Fern Buttress Rock Climbing

There are two ways to approach Fern Buttress.

First, you can park in the obvious pull off on Fayette Station Road. For any of the crags from Arm Forces area to Orchard Wall, this is the best way in. Walk slightly up the road to a wide old dirt path that goes downhill, eventually taking a sharp right into the woods. After crossing a small creek, do NOT keep following the creek down into the gorge. Keep heading on the trail until you see cliffline.

For access to the Fern Creek Falls area to Ritz Cracker area, you can park in the Fern Creek parking area off Lansing Edmond Rd. Take the Endless wall trail in heading toward Fern Creek. When you get to the Bridge, you can either cross the bridge and continue to the Fern Creek ladders (which will actually spit you out on the opposite side of Fern Creek- at the beginning of Endless Wall) or you can hang a right at the bridge, skirt the lip of the cliff on a trail, and rap in. There is usually a makeshift rappel station on the tree above the 5.8 crack route Night Moves.