All Locations > W Virginia > New River Gorge Region

Classic Climbs for New River Gorge Proper

Mountain Project's determination of the most popular, highly-rated routes.

V6- 7A 88 ● Slopers Malone Boulder Lower New River… > Cotton Bottom > Malone Boulder
V7 7A+ 80 ● 1,2 Punch Boulder Sunshine Boulders > 1, 2 Punch Boulder
5.8 5b 16 VI- 15 HVS 4c 665 ● Mrs. Field's Follies Sport Bubba City > 01. Sandstonia
5.8 5b 16 VI- 15 HVS 4c 356 ● Fantasy Trad 2 pitches Endless Wall > M) Fantasy Area
5.8 5b 16 VI- 15 HVS 4c 213 ● Management Wore Masks Sport Cotton Hill > Cotton Club
5.9 5c 17 VI 17 HVS 5a 585 ● New Yosemite Trad, TR Junkyard Area > Junkyard Wall
5.9 5c 17 VI 17 HVS 5a 91 ● Smooth Operator Trad Endless Wall > B) Party Buttress
5.9 5c 17 VI 17 HVS 5a 209 ● Fool Effect Sport Endless Wall > E) Kaymoor Slabs
5.9 5c 17 VI 17 HVS 5a 180 ● Ritz Cracker Trad 2 pitches Fern Buttress > 8) Ritz Cracker Area
5.9 5c 17 VI 17 HVS 5a R 138 ● Two Bag Face Trad Fern Buttress > 3) Workmen's Buttress
5.9+ 5c 17 VI 17 E1 5a 408 ● Four Sheets to the Wind Trad Junkyard Area > Junkyard Wall
5.9+ 5c 17 VI 17 E1 5a 158 ● Chockstone Trad, TR Bridge Area > 2 Bridge Buttress
5.9+ 5c 17 VI 17 E1 5a 767 ● Flight of the Gumbie Sport Kaymoor > 6. Butcher's Branch
5.9+ 5c 17 VI 17 E1 5a 225 ● Super Crack Trad Beauty Mountain > 7) Thunder Buttress
5.10a 6a 18 VI+ 18 E1 5a 280 ● The Entertainer Trad, TR Junkyard Area > Junkyard Wall
5.10a 6a 18 VI+ 18 E1 5a R 139 ● Angel's Arete Trad, TR Bridge Area > 2 Bridge Buttress
5.10a 6a 18 VI+ 18 E1 5a 143 ● The Tree Route Trad, TR Bridge Area > 2 Bridge Buttress
5.10a 6a 18 VI+ 18 E1 5a 785 ● The Rico Suave Arete aka Rico Suave Sport Kaymoor > 3. Rico Suave Buttress
5.10a 6a 18 VI+ 18 E1 5a 253 ● Black and Tan Trad Endless Wall > M) Fantasy Area
5.10a 6a 18 VI+ 18 E1 5a 55 ● Crescenta Trad Fern Buttress > 8) Ritz Cracker Area
5.10a 6a 18 VI+ 18 E1 5a 321 ● Cottonmouth Sport Cotton Hill > Cotton Top
5.10b 6a+ 19 VII- 19 E2 5b 363 ● Strike A Scowl Sport Endless Wall > G) Diamond Point
5.10b 6a+ 19 VII- 19 E2 5b 164 ● Springboard Trad Fern Buttress > 7) Orchard Wall
5.10b 6a+ 19 VII- 19 E2 5b 212 ● Burning Calves Trad Beauty Mountain > 5) Burning Buttress
5.10b 6a+ 19 VII- 19 E2 5b 119 ● Wham Bam Thanks for the Jam Trad Beauty Mountain > 5) Burning Buttress
5.10b 6a+ 19 VII- 19 E2 5b 170 ● Remission Trad Endless Wall > G) Diamond Point
5.10b 6a+ 19 VII- 19 E2 5b 199 ● Party in My Mind Trad Endless Wall > B) Party Buttress
5.10b 6a+ 19 VII- 19 E2 5b 79 ● Rod Serling Crack Trad Beauty Mountain > 5) Burning Buttress
5.10b 6a+ 19 VII- 19 E2 5b 94 ● Two-Tone Arete Sport Fern Buttress > 6) Thieves Area
5.10b 6a+ 19 VII- 19 E2 5b 489 ● Decameron, The Sport Bubba City > 01. Sandstonia
5.10 6b 20 VII- 19 E2 5b 80 ● Triple Treat Trad Fern Buttress > 7) Orchard Wall
