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Little River Canyon Climbing

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Areas in Little River Canyon

Brandnewbia 0 / 33 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 33

Concave, The 1 / 20 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 21

Crazy House 0 / 40 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 40

Delicious 0 / 12 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 12

Grace Falls 0 / 11 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 11

Jungle Gym/Grey Wall 0 / 21 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 21

Lizard Wall 0 / 40 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 40

Lynn Overlook 1 / 12 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 13

Masquerade Wall 0 / 6 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 6

Ninja Wall 0 / 15 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 15

Spider Wall 0 / 4 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 4

Toomsuba 0 / 39 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 39

Unshackled 0 / 27 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 27

Wave Wall 0 / 8 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 8

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Description

Little River Canyon National Preserve is a classic and historic climbing area located in Fort Payne AL.

Previously kept under the radar during the 80's/90's Little River Canyon has since been exposed for the past 10 years or so and thus featured in every major magazine to the sport.

The climbing here is steep and thuggy at times as well as technical thin and vert. The sandstone is of grand quality and the season is practically year round.

For a southern hardman LRC is not to be missed especially the famous "Concave" wall with its collection of classic lines in the .13-.14 range.

You cannot add or remove any bolts or have any equipment on your person that would allow you to do so, except as authorized by permit from the Superintendent.

Getting There

From Fort Payne, follow AL-35 14 miles to
"Little River Canyon National Preserve"

From here there is a two lane road with pulloffs at multiple spots for whatever wall you wish to access.

Camping

For primitive camping, check out True Adventure Sports. This smaller campground is right next to Canyon Rim Road, about a mile and a half from Unshackled Wall. They have a pit toilet and running water.

For those seeking more amenities and quicker access to the northeastern walls of the canyon, check out Little River RV Park & Campground [link: littleriverrvpark.com]. It's more expensive than TAS, but they have hot showers, wifi and the owners are climber friendly. This campground is located next to AL-35, so bring earplugs.

Guidebooks

Little River Canyon Guidebook

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Classic Climbing Routes at Little River Canyon

Mountain Project's determination of the classic, most popular, highest rated climbing routes in this area.

5.11a/b 6c 23 VIII- 23 E3 5c 56 ● Bitless Sport Crazy House
5.11b 6c 23 VIII- 23 E3 5c 41 ● Rocktoberfest Sport Crazy House
5.11d 7a 24 VIII 25 E5 6a 50 ● Rotten Pillar Sport Lizard Wall
5.11d 7a 24 VIII 25 E5 6a 32 ● Fight Club Sport Toomsuba
5.12a 7a+ 25 VIII+ 25 E5 6a 47 ● Toomsuba Sport Toomsuba
5.12a 7a+ 25 VIII+ 25 E5 6a 72 ● Cardboard Cowboy Sport Lizard Wall
5.12b 7b 26 VIII+ 26 E5 6b 35 ● Lion Sport Jungle Gym/Grey Wall
5.12b 7b 26 VIII+ 26 E5 6b 60 ● Robyn's Route Sport Lizard Wall
5.12b 7b 26 VIII+ 26 E5 6b 30 ● Movie Star Sport Unshackled
5.12c 7b+ 27 IX- 27 E6 6b 37 ● Majosha Sport Toomsuba
5.12c 7b+ 27 IX- 27 E6 6b 35 ● Distorto Sport Lizard Wall
5.12c 7b+ 27 IX- 27 E6 6b 29 ● Short Doug Sport Lizard Wall
5.12d 7c 28 IX 28 E6 6b 28 ● Long Doug Sport Lizard Wall
5.13a 7c+ 29 IX+ 29 E6 6c 31 ● Word Sport Concave
5.13b 8a 29 IX+ 30 E7 6c 24 ● Hooligans Sport Concave