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Great Falls

Submitted By: franciscov on May 15, 2008
Administrator: Keegan Dimmick
Elevation: 100 feet
Latitude: 38.9923  Longitude: -77.2490 
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Description 

A beautiful area in the Potomac River Gorge. The cliffs are about 60 feet high and made of hard, solid rock. The area is sunny and has lots of climbers and hikers. This is a major top rope climbing area with trees being the anchor norm.



Getting There 

It's about 20 minutes up stream, and west of Washington DC in Great Falls National Park.



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Lost Arrow crack

Lost Arrow 5.10  Virginia : Great Falls : Aid Box
For me this is one of the best climbs at Great Falls. Climb the obvious pin scarred crack using the small left facing dihedral on your right. Crux is grasping the holds on the left facing dihedral and moving beyond them. It is supposedly 5.11 if you go straight up the crack without the dihedral. Add a few letter grades for a mid-summer, humid-as-hell ascent :)...[more]