5.10b/c 6b 20 VII 20 E2 5b 74 ● The Undeserved Trad Endless Wall > N) The Undeserved Area
5.10c 6b 20 VII 20 E2 5b 215 ● First Steps Sport Kaymoor > 7. Seven Eleven Wall
5.10c 6b 20 VII 20 E2 5b 200 ● Rapscallion's Blues Trad Junkyard Area > Junkyard Wall
5.10c 6b 20 VII 20 E2 5b 395 ● Kinesthetica Sport Bubba City > 01. Sandstonia
5.10c 6b 20 VII 20 E2 5b 84 ● Can I Do It Till I Need Glasses Trad Endless Wall > G) Diamond Point
5.10d 6b+ 21 VII+ 21 E3 5b 112 ● Fairtracer Trad Kaymoor > 7. Seven Eleven Wall
5.11a 6c 22 VII+ 22 E3 5c 92 ● Handsome and Well-Hung Trad Bridge Area > 2 Bridge Buttress
5.11a 6c 22 VII+ 22 E3 5c 122 ● Mellifluus Trad Endless Wall > A) Fern Point
5.11a 6c 22 VII+ 22 E3 5c 83 ● Stuck In Another Dimension Trad Junkyard Area > Junkyard Wall
5.11a 6c 22 VII+ 22 E3 5c 54 ● Linear Encounters Trad Endless Wall > A) Fern Point
5.11a 6c 22 VII+ 22 E3 5c 106 ● Raging Waters Trad Endless Wall > G) Diamond Point
5.11a 6c 22 VII+ 22 E3 5c 203 ● Wild Seed Sport Fern Buttress > 5) Wild Seed Area
5.11a 6c 22 VII+ 22 E3 5c 541 ● Legacy Sport Endless Wall > J) Snake Buttress
5.11a 6c 22 VII+ 22 E3 5c 241 ● G-String Sport Bubba City > 01. Sandstonia
5.11a 6c 22 VII+ 22 E3 5c 68 ● The Shining Trad Kaymoor > 5. White Wall
5.11a 6c 22 VII+ 22 E3 5c 102 ● Government Overreach Sport Cotton Hill > Cotton Club
5.11b 6c 23 VIII- 23 E3 5c 307 ● Discombobulated Sport Endless Wall > J) Snake Buttress
5.11b 6c 23 VIII- 23 E3 5c 32 ● Welcome to Beauty Trad Beauty Mountain > 8) Ram's Head
5.11c 6c+ 24 VIII- 24 E4 6a 74 ● Marionette Trad, TR Bridge Area > 2 Bridge Buttress
5.11c 6c+ 24 VIII- 24 E4 6a 85 ● Leave it to Jesus Trad Endless Wall > G) Diamond Point
5.11c 6c+ 24 VIII- 24 E4 6a 225 ● Sancho Belige Sport Kaymoor > 6. Butcher's Branch
5.11c 6c+ 24 VIII- 24 E4 6a 322 ● Aesthetica Sport Endless Wall > M) Fantasy Area
5.11c 6c+ 24 VIII- 24 E4 6a 322 ● Scenic Adult Sport Kaymoor > 7. Seven Eleven Wall
5.11c 6c+ 24 VIII- 24 E4 6a 264 ● Tony the Tiger Sport Kaymoor > 7. Seven Eleven Wall
5.11c 6c+ 24 VIII- 24 E4 6a 107 ● Tit Speed Sport Kaymoor > 7. Seven Eleven Wall
5.11c 6c+ 24 VIII- 24 E4 6a 93 ● Hard Core Female Thrash Sport Kaymoor > 6. Butcher's Branch
5.11d 7a 24 VIII 25 E5 6a 31 ● Agent Orange Trad Bridge Area > 3 Maranatha Area
5.11d 7a 24 VIII 25 E5 6a 76 ● Flash Point Sport Endless Wall > F) Flash Point Area
5.11d 7a 24 VIII 25 E5 6a 169 ● Disturbance Sport Beauty Mountain > 4) Cave
5.11d 7a 24 VIII 25 E5 6a 236 ● Out of the Bag Sport Kaymoor > 3. Rico Suave Buttress
5.11d 7a 24 VIII 25 E5 6a 84 ● Magnatude Sport Kaymoor > 2. First Buttress
5.11d 7a 24 VIII 25 E5 6a 76 ● Michelin Man Sport Bubba City > 08. Ames Wall
5.12a 7a+ 25 VIII+ 25 E5 6a 49 ● Team Machine Sport Bridge Area > 2 Bridge Buttress
5.12a 7a+ 25 VIII+ 25 E5 6a 169 ● Freaky Stylee Sport Endless Wall > B) Party Buttress
5.12a 7a+ 25 VIII+ 25 E5 6a 240 ● Psycho Wrangler Sport Cotton Hill > Cotton Top
