Bridge Buttress  Photos:  Recent | Best | Popular Lat, Long:  38.152, -80.9272 Map Page Views:  38,369. Good page?    Administrators:  Ladd Raine, Tom Erickson Submitted By:  Ladd Raine on Apr 10, 2007 Make this area a Favorite What's New   Print a Mini-Guide with routes Add Route  Add Photo  Add Comment  Add Event  Wed Thu Fri Sat Sun 81° | 63° 77° | 46° 61° | 41° 64° | 45° 72° | 55°

One of the huge roofs found along the Bridge Buttr...

Description 

Sunny, Easily accessible, high usage area (especially by newbies and guides)

Recently many of the climbs have had anchors placed on the top of them, hopefully this will preserve the trees that have managed to survive the past 20 years of abuse.

First Area developed during the early 80s, location of the first lead (Zag 5.8), the first 5.10 (The Tree Route), first 5.11 (Englishman's Crack), and first 5.12 (Let the Wind Blow)

Getting There 

Heading north from Fayetteville take three rights after going over bridge, cliff is to your north once you pass under bridge

The Classics

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Handsome and Well-Hung 5.11a  WV : New River Gorge : ... : Bridge Buttress

Beautiful route.This route climbs the amazing looking corner under the roof. Very tenuous moves stemming in the corner with small gear and finger locks/laybacks just out of reach. This route has a beginning, middle(crux) and end.Crux of this climb is moving off a thin layback pinching a high undercling and deadpointing up and left with no feet. Smearing high and bumping up an right to a pinch then leaving your now comfortable undercling to get a jug way up there. Throw in a hand-jam and remember...[more]   Browse More Classics in WV

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BETA PHOTO: Bridge Area from across the river

BETA PHOTO: Save the cliff, get on the sharp end