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Northern Mountains Region Climbing

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Areas in Northern Mountains Region

Black Mountain Range Alpine 9 / 0 / 0 / 1 / 9 / 0 / 1 / 10 / 10

Blowing Rock Boulders 0 / 0 / 0 / 16 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 16

Boone Greenway Trail Boulders 0 / 0 / 3 / 15 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 18

Choss Mountain Ice 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0

Corner Rock 0 / 0 / 0 / 27 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 27

Dump, The 8 / 30 / 4 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 37

Durham Park 0 / 0 / 1 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 1

Eve's Face 3 / 2 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 5

Greybeard Boulders 0 / 0 / 0 / 12 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 12

Holloway Mountain 8 / 1 / 6 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 10

Hound Ears 1 / 0 / 0 / 67 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 68

Lettered Rock Ridge 7 / 3 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 9

Linville Gorge 370 / 57 / 16 / 25 / 2 / 4 / 0 / 0 / 429

Little Wilson 1 / 18 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 19

McKinney Gap Boulders 0 / 0 / 0 / 30 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 30

Nolichucky Gorge 2 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 2

Rocky Knob Park 0 / 0 / 0 / 8 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 8

Ship Rock 59 / 3 / 1 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 61

Snake's Den 9 / 0 / 4 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 10

Sunken Treasure 12 / 3 / 1 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 15

Thunder Hill Boulders 0 / 0 / 0 / 28 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 28

Wall-K in the Park 0 / 0 / 0 / 3 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 3

Warren Wilson College 1 / 0 / 4 / 2 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 5

Weaver Knob Boulders 0 / 0 / 0 / 9 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 9

Wolf Branch/Rich Knob 0 / 0 / 0 / 7 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 7

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Description

All climbing northeast of Asheville.

Getting There

Most of the climbing is located between Boone and Morganton.

839 Total Climbs

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Classic Climbing Routes at Northern Mountains Region

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

5.5 4b 13 IV+ 11 MS 4a 328 ● North Ridge Trad 3 pitches Linville Gorge > Table Rock
5.5 4b 13 IV+ 11 MS 4a 355 ● The Mummy Trad 3 pitches Linville Gorge > Amphitheater
5.6 4c 14 V 12 S 4b 442 ● The Daddy Trad 5 pitches Linville Gorge > Amphitheater
5.7 5a 15 V+ 13 MVS 4b 254 ● Maginot Line Trad 4 pitches Linville Gorge > Shortoff Mountain
5.7 5a 15 V+ 13 MVS 4b 250 ● Edge of a Dream Trad Ship Rock > Upper Tier
5.8 5b 16 VI- 15 HVS 4c 256 ● Boardwalk Trad 2 pitches Ship Rock > Main Tier
5.8+ 5b 16 VI- 15 HVS 4c 232 ● White Lightning Trad 2 pitches Linville Gorge > Table Rock
5.8+ 5b 16 VI- 15 HVS 4c 110 ● Paradise Alley Trad 4 pitches Linville Gorge > Shortoff Mountain
5.9 5c 17 VI 17 HVS 5a 95 ● Construction Job Trad 3 pitches Linville Gorge > Shortoff Mountain
5.9 5c 17 VI 17 HVS 5a 238 ● Dopey Duck Trad 3 pitches Linville Gorge > Shortoff Mountain
5.9 5c 17 VI 17 HVS 5a 95 ● Airlie Gardens Trad 2 pitches Ship Rock > Main Tier
5.10a 6a 18 VI+ 18 E1 5a 128 ● Linn Cove Lullaby Trad 2 pitches Ship Rock > Main Tier
5.10a 6a 18 VI+ 18 E1 5a 133 ● Straight and Narrow Trad 3 pitches Linville Gorge > Shortoff Mountain
5.10a/b 6a+ 19 VI+ 19 E2 5b 98 ● Built to Tilt Trad 3 pitches Linville Gorge > Shortoff Mountain
5.10b 6a+ 19 VII- 19 E2 5b 95 ● Lost in Space Trad 3 pitches Linville Gorge > Hawksbill Mtn > Main Wall