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Governor Dick Park (aka Mount Gretna) Bouldering

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Areas in Governor Dick Park (aka Mount Gretna)

45 Area 0 / 1 / 0 / 31 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 31

Beautiful Day 0 / 0 / 0 / 5 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 5

Bulge Area 0 / 0 / 0 / 9 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 9

Circuit City Area 0 / 0 / 0 / 1 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 1

Clutch Area 0 / 0 / 0 / 3 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 3

Colflesh Area 0 / 0 / 0 / 42 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 42

Emerald City Area 0 / 0 / 0 / 6 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 6

Highball Area 0 / 0 / 0 / 28 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 28

Infinity Wall, The 0 / 0 / 0 / 1 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 1

Matrix Area, The 0 / 0 / 0 / 17 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 17

Mojo Area 0 / 0 / 0 / 4 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 4

Office Area 0 / 0 / 0 / 1 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 1

Otherlands 0 / 0 / 0 / 14 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 14

Prow Area 0 / 0 / 0 / 17 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 17

Pulley Area 0 / 0 / 0 / 15 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 15

Shamu Area 0 / 0 / 0 / 36 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 36

Smiley Area 0 / 0 / 0 / 24 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 24

Tower Area 0 / 0 / 0 / 25 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 25

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Elevation:	868 ft	265 m
GPS:	40.23758, -76.45891 Google Map · Climbing Area Map
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Description

Mount Gretna offers excellent bouldering inside Governor Dick's Nature Preserve. Composed of groups of diabase boulders strewn throughout a dense forest, the area can be tricky to navigate without a guide or guidebook but once mastered it takes just minutes to reach the nearest boulders. A great place to train and run bouldering circuits. Fall and spring are the best times to visit. Summer greets you with humidity, deer ticks, flies and dense underbrush.

Check the Governor Dick Bouldering on Facebook for the latest.

Getting There

From the PA Turnpike take Exit 266 (Lebanon/Lancaster) and turn Right after toll booths onto PA 72 (Lebanon Road). Travel approximately 2 miles then turn Right onto Cider Press Road. Continue to Stop sign and turn Right onto Pinch Road. Follow Pinch Road into nature preserve and park at Clarence Schock education center on Right just after State Game Lands sign.

Access

The local Access Fund org is the Governor Dick Bouldering Committee - FB link.

Bat Conservation | How You Can Help

See a Bat on a Route, Give Us a Shout!

Hey climbers, one of our SCPC members is working with Rob Schorr at Colorado State to help him spread the word about his bat research. Here’s a message from him about this important work and how, we as climbers, can help.

"Climbers for Bat Conservation is working with climbers to understand bat ecology and why bats choose certain cracks and flakes. We’re a collaboration between climbers, bat biologists, and land managers to understand where bats roost and where large populations may reside. We are interested in finding bats because of a new disease called white-nose syndrome (whitenosesyndrome.org) which has killed millions of bats in North America. This collaboration has identified bat roosts throughout the U.S., and as far away as Norway and Bulgaria. CBC was developed by biologists who climb and they are advocates for climbing access and bat conservation.

So, if you see bats while climbing, please let us know by emailing us at climbersforbats@colostate.edu, or visiting our website to learn more. climbersforbats.colostate.edu."

Thank You!
Rob Schorr

Zoologist, Colorado Natural Heritage Program (warnercnr.colostate.edu/rschorr/)
Director, Climbers for Bat Conservation
Robert.schorr@colostate.edu

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Classic Climbing Routes at Governor Dick Park (aka Mount Gretna)

Mountain Project's determination of the classic, most popular, highest rated climbing routes in this area.

V2 5+ 52 ● Overlord Boulder Shamu Area > Wave Boulders
V3 6A 71 ● Porcelain Boulder Matrix Area > Upper Matrix
V3-4 6A+ 58 ● The Original Route Boulder Highball Area > Highball Boulder
V4 6B 110 ● Smiley Face Boulder Smiley Area > Smiley Boulder
V4 6B 80 ● Fabulous Boulder 45 Area > 45 Degree Boulder
V4 6B 22 ● Astroboy Boulder Prow Area
V4 6B 89 ● Body Snap Boulder Colflesh Area > Body Snap
V5 6C 54 ● IT Boulder Prow Area
V5 6C 83 ● Colflesh Direct Boulder Colflesh Area > Colflesh Boulder
V5 6C 33 ● Bashista Yo Sista Boulder Bulge Area > Bashista Boulders Area
V6 7A 38 ● Year of the Dragon Boulder Matrix Area > Year of the Dragon
V6 7A 35 ● Body Snap Sit Boulder Colflesh Area > Body Snap
V7-8 7B 20 ● Islander Boulder Prow Area
V8 7B 18 ● Exhibit A Boulder 45 Area > 45 Degree Boulder
V10 7C+ PG13 5 ● The House of Cards Boulder Highball Area > Highball Boulder