5.12a 7a+ 25 VIII+ 25 E5 6a 85 ● Hellbound for Glory Sport Endless Wall > H) Hellbound Area
5.12a 7a+ 25 VIII+ 25 E5 6a 173 ● Preparation H Sport Kaymoor > 3. Rico Suave Buttress
5.12a 7a+ 25 VIII+ 25 E5 6a 356 ● Lost Souls Sport Kaymoor > 6. Butcher's Branch
5.12a 7a+ 25 VIII+ 25 E5 6a 55 ● Carolina Crocker and the Tipple… Sport Kaymoor > 4. Fire & Ice Buttress
5.12a 7a+ 25 VIII+ 25 E5 6a 34 ● Concertina Sport Beauty Mountain > 7) Thunder Buttress
5.12a/b 7b 26 VIII+ 26 E5 6a 46 ● Unbroken Chain Sport Sunshine Buttress
5.12a/b 7b 26 VIII+ 26 E5 6a 139 ● Dining at the Altar Sport Kaymoor > 5. White Wall
5.12a/b 7b 26 VIII+ 26 E5 6a 175 ● Bullet the New Sky Sport Endless Wall > J) Snake Buttress
5.12a/b 7b 26 VIII+ 26 E5 6a 134 ● New World Order Sport Endless Wall > J) Snake Buttress
5.12b 7b 26 VIII+ 26 E5 6b 75 ● Jesus and Tequila Sport Endless Wall > I) Honeymooner's Area
5.12b 7b 26 VIII+ 26 E5 6b 71 ● Blackhappy Sport Endless Wall > M) Fantasy Area
5.12b 7b 26 VIII+ 26 E5 6b 86 ● Fall Line Sport Fern Buttress > 9a) Fern Creek Falls
5.12b 7b 26 VIII+ 26 E5 6b 182 ● Thunderstruck Sport Kaymoor > 5. White Wall
5.12b 7b 26 VIII+ 26 E5 6b 54 ● Intergalactic Orcas Sport Cotton Hill > Cotton Top
5.12b 7b 26 VIII+ 26 E5 6b 50 ● Gift of Grace, The Sport Endless Wall > G) Diamond Point
5.12b/c 7b+ 27 IX- 27 E6 6b 69 ● Chunky Monkey Sport Beauty Mountain > 3) The Brain
5.12b/c 7b+ 27 IX- 27 E6 6b 33 ● Thieves in the Temple Sport Fern Buttress > 6) Thieves Area
5.12c 7b+ 27 IX- 27 E6 6b 72 ● Sloth Sport Endless Wall > R) The Cirque
5.12c 7b+ 27 IX- 27 E6 6b 92 ● Finders Keepers Sport Endless Wall > R) The Cirque
5.12c 7b+ 27 IX- 27 E6 6b 51 ● Green Envy Sport Beauty Mountain > 4) Cave
5.12c 7b+ 27 IX- 27 E6 6b 111 ● Pettifogger Sport Kaymoor > 5. White Wall
5.12d 7c 28 IX 28 E6 6b 92 ● Lactic Acid Bath Sport Kaymoor > 1. The Hole
5.12d 7c 28 IX 28 E6 6b 88 ● Slash and Burn Sport Kaymoor > 7. Seven Eleven Wall
5.12d 7c 28 IX 28 E6 6b 31 ● Pudd's Pretty Dress Sport Endless Wall > E) Kaymoor Slabs
5.12d 7c 28 IX 28 E6 6b 39 ● Devil Doll Sport Kaymoor > 1. The Hole
5.13a 7c+ 29 IX+ 29 E6 6c 55 ● Blood Raid Sport Kaymoor > 1. The Hole
5.13a 7c+ 29 IX+ 29 E6 6c 31 ● Dial 911 Sport Endless Wall > J) Snake Buttress
5.13a 7c+ 29 IX+ 29 E6 6c 34 ● Quinsana Plus Sport Endless Wall > I) Honeymooner's Area
5.13a 7c+ 29 IX+ 29 E6 6c 26 ● Black Rider (aka Pocket Route) Sport Endless Wall > J) Snake Buttress
5.13a/b 8a 29 IX+ 29 E7 6c 48 ● Skylore Engine Sport Endless Wall > R) The Cirque
5.13b 8a 29 IX+ 30 E7 6c 10 ● Confirmation Sport Endless Wall > J) Snake Buttress
5.13b/c 8a+ 29 X- 30 E7 6c 15 ● Ride The Lightning Sport Endless Wall > R) The Cirque
5.14a 8b+ 32 X+ 32 E8 7a 19 ● Proper Soul Sport Endless Wall > R) The Cirque
5.14b 8c 33 X+ 33 E9 7b 8 ● Trebuchet Sport Endless Wall > R) The Cirque

