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All The Right Moves 
Arppeggio 
Bicycle Club 
Boing 
Bourbon Sauce 
Control 
Flight of the Gumbie 
Green Piece, The 
Hardcore Female Thrash 
Jumpin' Ring Snakes 
Just Another Glitch 
Kaos 
Lost Souls 
Low Voltage 
Ministry 
Mo' Betta' Holds 
Play it by Ear 
Sancho Belige 
Springer 
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Butcher's Branch 


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Collection of sports climbs 5.9-5.13-
This crag holds climbs for every sport climber. There are super pumpy 10s long 5.9s, and super classic 11+s, 12s, and 13s.

This is an awesome place that stays cool during the summer, well, as cool as possible.

Seeps after rain for at least one full day.


Getting There 

park at rogers take west trail and keep heading downhill to the west


The Classics

Mountain Project's determination of some of the classic, most popular, highest rated routes for Butcher's Branch:
Jumpin' Ring Snakes   5.9     Trad, 1 pitch, 85 feet   
Flight of the Gumbie   5.9+     Sport, 90 feet   
Boing   5.10b     Sport, 1 pitch, 70 feet   
Low Voltage   5.10b     Sport, 70 feet   
Springer   5.10b     Sport, 75 feet   
The Green Piece   5.10b     Sport   
Hardcore Female Thrash   5.11c     Sport, 1 pitch, 70 feet   
Sancho Belige   5.11c     Sport, 90 feet   
Mo' Betta' Holds   5.11c/d     Sport, 1 pitch, 80 feet   
Bicycle Club   5.11d     Sport, 70 feet   
Lost Souls   5.12a     Sport, 1 pitch, 60 feet   
Control   5.12a     Sport, 70 feet   
Ministry   5.12b     Sport, 55 feet   
Kaos   5.12c     Sport, 45 feet   
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Featured Route For Butcher's Branch
Michael Levato on Flight of the Gumbie. Photo by Joseph Lascurain

Flight of the Gumbie 5.9+  WV : New River Gorge : ... : Butcher's Branch
This climb starts on the right wall of the obvious huge left facing corner of Butcher's branch. Start up the jugs with wet feet and clip the first bolt, extend the heck out of these first couple ones! move up then right when you reach a small ledge and move out to the arete, complete the arte by using it and movingto the face around the other side, fight the pump on this sustained climb that offers no easy parts, and no rests all the way to the anchors.Classic climb that usually has a little lin...[more]   Browse More Classics in WV