North Side

Endless Wall. Fall view from Kaymoor. October, 200...

Description 

In general the crags on this side of the gorge are sunny, dry and have an earlier history than those of the South side. As a function of being climbed from an earlier date there are many more established routes on this side of the river than on the South side.

Areas include (upstream to downstream)

• Keeney's Buttress

• Beauty Mountain

• Endless Wall

• Ambassor's Buttress

• Bridge Area Crags

• Junkyard Wall

• Dog Wall

• Cat Cliff

• Bubba City

Getting There 

North Side of the gorge, across the bridge from Fayetteville.

Featured Route For North Side

Mellifluous 5.11a  West Virginia : New River Gorge : Fern Point

Classic NRG route with good variety...crack (tips-fingers-hands), thin face/slab (crux), and steep flake (layback). Climb crack to vertical slot mid-route. Protect well, solve slabby crux and move up face to nice horizontal. Then, follow left-leaning crack and flake to top. Crux is brief, but technical, and requires some thought. Pro is good. ...[more]

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Endless Wall, NRG, WV.