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Smelted Boulder Climbing

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	He Who Dealt It V3 6A
	He Who Smelt It V1 5
	Iron Ore V1 5
	Shaper's V2+ 5+

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Elevation:	1,287 ft
GPS:	39.64901, -77.44064 Google Map · Climbing Area Map
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Description

**January 2022 Access update for bouldering at Catoctin**

The Park requests that the following boulders be effectively closed to climbing:

Hog Rock trail area: Warfare/Knifewall and Chief Block/Gateway Fin
Thurmont Vista area: Sudden/Smelted
Chimney Rock (only the Chimney Rock area itself – the Pyramid Boulder is outside the area of concern)

Mid Atlantic Climbers asks that the local climbing community respects this request in order to protect overall access to bouldering in the Park. See here for more info.

The Smelted Boulder is a boulder just along the Blue Ridge Summit Overlook trail. Although low, there are many features on this boulder that make for interesting traverses and some steep, short, hard problems.

Getting There

From the Charcoal Exhibit parking area, follow the trail towards Thurmont Vista/Blue Ridge Summit. After a few hundred feet, the trail comes to a crossroads. Take the left fork of the trail towards the Blue Ridge Summit/Hog Rock and follow for another few hundred feet. The Smelted Boulder will be on the right side of the trail, just below the more prominent Sudden Boulder.