Contact Boulder  Photos:  Recent | Best | Popular Page Views:  241. Good page?    Administrators:  Aaron James Parlier, Tom Erickson Submitted By:  Aaron James Parlier on Jul 4, 2012 Make this area a Favorite What's New   Print a Mini-Guide with routes Add Route  Add Photo  Add Comment  Add Event  Sat Sun Mon Tue Wed 59° | 39° 63° | 50° 64° | 52° 68° | 54° 72° | 55°

Joanna Jennings working through the second move of...

Description 

The Contact Boulder is more obscure and tricky to find than the others in the Contact Station Area, but it’s one of the best.

Contact has a nice, low, steep roof on the far right end (when viewed as looking at the main, long front face) and a handful of fun vertical problems all along its main face.

Be sure to try out "Full Contact", "Copperhead", and "Heel or Peel".

Getting There 

Walk the road past the pay-booth. As you're walking down the road look to the left for a gravel road with a DO NOT ENTER sign on it. This sign is to keep out traffic from going to private property. Walk down and stay on the road (don’t turn right as to continue further downhill). Look for a bulge in the landscape about 40 yards downhill and this is the rear of the boulder, you cannot see the main face since its oriented downhill.

No worries here, I assure you this is park land and that I have verbal permission from the park to post this boulder on Mountain Project. You wouldn’t see it on here otherwise.

The Classics

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Mostly Harmless V4  VA : Grayson Highlands State Par... : ... : Contact Boulder

Sit start same as "Copperhead" (v3) on large jugs with a left heel hook. Move straight up to a solid flake and then out right to a rail/flake. Work your feet to the right and use a heel on the start holds before starting the traverse, moving far right to a flat crimp. Lower your feet down into the crack area before bringing your left hand down to a crimp. From there bump up with your right or go big for the jug on the right side of the crack. The rest is jugs the whole way to the top out. ...[more]   Browse More Classics in VA