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Knife Wall Bouldering

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	Boot Knife V1-2 5
	Full Tang V1 5
	Knife Crack V1-2 5

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Elevation:	1,314 ft	401 m
GPS:	39.63456, -77.46682 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 Knife Wall is a series of low, vertical faces left of the Chief Block in Catoctin Mountain Park. Punctuated by a striking, full-length crack amidst the bone-white lichen, the Knife Wall features sharp-but-good holds for fun, easy routes up an easily protected face.

Watch your fingertips - some of the holds are quite sharp.

Getting There

Follow the beta to Jabba the Hutt, then follow past around the Chief Block. The Knife Wall is the lichen-covered wall just left of the fissure.

Note: The Knife Wall only comprises of the mostly-vertical climbs between the fissure and the tree, and does not include the start of the overhanging sections of wall further left.