Arkansas · Rock climbing · Mountainburg

Small Wall Boulder

11-route bouldering and sport crag in Arkansas with 8 difficulty grades.

11 routes
5.5 – 5.13c
Sport · Bouldering

Is Small Wall Boulder open right now?

Closure in the area

There's a closure order in Ozark-St. Francis National Forest. It doesn't name Small Wall Boulder, 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 Small Wall Boulder

Best months: March–May and September–November. 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

    49° / 26°

    8 wet

  2. Feb

    54° / 29°

    7 wet

  3. Mar

    63° / 37°

    9 wet

  4. Apr

    72° / 46°

    9 wet

  5. May

    79° / 55°

    10 wet

  6. Jun

    87° / 64°

    9 wet

  7. Jul

    92° / 67°

    8 wet

  8. Aug

    91° / 66°

    7 wet

  9. Sep

    84° / 58°

    7 wet

  10. Oct

    74° / 47°

    8 wet

  11. Nov

    61° / 36°

    8 wet

  12. Dec

    52° / 29°

    8 wet

Typical high / low (°F) and days with rain or snow, 1991–2020. Measured at Mountainburg 2 Ne, AR, 8.6 mi away at 793 ft. Source: NOAA NCEI U.S. Climate Normals 1991–2020.

Small Wall Boulder is a bouldering and sport climbing area in the Boston Mountain Ranger District of the Ozark-St. Francis National Forest in Arkansas, managed by the Forest Service. It sits among a cluster of climbing spots, with Reservation Wall and Nasty Wall each about 0.1 mile away. The area has 11 routes, 10 of which are sport climbs and one is a boulder. Grades run from 5.5 to 5.13c, with the hardest route, Casualty Vampire Project, at 5.13c. The boulder route is the only one listed as a boulder, and the rest are sport. Jerry Barnett is the first ascent listed for several of the sport routes. Spring and fall are the most comfortable times to climb. Typical averages from a nearby weather station in Mountainburg show October highs around 74°F and April highs around 72°F, while July and August average in the low 90s. Shores Lake Campground is about 3 miles away, and the White Rock-Shores Lake West hike is about 3.1 miles off. White Rock Campground is roughly 5.8 miles away, and Frog Bayou, a canoeing spot, is about 7.6 miles away.

Routes (11)