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West Virginia : Northern WV : Coopers Rock State Forest

Cheat Canyon Rock - the best guidebook for roped routes for the area.

FEATURED: Cheat Cayon Rock

Andrew Leich / 2023

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This guidebook covers almost all of the classic gritstone sport and trad climbs in the area (around 500). Covering over 30 crags, this guide provides up to date first ascent information, local history, access beta, and GPS accurate maps.

If you want a copy, email Andrew with your name and address at andrew@cheatcanyonclimbers.org. Books are $38.00 and shipping is $7.00. You can send Andrew a check or Venmo him @Andrew-Leich

If you don’t have Venmo, note that in your email and he’ll give you the address to send a check

True Grit: Cooper's Rock Climbing Guide

True Grit: Cooper's Rock Climbing Guide

Rick Thompson / Sharp End Publishing / 2022

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"Welcome to True Grit, the long-awaited rock climbers’ guide to Coopers Rock State Forest in northern West Virginia. Sharp End Publishing has worked with longtime climbing activist Rick Thompson, whose history at Coopers Rock goes back to 1976, to produce this impressive tome of roped rock climbs. This edition features over 400 routes scattered through a remarkable forest setting strewn with sandstone boulders and crags. This is the preeminent guide to Coopers Rock and reveals the personality of the routes through artistic, entertaining route descriptions, detailed maps, long-overlooked historical first-ascent information, and action shots galore."

Rock Climbing Virginia, West Virginia, and Maryland

Eric Horst & Stewart M. Green / Falcon Guides / 2013

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Coopers Rock Bouldering Guide

Dan Brayack & Tim Keenan / Falcon Guides / 2007

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