Barton Springs Greenbelt

Park and popular rock climbing area within Austin city limits (not the music festival).

Sub-locations

Barton Springs Pool

141 photos

Universal pictogram of climbing. Barton Springs...
Catherine taking a breather on a ledge.
Catherine, with no doubt a view of Hwy 360 and MoPAC...
At the top.
John studying the guidebook, and with some concern,...
Ohh, now I understand.
Catherine, self-portrait.
Hanging out on the rock.
On the ground again.
Catherine on a slightly easier route.
Catherine, smiling for the camera.
John, getting ready to rappel.
John, getting ready to rappel.
John, anchoring himself in before a rappel off Over Easy...
Jay climbing at the Barton Springs Green Belt. This is...
Jay on his first day climbing in seven years.
Centipedes! These guys were everywhere. Thankfully we...
Jay unties after his first climb.
Monica climbing in the Barton Springs Greenbelt.
John, climbing some 5.9 climb that I forget the name of....
John, looking to clip the anchor on Over Easy (5.9?).
Monica trying her hand on the sharp end of the rope on...
Monica climbing on lead in the Barton Springs Greenbelt.
Monica on lead, about to pull the roof below the anchor.
John, top-roping the climb that Monica just led.
John, working on a 5.10d climb in the Barton Springs...
John, on about the 10th try, manages to grab the ledge...
Pulling the roof via a mantel.
John, after clipping the anchors on the 5.10d. The...
Monica staying dry by staying under the cliff that we...
Jay, after his first day of climbing in seven years. I...
On Sunday, Catherine, Jay, Monica and I headed out for...
Jay and Catherine enjoying Barton Creek, near New Wall,...
John, wondering where his wetsuit is. This water feels...
Catherine, Monica and John in Barton Springs. New Wall...
John getting ready to climb some route or another....
A lot of folks here on a sunny Sunday.
John seconding School Boy (5.9+).
John, leading an unknown 5.10 route on the next wall to...
Jay, inspecting John's lead, or maybe getting ready to second it.
Jay seconding a 5.10 route, while Monica belays.
Jay, near the top of the same 5.10.
Next, I found a good perch to get more interesting...
Monica making the first crux move.
Monica taking a rest.
Reaching for that next hold.
Not quite there!
Finally!
Monica below the second crux near the top of the route.
Going for it...
Falling!
Trying again.
Jay gives Catherine some beta (and a belay) as she...
Monica goes swimming after an exhausting climb.
Catherine reaching for a crucial hold. I think I like...
Jay belaying.
It started to get a little crowded when some other folks...
Jay has great facial emotions when he climbs. Looking...
Jay chalking a hand after passing the first crux.
Jay making a bear's reach between a small finger jug...
Again, Jay has great climbing expressions. Great to photograph.
Jay, thinking about how to pass the second crux.
Keeping body in close to the wall.
Jay, going for the crux move.
Jay, looking for a good hold.
Monica taking a swim.
Jay found that he could enjoy an endless swimming pool...
But it was also easy to stand since the water was being...
Another fun game: let the current hold you horizontal...
Trying to get back on top of the rock without getting my...
Monica hanging out in Barton Creek.
Catherine self portrait. Nice reflection in the shades.
John.
Playing in Barton Creek.
Looking at Barton Creek in the Greenbelt in Austin. ...
Not so much water.
John considers his next move on Meet the Flintstones in...
John releases the rope from his mouth as he has it with...
John blends into the rock.
At the beginning there are some easier big steps up.
But then it starts getting harder.
Jay gives Catherine tips before she heads up Flintstones.
Starting the big juggy parts.
Making a big step onto a ledge.
Stopping for an awkward photo. Note all the other...
Cool zoomed out shot.
Catherine pulling around or up something.
Sadly, it took me three tries to get to the top of this;...
Jay's friend Austin (in green).
Catherine continuing a little higher.
Reaching for the next hold.
Either looking around, or falling.
Just hanging around.
John working on the route next to Flintstones. Mr. Slate?
John coming out from under the ledge.
Looks like he has it...
... doh. John gets beta from Jay, below.
Trying again.
John makes a move.
Reaching...
No dice.
John would eventually make it out of here. At some...
John looking for suggestions.
Looking around the ledge.
Zoomed out a bit.
Doh.
John, jumping in Barton Springs pool.
Very refreshing...
Catherine jumping in Barton Springs Pool.
Jay, swimming.
Jay at the pool.
Jay, Catherine and Monica at Barton Springs Pool.
Underwater at the Barton Springs Pool
Underwater at the Barton Springs Pool
Jay!
Monica looking very cold.
Catherine, blowing bubbles.
Catherine, underwater.
Jay, underwater.
John and Catherine.
We went on a hike in the Greenbelt. Here's Jay with a...
John and Monica, remember when we went climbing and...
Don't worry, that's actually a lizard in there, not a...
Diana hiking in the Greenbelt in her watermelon shorts.
Jay and Diana looking up at a wall (Gus Fruh, maybe?).
Jay was going to show us how it was done...
... but decided not to. There's a bit of a big drop on...
Proof that I was on this hike!
Now, that thing before that I said wasn't a snake? It...
Mourning New Wall.
Jay and Diana.
Diana photobombing.
Hiking in the Greenbelt.
More hiking.
Jay ponders another wall. This is also another great...
Very very dry.
Awesome trail marker.
Catherine and Jay resting at our turnaround place.
A closer look at New Wall. That big J-shaped piece of...
Barton Springs! Always delightful on a warm day,...
Diana looks like a native Austinite.