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horizon line v5

Description 

If there had to be one and only one boulder to serve as the poster boulder for GHSP, this one would have my vote.

This massive block is as aesthetic and striking as it gets. This proud boulder sits overtop of the park and can literally be seen from miles away.

The stone has been weathered for years and is mostly smooth to the touch, and tends to have a strange grippyness to its friction in cool weather, and it can also an uncanny absence of grippyness in the hot. This boulder is home to one of the best lines in the park as well; "Horizon Line"(V5). Come get a poster-worthy shot on this line and show it off to all of your friends.

Getting There 

Walk up the steep first hill and as you top out the hill along the trail, this cluster will come into view. The Horizon Boulder is the largest boulder (on the right hand side of the cluster) in the jumble of boulders on the next hilltop. Cluster One is the closest cluster to you (cluster 2, & 3 are out of the park).

The Classics

Featured Route For Horizon Boulder

Event Horizon V8  VA : Grayson Highlands State Par... : ... : Horizon Boulder

It doesn’t get much prouder than this boulder. This is the stand starts toughest line on the block.This is on the left side of the main face of Horizon, to the left of "Horizon Line " (V5).At the base of the boulder there is a large in-cut gap. To the left of this, look up and find the small quartzite crimps and crystals. Near these look for the best diagonal in-cut crimp rail, and this is the right hand for the stand start to "Event Horizon". I had to stand on two pads to reach the right hand w...[more]   Browse More Classics in VA