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Rock Run Bouldering

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Areas in Rock Run

High Noon Area 0 / 0 / 0 / 2 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 2

Main Area 0 / 0 / 0 / 19 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 19

Ridge Area 0 / 0 / 0 / 10 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 10

Weeping Ruins Area 0 / 0 / 0 / 7 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 7

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Elevation:	1,082 ft	330 m
GPS:	41.5085, -76.934 Google Map · Climbing Area Map
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Description

Rock Run is an easily accessable bouldering area tucked away in the Loyalsock State Forest in North Central Pennsylvania. The rock is quartz conglomerate with a mixture of sandstone and is of great quality. The rock tends to dry quickly after rain and the friction is like velcro in the winter. In the summertime the waterfalls and swimming holes along the creek offer some relief from the heat with very cold waters.

While the main area offers a handful of boulders,there are many more boulders and short cliffs scattered along the upper ridge of the mountain, at the look out and along Miners Run via the Old Miners Trail.

Adjacent mountains offer untapped boulders so explore to your hearts content!

Getting There

The easiest way to access Rock Run is traveling North of Williamsport, PA to the small town of Ralston and then turn onto Thompson St. Take the forest service road, cross a bridge driving up past the cemetary and take a right at the fork in the road. Look for the boulders on the left in the woods. It is also possible to take the left fork up to a wide parking area on the right which should place you close to the Godzilla Boulder which is visable from the road. Head SouthEast from Godzilla to get to the rest of the boulders in the main area.

Bat Conservation | How You Can Help

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

Hey climbers, Ken Hull here with South Central PA Climbers. I’m working with Rob Schorr 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 Rock Run

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

V1 5 5 ● Velociraptor Boulder Main Area > Wave Boulder
V1 5 5 ● West Nile Virus Boulder Main Area > Mosquito Boulder
V3 6A 8 ● Mosquito Boulder Main Area > Mosquito Boulder
V3-4 6A+ 4 ● Mother Earth Boulder Main Area > Heavy Petting Zoo Bou…
V4 6B 4 ● Bad Voodoo Boulder Main Area > Wave Boulder
V4-5 6B+ PG13 7 ● Wave Boulder Main Area > Wave Boulder
V5 6C 4 ● High Noon Sit Start Boulder High Noon Area