Mountain Project: Climbing Virginia

Submitted By: Keegan Dimmick on Aug 23, 2006
Administrator: Keegan Dimmick
Latitude: 37.6142 Longitude: -78.5083
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Description

The state of Virginia offers some great climbing. Most of the areas are small and remote located in national and state parks.

Guidebook

Make sure you pick up the Horst guide, Rock Climbing Virginia, West Virginia, and Maryland. This is a great reference for the more popular destinations like Old Rag and Great Falls.

The Classics

Mountain Project's determination of some of the classic, most popular, highest rated routes for Virginia:

Executioner's song 5.8 TR, 1 pitch, 40 feet Great Falls : Dihedrals

Strawberry Fields 5.9+ Trad, 1 pitch, 65 feet Old Rag : Reflector Oven

Report to Sickbay 5.10c Trad, 1 pitch, 100 feet Old Rag : Reflector Oven

Bushwhack Crack 5.10c Trad, 1 pitch, 50 feet Old Rag : Wall That Dreams Are Made O...

Oh My God Dihedral 5.10c Trad, 1 pitch, 70 feet Old Rag : Middle God's Area-Left

The The 5.13a Trad, 1 pitch, 60 feet Old Rag : Wall That Dreams Are Made O...

Featured Route For Virginia

Hutch on Oh My God Dihedral, Old Rag, Virginia, September 2007.

Oh My God Dihedral 5.10c VA : Old Rag : Middle God's Area-Left

A short "pitch" to belay at the base of the main corner, then up sweet laybacking butterscotch all the way to the top. Five star pitch. ...[more] Browse More Classics in VA

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By Ladd Raine
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From: Plymouth, NH
Oct 22, 2007

Check out this climbing video from rockclimbing.com featuring climbing in Virginia.

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