Kentucky Statistics

Grade context: US
Photos: 97
Ascents: 13,439

SPORT 61% TRAD 31% BOULDER 2% TOP ROPE 1% UNKNOWN 1% DEEP WATER SOLO .4% AID .2%

General area statistics

Area Name: Kentucky
Number Routes: 3,805
Number Areas: 324
Number Activity Updates: 23,282
Number Ascents: 13,439
Areas With Description: 77
Routes With Description: 246
Routes With Ascent Coverage: 1,563
Trad Routes: 1,200
Sport Routes: 2,358
Top Rope Routes: 65
Multipitch Routes: 10
Aid Routes: 7
Boulder Problems: 114
Alpine Routes
Ice Routes
Average Height: 19
Route Grade Contributions: 3,680
Number Topos: 38
Number Routes With Topos: 56
Number Favorite Crags: 4
Number Shortcuts: 464
Number Distinct Route Ascents: 11,719
Trad Route Ascents: 675
Sport Route Ascents: 9,956
Multipitch Route Ascents: 115
Aid Route Ascents: 1
Boulder Route Ascents: 559
Alpine Route Ascents
Ice Route Ascents
Number Ticks: 11,350
Number Hits: -5
Number Ghosts: 142
Number Pure Ascents: 7,891
Number Repeat Ascents: 1,001
Number Routes Repeated: 728
Number Quality Ratings: 6,025
Number Relative Difficulty Ratings: 3
Number Ascent Comments: 3,214
Number Photos: 97
Number Distinct Route Photos: 47
Number Contributing Publications
Number Climbers Indicating Ascent: 497
Height Profile
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Hardest Tick Ascent
Hardest Clean Ascent
Hardest Lead Ascent
Hardest Onsight Ascent
Hardest Flash Ascent: Immaculate Deception {5.11d}
Hardest Redpoint Ascent: Gene Wilder {5.12d}
Hardest Pinkpoint Ascent
Hardest Second Ascent
Hardest Clean Second Ascent
Hardest Solo Ascent
Hardest Top Rope Ascent
Hardest Clean Top Rope Ascent
Hardest Aid Ascent
Area Quality Score: 63
Area Difficulty Score: 46
Area Busyness Score: 13
Area Grade Accuracy Score
Hardest Routes: Wonka Vision {5.15a}; Gold Star Project {5.14+}; Biophilia {5.14+}; Southern Smoke Direct {5.14d}; Pure Imagination {5.14d}; The Golden Ticket {5.14d}; Your Heaven, My Hell {5.14d}; Zoolander {5.14d}; Covert Methods {V12}; Mr. Sandy {5.14c}
Easiest Routes: Closed Project {Class 3}; Second Pinnacle {Class 4}; Standard Route {Class 4}; Ellen's Descent {Class 4}; Gunsight Gully {Class 4}; Cat's Crawl {5.0}; Colonic Irrigation {5.0}; Blue Belly Lizard Pinnacle {5.1}; Rocky Road {5.1}; Dave Cave {5.1}
Busiest Routes: Whipstocking {5.11a}; Moonbeam {5.9}; Sunshine {5.9}; To Defy the Laws of Tradition {5.10a}; Breakfast Burrito {5.10d}; Fuzzy Undercling {5.11b}; A.W.O.L. {5.10b}; A Brief History of Climbing {5.10b}; Mr. Bungle {5.8}; Ro Shampo {5.11d}
Busiest Beginner Routes: American Crack {5.4}; Mary Pop-Parazzi {5.5}; Yu Stin Ki Pu {5.5}; Calypso III {5.2}; Acrophobiacs Anonymous {5.4}; Lowered Expectations {5.5}; Route 48 {5.5}; Caver's Route {5.4}; Lucky Duck Soup {5.5}; Bonzo's Revenge {5.4}
Busiest Intermediate Routes: Moonbeam {5.9}; Sunshine {5.9}; To Defy the Laws of Tradition {5.10a}; Mr. Bungle {5.8}; Creature Feature {5.9}; 27 Years of Climbing {5.8}; C Sharp or B Flat {5.7}; Roadside Attraction {5.7}; Plate Tectonics {5.10a}; Face Up to That Crack {5.8}
