Arkansas · Rock climbing · Deer

Main Cluster

Main Cluster in Arkansas has 5 bouldering routes across 4 grades.

5 routes
V2 – V5-6
Bouldering

Is Main Cluster open right now?

Closure in the area

There's a closure order in Ozark-St. Francis National Forest. It doesn't name Main Cluster, so check the source for the area it covers (9 listed).

As of · Source: USFS · Ozark-St. Francis National Forest. Agencies don't list every closure — check before you go.

Best time to visit Main Cluster

Best months: March–October. Best months have typical highs of 55–85 °F, lows of 30 °F or warmer (32 °F where the station doesn't record snow), at most one snowy day and no more than 12 wet days.

  1. Jan

    42° / 26°

    8 wet

  2. Feb

    46° / 29°

    7 wet

  3. Mar

    55° / 36°

    9 wet

  4. Apr

    64° / 45°

    9 wet

  5. May

    70° / 55°

    10 wet

  6. Jun

    79° / 64°

    9 wet

  7. Jul

    82° / 67°

    8 wet

  8. Aug

    83° / 67°

    7 wet

  9. Sep

    75° / 60°

    7 wet

  10. Oct

    65° / 49°

    8 wet

  11. Nov

    54° / 38°

    8 wet

  12. Dec

    44° / 29°

    8 wet

Typical high / low (°F) and days with rain or snow, 1991–2020. Measured at Deer, AR, 4.3 mi away at 2,375 ft. The station sits about 1,000 ft higher than this place, so expect it a little warmer here. This station doesn't record snowfall. Source: NOAA NCEI U.S. Climate Normals 1991–2020.

Main Cluster is a bouldering area in the Hurricane Creek Wilderness, part of the Buffalo Ranger District of the Ozark-St. Francis National Forest in Arkansas. The Forest Service manages the land, and the cluster sits within designated wilderness. The area has five bouldering routes, all of which are boulder problems. The grades range from V2 to V5-6, with the median around V3-4. Danny Hupp is the first ascent listed for all of them. The routes are Sawed-Off Arete (V2), Dungeon Family (V3-4), Longo Bongo (V3-4), Reign Of Filth (V4) and Fat In A Famine (V5-6). Spring and fall are the most comfortable times to visit. Typical averages from a nearby weather station in Deer, Arkansas, run from highs around 64°F in April to about 65°F in October, with July and August highs near 82 to 83°F. That station sits roughly 1,000 feet below the cluster, so temperatures up high run cooler. Mill Creek, another climbing area, is about 0.6 miles away, and Hurricane Creek, a paddling route, is about 0.8 miles off. North Side and Front Area, both climbing areas, are each a little over 3 miles away.

Routes (5)