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Routes Sorted
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40 OZ of Justice 
8 Ball 
Ale-8-One 
Ball Scratcher 
Ben 
BOHICA 
Breathe Right 
Buff the Wood 
Burlier's Bane 
Chainsaw 
Convicted 
Crime Time 
Cutthroat 
Flour Power 
Flux Capacitor 
Golden Touch 
Harvest 
Heart Shape Box 
High Hard One (aka Subman), The 
Hoofmaker 
Hot For Teacher 
Injured Reserve 
Kick Me In The Jimmie 
Laura 
Leave it to Beavis 
Low Easy One, The 
Madness, The 
One-Eyed Willy Up the Back 
Pushing Up Daisies 
Reacharound, The 
Resurrection 
Rocket Dog 
Sauce, The 
Skin Boat 
SKWBA 
Snapper 
Snooker 
Stabbed in the Back 
Stain 
Stella 
Swahili Slang 
Team Wilson 
Trad Sucker 
Transworld Depravity 
Trust in Jesus 
Tuna Town 
Twisted 
Verdict, The 
White Man's Overbite 
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Description 

Huge area with the highest concentration of hard sport climbing around


Getting There 

Once you get to the bottom of the hill on Bald Mtn Rd there will be a parking lot on you right. Park there and take any of the trails.


The Classics

Mountain Project's determination of some of the classic, most popular, highest rated routes for The Motherlode:
Chainsaw   5.12a     Sport, 1 pitch, 60 feet, Grade V   
Kick Me In The Jimmie   5.12a     Sport, 60 feet   
Buff the Wood   5.12b     Sport, 1 pitch, 55 feet   
Ale-8-One   5.12b     Sport, 1 pitch, 70 feet   
Stain   5.12c     Sport, 50 feet   
Resurrection   5.12c     Sport, 1 pitch, 80 feet   
Heart Shape Box   5.12c/d     Sport, 50 feet   
8 Ball   5.12d     Sport, 70 feet   
Team Wilson   5.12d     Sport, 1 pitch, 85 feet   
Tuna Town   5.12d     Sport, 1 pitch, 80 feet   
Skin Boat   5.13a     Sport, 80 feet   
Snooker   5.13a     Sport, 60 feet   
40 OZ of Justice   5.13a     Sport, 110 feet   
Hoofmaker   5.13a     Sport, 80 feet   
Convicted   5.13a     Sport, 1 pitch, 75 feet   
BOHICA   5.13b     Sport, 100 feet   
Flour Power   5.13b     Sport, 1 pitch, 90 feet   
Pushing Up Daisies   5.13c     Sport, 130 feet   
The Madness   5.13c     Sport, 120 feet   
Transworld Depravity   5.14a     Sport, 1 pitch, 100 feet   
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Jeff Fulgham on Snooker. Fall 2009. <a href='http://www.mattkuehlphoto.com' target='_blank' rel='nofollow' >www.mattkuehlphoto.com</a>

Snooker 5.13a  KY : Red River Gorge : The Motherlode
This is an all-time classic that draws crowds from around the world. A tough boulder problem gets things going, then after an awkward rest, cruise up the steep face on sustained crimping to a worse-than-it-looks shake on the left margin of the hueco. When you're ready, head left and over the roof to steeper climbing on bigger holds to the chains....[more]   Browse More Classics in KY


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