Busiest Experienced Routes: Whipstocking {5.11a}; Breakfast Burrito {5.10d}; Fuzzy Undercling {5.11b}; A.W.O.L. {5.10b}; A Brief History of Climbing {5.10b}; Ro Shampo {5.11d}; Monkey in the Middle {5.11b}; Pulling Pockets {5.10d}; Air-Ride Equipped {5.11a}; Fire and Brimstone {5.10d}
Busiest Expert Routes: Mosaic {5.12c}; Orange Juice {5.12c}; Super Best Friends {5.12b}; Cell Block Six {5.12c}; Infectious {5.12b}; Jesus Wept {5.12d}; The Suffering {5.12b}; Gung Ho {5.12b}; Mercy, the Huff {5.12b}; Buff The Wood {5.12b}
Busiest Elite Routes: Pure Imagination {5.14d}; Southern Smoke {5.14c}; Lucifer {5.14c}; Fifty Words For Pump {5.14c}; The Golden Ticket {5.14d}; Twenty Four Karats {5.14c}; Southern Smoke Direct {5.14d}; Zookeeper {5.14b}
Busiest Top Rope Routes: 42-Blue {5.11c}; 51-White {5.10b}; 42-Yellow {5.8}; 51-White {5.10}; 42-Green {5.9}; 49-Orange {5.10b/c}; 42-Blue {5.11b}; 51-Blue {5.11b/c}; 42-Green {5.9}; 49-Yellow {5.8}
Busiest Sport Routes: Whipstocking {5.11a}; Moonbeam {5.9}; Sunshine {5.9}; To Defy the Laws of Tradition {5.10a}; Breakfast Burrito {5.10d}; Fuzzy Undercling {5.11b}; A.W.O.L. {5.10b}; A Brief History of Climbing {5.10b}; Mr. Bungle {5.8}; Ro Shampo {5.11d}
Busiest Trad Routes: Roadside Attraction {5.7}; Face Up to That Crack {5.8}; Autumn {5.9}; Bedtime for Bonzo {5.6}; Rock Wars {5.10a}; Five Finger Discount {5.8}; American Crack {5.4}; Father and Son {5.7}; Calypso II {5.7}; Synchronicity {5.10d}
Busiest Boulder Routes: Split 30°-Yellow {V2}; 60° Roof-Black {V2}; The Point-Pink {V3}; S Curve-Purple {V2}; The Wave-Black {V2}; Big 30°-Yellow1 {V1}; Inverted Kicker-Purple {V1}; Ernie-Yellow {V4}; The Slab-Green {V2}; Triple Barrel-Red {V2}
Most Desirable Routes: Solar Flare {5.12b}; Triple Sec {5.12d}; Cell Block Six {5.12c}; Hippocrite {5.12a}; Easy Rider {5.13a}; Rock Wars {5.10a}; Ro Shampo {5.11d}; To Defy the Laws of Tradition {5.10a}; The Force {5.13a}; Snooker {5.13a}
Purist Routes: Pure Imagination {5.14d}; Ben {5.11a}; Baby Blue Eyes {5.10c}; Sacbrood Virus {5.12a}; Chimp {5.10a}; Snozzberries {5.12a}; Lynx Jinx {5.11c}; Eye of the needle {5.11b}; Omaha Beach {5.14a}; Toker {5.11a}
Highest Quality Routes: Jim's Dihedral {5.10a}; Electric Funeral {5.13a}; Hourglass Crack {5.10d}; Rules of Engagement {5.13a}; Opening Act {5.11b}; Shiva {5.13b}; Call Me Maybe {5.10a}; Skinny Love {5.12d}; The Abyss {5.12d}; On Thin Ice {5.12c}
Highest Quality Beginner Routes: Caver's Route {5.4}; Scrambled Eggs {5.1}; Gumby Unicorn {5.1}; School of Rock {5.4}; Hmmm {5.2}; Lucky Duck Soup {5.5}; Hazy Dazy {5.5}; American Crack {5.4}; Who Pooped the Playground {5.4}; The Perfect Pint {5.4}
Highest Quality Intermediate Routes: Jim's Dihedral {5.10a}; Call Me Maybe {5.10a}; Hot September {5.9}; Crack Attack {5.9}; Jungle Beat {5.9}; Rock Wars {5.10a}; Headstone Surfer {5.10a}; Where Lizards Dare {5.9}; Diamond In The Crack {5.6}; Boilerplate {5.8}
Highest Quality Experienced Routes: Standing Ovation {5.11b}; The Battlement {5.10c}; Hourglass Crack {5.10d}; Opening Act {5.11b}; Count Dooku {5.11c}; Kentucky Flu {5.10c}; Red Bull {5.11c}; Grab n' Go {5.10d}; Diablo {5.12a}; Fibrulator Direct {5.11c}
Highest Quality Expert Routes: Electric Funeral {5.13a}; Nagypapa {5.13d}; Cut Throat {5.13b}; White Man's Shuffle {5.13d}; The Abyss {5.12d}; Leave it to Beavis {5.12d}; Super Charger {5.13d}; Soul Ram {5.12b}; Samurai {5.12b}; On Thin Ice {5.12c}