● Slopers Malone

Lower New River… > Cotton Bottom > Malone Boulder

V6- 7A Boulder

● 1,2 Punch

Sunshine Boulders > 1, 2 Punch Boulder

V7 7A+ Boulder

● Mrs. Field's Follies

Bubba City > 01. Sandstonia

665

5.8 5b 16 VI- 15 HVS 4c Sport

● Fantasy

Endless Wall > M) Fantasy Area

356

5.8 5b 16 VI- 15 HVS 4c Trad 2 pitches

● Management Wore Masks

Cotton Hill > Cotton Club

213

5.8 5b 16 VI- 15 HVS 4c Sport

● New Yosemite

Junkyard Area > Junkyard Wall

585

5.9 5c 17 VI 17 HVS 5a Trad, TR

● Smooth Operator

Endless Wall > B) Party Buttress

5.9 5c 17 VI 17 HVS 5a Trad

● Fool Effect

Endless Wall > E) Kaymoor Slabs

209

5.9 5c 17 VI 17 HVS 5a Sport

● Ritz Cracker

Fern Buttress > 8) Ritz Cracker Area

180

5.9 5c 17 VI 17 HVS 5a Trad 2 pitches

● Two Bag Face

Fern Buttress > 3) Workmen's Buttress

138

5.9 5c 17 VI 17 HVS 5a R Trad

● Four Sheets to the Wind

Junkyard Area > Junkyard Wall

408

5.9+ 5c 17 VI 17 E1 5a Trad

● Chockstone

Bridge Area > 2 Bridge Buttress

158

5.9+ 5c 17 VI 17 E1 5a Trad, TR

● Flight of the Gumbie

Kaymoor > 6. Butcher's Branch

767

5.9+ 5c 17 VI 17 E1 5a Sport

● Super Crack

Beauty Mountain > 7) Thunder Buttress

225

5.9+ 5c 17 VI 17 E1 5a Trad

● The Entertainer

Junkyard Area > Junkyard Wall

280

5.10a 6a 18 VI+ 18 E1 5a Trad, TR

● Angel's Arete

Bridge Area > 2 Bridge Buttress

139

5.10a 6a 18 VI+ 18 E1 5a R Trad, TR

● The Tree Route

Bridge Area > 2 Bridge Buttress

143

5.10a 6a 18 VI+ 18 E1 5a Trad, TR

● The Rico Suave Arete aka Ri…

Kaymoor > 3. Rico Suave Buttress

785

5.10a 6a 18 VI+ 18 E1 5a Sport

● Black and Tan

Endless Wall > M) Fantasy Area

253

5.10a 6a 18 VI+ 18 E1 5a Trad

● Crescenta

Fern Buttress > 8) Ritz Cracker Area

5.10a 6a 18 VI+ 18 E1 5a Trad

● Cottonmouth

Cotton Hill > Cotton Top

321

5.10a 6a 18 VI+ 18 E1 5a Sport

● Strike A Scowl

Endless Wall > G) Diamond Point

363

5.10b 6a+ 19 VII- 19 E2 5b Sport

● Springboard

Fern Buttress > 7) Orchard Wall

164

5.10b 6a+ 19 VII- 19 E2 5b Trad

● Burning Calves

Beauty Mountain > 5) Burning Buttress

212

5.10b 6a+ 19 VII- 19 E2 5b Trad

● Wham Bam Thanks for the Jam

Beauty Mountain > 5) Burning Buttress

119

5.10b 6a+ 19 VII- 19 E2 5b Trad

● Remission

Endless Wall > G) Diamond Point

170

5.10b 6a+ 19 VII- 19 E2 5b Trad

● Party in My Mind

Endless Wall > B) Party Buttress

199

5.10b 6a+ 19 VII- 19 E2 5b Trad

● Rod Serling Crack

Beauty Mountain > 5) Burning Buttress

5.10b 6a+ 19 VII- 19 E2 5b Trad

● Two-Tone Arete

Fern Buttress > 6) Thieves Area

5.10b 6a+ 19 VII- 19 E2 5b Sport

● Decameron, The

Bubba City > 01. Sandstonia

489

5.10b 6a+ 19 VII- 19 E2 5b Sport

● Triple Treat

Fern Buttress > 7) Orchard Wall

5.10 6b 20 VII- 19 E2 5b Trad

● The Undeserved

