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I will be heading to Big South Fork in early spring and looking for some sport climbs in the 5.10 - easy 5.11 range. Any suggestions?

Thx

yeah, the red.

there are a few sport routes right off of the parking area, several 10ish slabs, I also recall a sport route out the left side of a roof( trashcompactor like) area that was considerably harder

are you talking about blue heron or some other sport area within the bsf?

I was thinking it was named for a turtle but now I think you've got it, Blue Heron, close to the falls overlook

and the routes are okay but the Scoopy area at Oil Crack crag, Funk, The Zoo are all better

I gotta go with some others who have business in the area and thought I'd check out the climbing. Whenever I travel with business, I always bring my shoes and harness. Never know what may be available.

in my humble opinion some of the best looking lines weren't actual routes, the access to the top is okay so we TRed some stuff that was fun.

There are at least 50 routes at Blue Heron, most in the 5.10-5.11 range. Your best bet for beta is Nat's Outdoor Store in Bowling Green. Paul Jakus might have a guide, you can email him to find out: pjakus@econ.usu.edu

GWG, try this for a downloadable guide to the Big S. Fork: http:/web.utk.edu/~pjakus/bheron.htm There's tons of great rock and climbs in the Big South Fork, but it's not right next to the road so most of the Red wiener- posers don't like it there!