos and approaches are in the app.

// Where it is

On the map

Devils canyonArea 51Bigfoot HollowShepherd SpringsSpy RockDeSoto Bouldering AreaFernARKANSAS · 6 CRAGS WITHIN 25 MIBoundaries © Natural Earth
// Nearby

Crags nearby

// The Friction Score for every crag

Climb more. Guess less.

When the rock grips, hour by hour and wall by wall; topos, your logbook and people to climb with. In your units (°F or °C) and your grades (YDS or French). The social side is free, always.

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