PRINT: Bouldering in Road Blocks (Route 73), Northern WV

Road Blocks (Route 73)

W Virginia > Northern WV > Coopers Rock St… > Park Entrance Areas

Access Issue: Regarding Local Ethics Details

If you use chalk on the rock, brush it off when you are done. If you use tick marks, brush them off when you are done. Wipe your feet off prior to each climbing attempt. Excess chalk and any dirt, leaves, or mud can polish holds over time. Do not drag your pad from one climb to the next (in order to minimize erosion). And most importantly, Leave No Trace. Pick up your trash and place it in the trash cans at the trail head.

Description

These boulders are right in between I68 and Route 73. These boulder are basically right next to the interstate but they have some great lines on them. You can actually see these boulders from I68 on the way to coopers from Morgantown

Getting There

Going from Morgantown. Head I 68 towards Cooper's Rock State Forest. Take the Cooper's Rock exit go left then another left. Drive till you see boulders on you left. If you are on the road and the road takes a sharp right you have gone too far.

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Andrew Leich's Topo of the Area

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Mike Paugh
Morgantown, WV

Not to sure when the OG dates of or who named these blocks and route names but I can say for sure Doug Downs and I cleaned both of these blocks in their entirety sometime in February-April of 2011. Reason I know that is it was right before my son was born and the boulders looked like they hadn't been touched in decades. Just a historical tidbit for ya! Nov 8, 2022

Ray Weber
Coopers Rock State Forest

Thanks for recleaning these lines Mike but they were dirty again haha! I have been climbing on these blocks since the late 1980s and early 1990s… Nov 8, 2022