Cathey's Creek Crag

Brevard, North Carolina

North Carolina

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  • Inside National Forests in North Carolina

    2 managing-area boundaries mapped — agency alerts for them feed this page automatically.

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  • No access route mapped

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At a glance

11 routes
5.7 – 5.14a
Sport · Mixed · Trad

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About this crag

Cathey's Creek Crag is a climbing area in North Carolina with 11 routes spanning 9 distinct difficulty grades. The area features bouldering pads, mixed, sport, and trad climbing styles.

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Typical monthly averages (not a forecast) from the Brevard, NC weather station, 3.8 mi away. High / low in °F, and days with snow.

  1. Jan49° high25° low1 days with snow
  2. Feb53° high27° low1 days with snow
  3. Mar60° high33° low
  4. Apr69° high41° low
  5. May75° high50° low
  6. Jun81° high58° low
  7. Jul83° high62° low
  8. Aug82° high62° low
  9. Sep77° high55° low
  10. Oct69° high43° low
  11. Nov59° high32° low
  12. Dec51° high28° low1 days with snow

Source: NOAA NCEI U.S. Climate Normals 1991–2020

Where it is

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Forest Service

Source: USFS EDW boundaries; USGS PAD-US 4.1

Conditions

Active alerts for Pisgah Ranger District as of Oct 9, 2026:

Source: USFS forest alerts

Nearby

Source: Roamze catalog (indexable pages within 10 miles, PostGIS distance)

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