Lake Belton Climbing

Located just west of Temple Texas and 60 miles north of Austin, Lake Belton's waters are lined with miles and miles of steep limestone cliffs. The lake is well known for the bouldering area at Roger's Park, but is less known for the sport crags scattered around its shores. Development began in the early 1990s with legendary Texas climbers such as Jeff Jackson and Jack Mileski putting in lines at Miller Springs and Morgans Point and then continued from the late 90s through the early 2000s with the next generation of equippers discovering new crags like Cen Tex Cave and Beggars Tomb sprinkled around the lake. The style of the area is generally short and steep with a majority of the routes dialing in at the 5.12 to 5.13 range.Because the area caters to more advanced climbers and a formal guide was never published, Lake Belton's sport climbing faded into obscurity, but is starting to see new development and a renewed interest from the Texas climbing community. As more moderate routes become established and more beta is given to the general public on pages such as this, we may see Lake Belton rival the popularity of areas like Reimer's Ranch at some point in the future. Note that since some of these crags are near 30 years old and haven't had much attention over the decades, you will need to use your own judgement when trusting the hardware. There are a good number of routes at Miller Springs, Morgan's Point and Cen Tex Cave that were retro-bolted starting in 2013. Most crags can be accessed by foot/car, but there are a few that require a boat to get across the lake.