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Cathey's Creek Crag 


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    Cathy's Creek 

    Cathy's Creek is quite the anomaly for Pisgah forest. It is overhanging and stays dry in a thunderstorm. The area is in the shade for most of the day. The climbing is powerful and gymnastic. A great resource for Pisgah climbers and those traveling through town. Please respect the wild and natural state of the area. Keep your dogs on a leash and pack out what you pack in.

    Nathan Brown and Eric Singleton began working on establishing routes in the Winter of 2012 after being shown the area by local Brevard College Students and climbers, Bennett Anderson and Davis King. Bennett and Davis had been scouting the area for several months before reaching out to Nathan and Eric for help in establishing the area.

    This crag is the realization of a dream Pisgah climbers have had for generations. To have overhanging, pumpy routes focusing on pure difficulty is truly a treasure and we must treat it like one.

    Routes were done top down and ground up, making it one of the few transitions cliff in Pisgah, allowing different ethics and styles to exist side by side. So each route has its own, unique character. You may get on a line and find yourself fist deep in a crack stemming your brains out or you could get on a line and find yourself with two fantastic slopers and a knee-bar.

    Please respect the natural beauty of this area. Yes it is a crag but it is also part of a National Forest and should be kept pristine! Practice Leave No Trace ethics at all times.

    This is not an excellent cliff for beginners or children. There is lots of loose rock and the routes are technically and physically difficult. Even the sport lines have some small run outs. Just keep in mind this is a North Carolina Crag established by North Carolina climbers and use your best judgement at all times.


    Getting There 

    Located above Cathy's Creek Falls. Please park sensibly and do not obstruct the forest service road. There is parking for 10 cars if you don't mind walking a few hundred yards up or down the road depending on where you park. CARPOOL CARPOOL CARPOOL.


    The Classics

    Mountain Project's determination of some of the classic, most popular, highest rated routes for Cathey's Creek Crag:
    LNT   5.9     Trad, 1 pitch, 100 feet   THE CAVE
    Risk Radar   5.9+     Trad, 55 feet   THE CAVE
    Junk Show   5.10+     Trad, 1 pitch, 90 feet   THE CAVE
    Crack of Tiers    5.10+     Trad, 1 pitch, 50 feet   THE CAVE
    Old Crow   5.11-     Trad, Sport, 1 pitch, 80 feet   THE CAVE
    Old Fashioned   5.11     Trad, 1 pitch, 65 feet   THE CAVE
    Jack the Ripper   5.11     Trad, 1 pitch, 65 feet   THE CAVE
    Jack in the Pulpit   5.11+ PG13     Trad, Sport, 1 pitch, 70 feet   THE GATEWAY WALL
    Shit Show   5.11+     Trad, 1 pitch, 90 feet   THE CAVE
    Old School   5.11+     Trad, 1 pitch, 80 feet   THE CAVE
    Cathy's Corner   5.11+     Trad, 1 pitch, 55 feet   THE CAVE
    Crown Royal   5.12-     Sport, 1 pitch, 40 feet   THE SPORT WALL
    Its Raining Men   5.12     Trad, Sport, 1 pitch, 45 feet   THE SPORT WALL
    Black Snake   5.12     Trad, 1 pitch, 65 feet   THE CAVE
    Wooly A   5.12     Sport, 1 pitch, 35 feet   THE SPORT WALL
    Tree Hugger   5.12     Sport, 1 pitch, 50 feet   THE CAVE
    Bail Don't Flail   5.12+     Trad, Sport, 1 pitch, 55 feet   THE CAVE
    Mr. X   5.12+ R     Trad, Sport, 1 pitch, 70 feet   THE GATEWAY WALL
    Lumberjack   5.12+     Sport, 1 pitch, 80 feet   THE CAVE
    Shattered Glass   5.12+     Sport, 1 pitch, 60 feet   THE CAVE
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    Featured Route For Cathey's Creek Crag
    Eric Singleton at the crux of Shattered Glass

    Shattered Glass 5.12+  NC : Cathey's Creek Crag : THE CAVE
    Stand on top of large boulder to grab the starting jug. Move up face and first crux past 2 bolts. Climb throug black roof and up and right to small mini roof just left of the anchors on Cathy's Corner. Fire through the final compression crux to anchors just up and left of Cathy's Corner's anchors....[more]   Browse More Classics in NC


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    By andjoely
    From: Clemson, SC
    Jun 1, 2012

    Most of the routes stay dry in the rain so it's one of the better spots in the area to climb on rainy days. It's definitely a high quality and locally significant small crag. I really enjoyed the incredibly pumpy climbing there.

    By Mike Reardon
    Apr 16, 2013

    First off, thanks to Nathan Brown and Eric Singleton for making this place happen!
    If interested... Check out www.cedarrockguide.com for a copy of your "Cedar Rock and Satellite Crags", outlining 200+ climbs the Cathey's/ Cedar Rock area. The book covers all 7 faces of Cedar in full detail, Victory Wall, Cathey's Creek, Pilot Rock, Fish Bowl Crag, and an abridged John Rock. You can order online or message me for a $23 copy. Enjoy!