Endless Wall > N) The Undeserved Area

5.10b/c 6b 20 VII 20 E2 5b Trad

● First Steps

Kaymoor > 7. Seven Eleven Wall

215

5.10c 6b 20 VII 20 E2 5b Sport

● Rapscallion's Blues

Junkyard Area > Junkyard Wall

200

5.10c 6b 20 VII 20 E2 5b Trad

● Kinesthetica

Bubba City > 01. Sandstonia

395

5.10c 6b 20 VII 20 E2 5b Sport

● Can I Do It Till I Need Gla…

Endless Wall > G) Diamond Point

5.10c 6b 20 VII 20 E2 5b Trad

● Fairtracer

Kaymoor > 7. Seven Eleven Wall

112

5.10d 6b+ 21 VII+ 21 E3 5b Trad

● Handsome and Well-Hung

Bridge Area > 2 Bridge Buttress

5.11a 6c 22 VII+ 22 E3 5c Trad

● Mellifluus

Endless Wall > A) Fern Point

122

5.11a 6c 22 VII+ 22 E3 5c Trad

● Stuck In Another Dimension

Junkyard Area > Junkyard Wall

5.11a 6c 22 VII+ 22 E3 5c Trad

● Linear Encounters

Endless Wall > A) Fern Point

5.11a 6c 22 VII+ 22 E3 5c Trad

● Raging Waters

Endless Wall > G) Diamond Point

106

5.11a 6c 22 VII+ 22 E3 5c Trad

● Wild Seed

Fern Buttress > 5) Wild Seed Area

203

5.11a 6c 22 VII+ 22 E3 5c Sport

● Legacy

Endless Wall > J) Snake Buttress

541

5.11a 6c 22 VII+ 22 E3 5c Sport

● G-String

Bubba City > 01. Sandstonia

241

5.11a 6c 22 VII+ 22 E3 5c Sport

● The Shining

Kaymoor > 5. White Wall

5.11a 6c 22 VII+ 22 E3 5c Trad

● Government Overreach

Cotton Hill > Cotton Club

102

5.11a 6c 22 VII+ 22 E3 5c Sport

● Discombobulated

Endless Wall > J) Snake Buttress

307

5.11b 6c 23 VIII- 23 E3 5c Sport

● Welcome to Beauty

Beauty Mountain > 8) Ram's Head

5.11b 6c 23 VIII- 23 E3 5c Trad

● Marionette

Bridge Area > 2 Bridge Buttress

5.11c 6c+ 24 VIII- 24 E4 6a Trad, TR

● Leave it to Jesus

Endless Wall > G) Diamond Point

5.11c 6c+ 24 VIII- 24 E4 6a Trad

● Sancho Belige

Kaymoor > 6. Butcher's Branch

225

5.11c 6c+ 24 VIII- 24 E4 6a Sport

● Aesthetica

Endless Wall > M) Fantasy Area

322

5.11c 6c+ 24 VIII- 24 E4 6a Sport

● Scenic Adult

Kaymoor > 7. Seven Eleven Wall

322

5.11c 6c+ 24 VIII- 24 E4 6a Sport

● Tony the Tiger

Kaymoor > 7. Seven Eleven Wall

264

5.11c 6c+ 24 VIII- 24 E4 6a Sport

● Tit Speed

Kaymoor > 7. Seven Eleven Wall

107

5.11c 6c+ 24 VIII- 24 E4 6a Sport

● Hard Core Female Thrash

Kaymoor > 6. Butcher's Branch

5.11c 6c+ 24 VIII- 24 E4 6a Sport

● Agent Orange

Bridge Area > 3 Maranatha Area

5.11d 7a 24 VIII 25 E5 6a Trad

● Flash Point

Endless Wall > F) Flash Point Area

5.11d 7a 24 VIII 25 E5 6a Sport

● Disturbance

Beauty Mountain > 4) Cave

169

5.11d 7a 24 VIII 25 E5 6a Sport

● Out of the Bag

Kaymoor > 3. Rico Suave Buttress

236

5.11d 7a 24 VIII 25 E5 6a Sport

● Magnatude

Kaymoor > 2. First Buttress

5.11d 7a 24 VIII 25 E5 6a Sport

● Michelin Man

Bubba City > 08. Ames Wall

5.11d 7a 24 VIII 25 E5 6a Sport

● Team Machine

Bridge Area > 2 Bridge Buttress