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End of the Logging Road Bouldering
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| Elevation: | 1,662 ft | 507 m |
| GPS: |
37.9411, -79.45628 Google Map · Climbing Area Map |
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| Shared By: | Kevin Connors on Oct 20, 2022 | |
| Admins: | Shawn Heath, Aaron Parlier |
Description
Mostly undeveloped rock, a few boulders in this area. Can be hard to find if you're going to most direct route, I recommend using the directions in the "Getting There" section your first time.
After you find the boulders, you can return to your car by heading towards the river - eventually you will hit a gully which you can follow all the way back down to the road. It's hard to get lost going back to the road, and make a mental map of the beginning of the gully so you can follow it back up when you return.
After you find the boulders, you can return to your car by heading towards the river - eventually you will hit a gully which you can follow all the way back down to the road. It's hard to get lost going back to the road, and make a mental map of the beginning of the gully so you can follow it back up when you return.
Getting There
Directions taken from wanderingvirginia.com/2019/…
Start in the same parking lot where the swinging bridge at the beginning of the Jump Mountain hike. Instead of crossing the bridge, head back to VA 39 and cross the road. Directly across the road you may see a white blaze. That blaze signals the Guy's Run Trail. You are going to follow that up a little valley for a couple hundred yards before the trail cuts diagonally out of the valley to the right. It may be hard to see. You'll go up about 20 feet in elevation and level out in a somewhat swampy area. You should see some cut logs in the area.
As you approach Forge Mountain, it can also be a problem following the trail again. I remember my first time going through a downed tree that had been sawed - it was obvious that I was on the trail. But I could not tell where the trail went next. After a while I figured it out - it cut up the slope to the right at an angle and then switchbacked to the left. You may see some white blazes, but really, you need to feel for the trail here. Once you get past here, though, the rest of the trail is pretty easy to follow.
At 0.4 miles from your car, the Guy's Run Trail comes to a T intersection at an old road. To the right, the trail goes out to the Guy's Run Road, which climbs all the way to the summit of Big Butt Mountain. It can be a great way to return to this point., instead of retracing over Forge Mountain.
For now, take a left on the road, which is the beginning of the Forge Mountain Trail. It continues for a while and then cuts right, heading directly up Forge Mountain.
At this point, don't take the sharp right and continue down an old logging road. This is not a marked trail and may have fallen branches. It may be slippery and overflown with water, especially in the winter. Continue until the road ends, and you should see a boulder down a short hill, on your left.
Start in the same parking lot where the swinging bridge at the beginning of the Jump Mountain hike. Instead of crossing the bridge, head back to VA 39 and cross the road. Directly across the road you may see a white blaze. That blaze signals the Guy's Run Trail. You are going to follow that up a little valley for a couple hundred yards before the trail cuts diagonally out of the valley to the right. It may be hard to see. You'll go up about 20 feet in elevation and level out in a somewhat swampy area. You should see some cut logs in the area.
As you approach Forge Mountain, it can also be a problem following the trail again. I remember my first time going through a downed tree that had been sawed - it was obvious that I was on the trail. But I could not tell where the trail went next. After a while I figured it out - it cut up the slope to the right at an angle and then switchbacked to the left. You may see some white blazes, but really, you need to feel for the trail here. Once you get past here, though, the rest of the trail is pretty easy to follow.
At 0.4 miles from your car, the Guy's Run Trail comes to a T intersection at an old road. To the right, the trail goes out to the Guy's Run Road, which climbs all the way to the summit of Big Butt Mountain. It can be a great way to return to this point., instead of retracing over Forge Mountain.
For now, take a left on the road, which is the beginning of the Forge Mountain Trail. It continues for a while and then cuts right, heading directly up Forge Mountain.
At this point, don't take the sharp right and continue down an old logging road. This is not a marked trail and may have fallen branches. It may be slippery and overflown with water, especially in the winter. Continue until the road ends, and you should see a boulder down a short hill, on your left.
Undeveloped
Most of the boulders in this area are undeveloped. I believe this is a great area to boulder if you are in the area; Goshen Pass is also a popular hiking and swimming destination so you can have a lot of fun. I encourage people to check out this area and find fun climbs - I developed a V3 but there are certainly 5+ problems on the first boulder alone, many that are likely V5+.
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