A 2 move wonder a bit downhill and left of the obvious Pyramid Boulder.

Tooth Fairy

Zen in a Blender

Half Brained

Dendrology

Pyramid

Midnight Rightening

The Pizza Problem

Midnight Frightening

Criss-Cross Crash

Dos Equis

Picasso

Soul Dust

Titanic

Non-Believer

Rain

Squat start on (relatively bad) opposing sidepulls in orange rock. Make a couple tricky moves to get to the juggy slot and find the path of least resistance to top out. PG13 for the height and rocky landing zone. The topout is currently pretty mossy and the top of the boulder is overgrown... Be safe!

Right at the 3rd pullout, this low roof with 2 obvious chalked up slopers is about 15 feet off the road.  Tough

From the start holds of rain, go straight up rather than right.

This is a great techy, flowy line left of Midnight Frightening. Start on a large undercling/sidepull then ride the rail of left-facing fingerbuckets and crimps to the top. A bit cruxy reaching the lip and topping out, but the holds are there. Make sure to have a few pads and/or a spotter to protect the high crux moves.

Super fun V0 up the center of an aesthetic boulder.  Hidden behind the boulder with zen in a blender, an obvious pyramid shaped boulder with jugs at the start.

Got strong friends trying Midnight Frightening? Well hop on this bad boy between spotting sessions. This is the rightward-trending variation to Midnight Frightening. Start the same, but after reaching the large gaston flake, make a move up and right to an obvious notch and top out that way. 

A really fun route about 50 feet to the climbers right of midnight frightening, about 75 feet off the road a bit before the first pullout.

This highball crimper is the king line of DeSoto.  A free standing boulder about 75 feet off the road from before the first pullout at about the start of the area. Start at the intersection of the cracks near the right side of the boulder and climb up and left. 

Cool Arkansas jug haul with a tough, awkward Gaston start.  Cool, but also the first move is likely tough for the grade. Just to the left of Zen in the Blender right off the road after the third pullout.

Body tension and technique heavy on interesting holds, perhaps a bit stout for the grade

Directly to the left of Picasso, a right facing sloping rail with a tricky topout.

A jutting prow visible from the road at the far end of desoto proper.  Techy and a bit painful with a lot of use of heel hooks.

Face to the right of titanic, start on the arete at the obvious jug and climb up and left to a bit of a high mossy topout.

The clear arete on the right side of the next block to the right (further up the road) of Picasso, cool pinches and arete shenanigans lead to an easy topout. 

DeSoto is a nice area in the Mulberry Valley, with a large amount of great technical boulders that favor body tension and footwork above normal Arkansas thuggery.  With 0 approach time and a high amount of boulders, its a surprise this area isn't more popular than it is.

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Routes in DeSoto Bouldering Area