Gray’s Wall Rock Climbing

Gray’s Wall is a small, obscure area in the eye-catching cliffs on your left as you’re cruising down from Nada Tunnel. It hosts four documented trad lines of varying quality which have likely seen very few ascents; “On The Road” being the main attraction. Actually finding it proved to be a bit of a wild goose chase, made even more difficult due to the already sparse details in guidebooks being misleading and, in some cases, simply incorrect. The GPS coordinates for it provided in the latest edition of the Red River Gorge North put it much closer to Nada Tunnel at the first right hairpin turn after driving through. In actuality, it is much farther down the road, closer to the Martins Fork parking lot.

Fun fact: guidebooks include the solitary sport route “Coexistence” in Gray’s Wall. This route is actually located a ways farther up the road towards the tunnel. A sharp hairpin turn will have a pull-off in its middle. An obvious trail from the pull-off will lead you directly to the attractive pocketed wall that hosts this long forgotten route. It is not safe to climb in its current state, however, with only one bolt for a top anchor. Following the trail left of here will take you to the Cove bouldering area.