Rock Climbing Virginia, West Virginia, and Maryland

by Eric J. Horst

• ISBN13: 9781560448129
• ISBN10: 1560448121
• Format: Trade Paper
• Copyright: 2001-08-01
• Publisher: FalconGuides

Summary

Describes more than 1200 routes at twenty-three different areas from popular topropes at Great Falls to the 300-foot multipitch classics at Seneca Rocks including maps topos and photos

Table of Contents

Virginia, West Virginia, Maryland Climbing Areas Overview	p. viii
Map and Topo Legends	p. x
Introduction	p. 1
Climbing History	p. 2
Geology and Geography	p. 5
Climbing Dangers and Safety	p. 7
Objective Dangers	p. 9
Access and Environmental Considerations	p. 11
Using This Guide	p. 15
Rating System	p. 17
Virginia	p. 19
Old Rag Mountain	p. 19
Overview	p. 19
Sunset Walls	p. 26
Summit Area Crags--West Face	p. 31
Skyline Wall	p. 32
Reflector Oven	p. 37
God's Area Crags	p. 40
Wall That Dreams Are Made Of	p. 47
Whale's Lip	p. 48
Eagle's Gift Area	p. 51
Ridge Trail Area	p. 52
Great Falls	p. 54
Overview	p. 54
Microdome	p. 58
Dihedrals	p. 60
Juliet's Balcony	p. 62
Seclusion and Romeo's Ladder	p. 65
Aid Box	p. 68
Bird's Nest and Canal Cut (Left)	p. 70
Cornice	p. 74
Dr. Needlepoint	p. 76
Boucher Rocks	p. 79
Harrisonburg Area Crags	p. 81
Overview	p. 81
Hidden Rocks	p. 85
Lower Hidden Rocks	p. 87
Hidden Cracks	p. 88
Hone Quarry	p. 90
Lovers' Leap	p. 92
Rawley Springs	p. 93
Rubble Rock	p. 93
Lovers' Wall	p. 93
Ice Cube	p. 95
Juliet's Tower	p. 95
Other Virginia Areas	p. 96
Crescent Rock	p. 96
Washington Wall	p. 98
Main Wall	p. 100
Right Sector	p. 103
Iron Gate	p. 105
Fetish Wall	p. 108
Gotham Wall	p. 110
Skyline Drive	p. 113
Compton Peak and Windham Rocks	p. 117
Mount Marshall	p. 117
Big Devil's Stairs and Little Devil's Stairs	p. 117
Mary's Rock	p. 117
Little Stoney Man Cliffs	p. 118
White Oak Canyon	p. 118
Hawksbill Mountain	p. 119
Blackrock and Split Rock	p. 119
Bearfence Mountain	p. 119
Other Crags	p. 120
McAfee's Knob	p. 120
Lynchburg Area Crags	p. 120
Hidden Valley	p. 122
Maryland	p. 123
Carderock and Great Falls	p. 123
Overview	p. 123
Carderock	p. 126
Jungle Cliff	p. 126
Hades Heights	p. 134
Great Falls	p. 143
Angler's Inn Rock	p. 143
Crag X	p. 143
Purple Horse	p. 144
Spitzbergen	p. 145
The Bulges	p. 146
Baltimore Area State Parks	p. 150
Overview	p. 150
Rocks State Park	p. 153
Biceps Wall	p. 155
Breakaway Wall	p. 157
Epitaph Wall	p. 161
Strawberry Jam Pillar	p. 162
Stripes Wall	p. 165
King's and Queen's Seat Area	p. 165
Smoke 'N' Ash Buttress	p. 168
Patapsco Valley State Park	p. 168
Ilchester Area	p. 168
Friction Wall	p. 172
Woodstock Wall	p. 173
Frederick Area Crags	p. 176
Overview	p. 176
Annapolis Rock	p. 179
Argo Rock	p. 181
Faint's Roof Area	p. 182
Fin Rock	p. 184
South End	p. 185
Sugarloaf Mountain	p. 186
