Bouldering Horse Pens 40

Steele, AL
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Bouldering Horse Pens 40
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Distance
1 miles
Route Type
Loop

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Forest
Bathrooms
Easy Parking
Scenic
Picnic Area
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Added by Edward Day

Horse Pens 40 is one of the premiere places for bouldering in the southeastern United States, with sandstone routes ranging from V0-V11.

Horse Pens 40 is a very well known place for bouldering throughout Alabama. The parking and location arepretty well-marked with signs as you get closer to arriving. Once you arrive and park at Horse Pens, you need to go inside the store to fill out a waiver and pay $6.50 to climb. The bouldering problems range from V0-V11, and are very famous for difficult top-outs with large slopers. A full detailed map of all the bouldering problems and their ratings is available here.  Horse Pens 40 also offers primitive camping from $13 to $15. Night climbing is also very popular during the summer due to the excessive heat.

Some popular climbs include: Crisifix (V4), Brawn (V4), Wasp (V2), Slider (V9), Uniball (V4), Spirit (V3), Genesis (V3), Millipede (V5)

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Carter Clark
4/20/2018
Tough bouldering and great camping scene
Horse Pens 40 is a great space to go to set up shop for a while and put big effort in to getting stronger. ...
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Destinie Duckworth
11/4/2016
Friendly Staff!
I went to Horsepens 40 for a spring break, & it was great. Saw a lot of climbs for beginners as well as some ...
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