Highest Quality Elite Routes: Pure Imagination {5.14d}; Lucifer {5.14c}; Southern Smoke {5.14c}; Fifty Words For Pump {5.14c}
Highest Quality Sport Routes: Golden Touch {5.13b}; Shiva {5.13b}; Blowin' Loadz {5.12c}; Appalachian Spring {5.13a}; Count Dooku {5.11c}; White Man's Shuffle {5.13d}; The Castle Has Fallen {5.13b}; Skinny Love {5.12d}; Tusken Raider {5.12d}; Grab n' Go {5.10d}
Highest Quality Trad Routes: Jim's Dihedral {5.10a}; The Battlement {5.10c}; Hourglass Crack {5.10d}; Hot September {5.9}; Solar Flare {5.12b}; Fibrulator Direct {5.11c}; Crack Attack {5.9}; Jungle Beat {5.9}; Briefer History of Climb {5.10d}; Rock Wars {5.10a}
Highest Quality Boulder Routes: Table Top {V3}; Fresh Beans (Sit) {V8}; Corner Problem {V7}; Hobbies Delight {V4}; Kryptonite {V6}
Hightest Quality Minor Areas: Midnight Surf; Oompa Loompa Land; Bob Marley Crag; Solarium; Area 6; Purgatory; The Sanctuary; Tower Rock; Funk Rock City; The Motherlode
Hightest Quality Major Areas: Southern Region; Coal Bank Hollow; Sore Heel Hollow; Pendergrass-Murray Recreational Preserve (PMRP); Red River Gorge; Kentucky; Natural Bridge Region; Miller Fork Recreational Preserve; Lower Gorge Region; Muir Valley
Hardest Minor Areas: Milk Chocolate Sector; Ivory Tower; Cat's Demise; Midnight Surf; The Motherlode; Drop Out Wall; Oompa Loompa Land; Solarium; Persepolis; The Dark Side
Hardest Major Areas: The Motherlode; Bald Rock Recreational Preserve (BRRP); The Chocolate Factory; Drive-By Crag; The Bear's Den; Bouldering Problems; Coal Bank Hollow; Southern Region; L'escalade Fitness; Pendergrass-Murray Recreational Preserve (PMRP)
Easiest Minor Areas: Pilot Rock; Pinch-em Tight Ridge; Flathead Wall 2nd Level; Jazz Rock; The Dome; Mariba Fork; Half Moon; The Guide Wall; Dunkan Rock; Chimney Top
Easiest Major Areas: Northern Gorge Region; Middle Gorge Region; Upper Gorge Region; Lower Gorge Region; Eastern Gorge Region; Long Wall; Muir Valley; Kentucky; Red River Gorge; Roadside Crag
Busiest Minor Areas: Phantasia; Left Flank; Solar Collector; Bruise Brothers Wall; Roadside Crag; Animal Crackers; The Shire; Solarium; Johnny's Wall; Northern Gorge Region
Busiest Major Areas: Gray's Branch Region; Natural Bridge Region; The Motherlode; Pendergrass-Murray Recreational Preserve (PMRP); Muir Valley; Sore Heel Hollow; The Chocolate Factory; Red River Gorge; Southern Region; Bald Rock Recreational Preserve (BRRP)
Highest Quality Crags: Red River Gorge
Busiest Crags: Red River Gorge
Classic Crags: Red River Gorge
Grade Icons: 5.7 - Roadside Attraction; 5.8 - 27 Years of Climbing; 5.9 - Jungle Beat; 5.10a - To Defy the Laws of Tradition; 5.10b - A Brief History of Climbing; 5.10c - Loompa; 5.10d - Breakfast Burrito; 5.11a - Whipstocking; 5.11b - Fuzzy Undercling; 5.11c - Banshee; 5.11d - Ro Shampo; 5.12a - Check Your Grip; 5.12b - Mercy, the Huff; 5.12c - Cell Block Six; 5.12d - Jesus Wept; 5.13a - Rules of Engagement; 5.13b - Table of Colors; 5.13c - Eternal Fire; 5.13d - Last of the Bohicans; 5.14c - Lucifer; 5.14d - Pure Imagination