Middle Earth	p. 188
The Pillar	p. 191
Boy Scout Ledges	p. 192
White Rocks	p. 193
Maryland Heights	p. 196
Main Wall	p. 196
Guess Wall	p. 200
Frenzy Wall	p. 201
West Virginia	p. 202
Coopers Rock	p. 202
Overview	p. 202
Haystack Block	p. 206
Roadside Rocks	p. 209
Jimi Cliff (a.k.a. Sunset Wall)	p. 209
The Big Blocks	p. 214
The Good Block	p. 216
Seneca Rocks	p. 219
Overview	p. 219
Southern Pillar	p. 224
Seneca South End	p. 227
Southeast Corner	p. 233
South Peak--East Face	p. 234
North Peak--East Face	p. 242
Southwest Corner	p. 244
Cockscomb, Humphrey's Head, and The Face of a Thousand Pitons	p. 247
South Peak--West Face	p. 251
North Peak--West Face (The Bell Wall)	p. 258
Nelson Rocks	p. 262
Overview	p. 262
West Fin, West Face	p. 268
Nelson Rockafella Wall	p. 268
Area 51 Wall	p. 269
Pillar Notch Area and Lower West Face	p. 269
The Pillar--South Face	p. 272
West Fin--East Face	p. 272
007 Wall	p. 272
The Future Wall	p. 275
Upper Corridor West	p. 277
East Fin, West Face	p. 277
Upper Corridor East	p. 277
Stone Gallows Wall	p. 278
The Sport Wall	p. 281
Crescendo Wall Area	p. 283
Lower Crescendo Wall	p. 283
Upper Crescendo Wall	p. 283
34D Wall	p. 288
Summersville Lake	p. 289
Overview	p. 289
The Coliseum	p. 296
The Gun Wall	p. 300
The Mega Boulder	p. 302
Excellent Buttress	p. 307
Satisfaction Area	p. 309
Narcissus Cave	p. 309
Orange Oswald Wall	p. 311
New River Gorge	p. 313
Overview	p. 313
Bubba City	p. 320
Bubba Buttress	p. 320
Central Bubba	p. 323
Ames Wall	p. 327
Head Wall	p. 328
Junkyard	p. 329
Bridge Buttress	p. 331
Endless Wall	p. 334
Fern Buttress	p. 334
Arm Forces Area	p. 337
Monolith Buttress Area	p. 337
Bosnian Buttress	p. 338
Conditioning Wall	p. 338
Gonad Wall	p. 338
Fern Point	p. 340
Exoduster Area	p. 344
Idol Point and Kaymoor Slab Areas	p. 344
Diamond Point and Honeymooners' Ladder Area	p. 346
Snake Buttress	p. 352
The Cirque	p. 353
Beauty Mountain	p. 359
The Brain Wall	p. 362
Burning Buttress Area	p. 363
Thunder Buttress Area	p. 363
Kaymoor	p. 365
The Hole	p. 368
First Buttress	p. 368
Rico Suave Buttress	p. 370
Fire and Ice Buttress	p. 371
White Wall	p. 371
Butcher Branch	p. 371
7-11 Wall	p. 375
Other West Virginia Areas	p. 378
Overview	p. 378
Bozoo	p. 378
White Wall	p. 383
Iceberg Area	p. 383
Necro Wall	p. 384
Bond Wall	p. 384
Bovine Wall	p. 386
Simpson's Wall	p. 386
Franklin	p. 387
Parking Area Wall	p. 389
Contact Zone	p. 390
Impact Zone	p. 390
The Meadow	p. 394
Seneca Rocks/North Fork Valley Region	p. 396
Further Reading	p. 397
Route Rating Comparison Chart	p. 398
Mountain Shops, Climbing Gyms, and Guide Services	p. 399
Climbing Organizations	p. 402
Route Name Index	p. 403
Rated Route Index	p. 412
About the Author	p. 421
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