Tell me about your favorite North Carolina multipitch
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I'm planning a weekend trip over to NC in a few weeks and wanted to hear y'alls thoughts. Where is the best tall moderate climbing (<5.10) in NC? Is it stone depot? Looking glass? Linville Gorge? some secret crag no ones ever heard of? I wanna hear what you think |
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Pretty much any route at Shortoff (Linville) will put a big smile on your face. Construction Job, Straight and Narrow, Built to Tilt and Dopey Duck. |
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For density of great moderates probably Looking Glass or Linville Gorge. The amphitheater at Linville has four 3 star 4-6 pitch routes from 5.4 to 5.7. Short off has some awesome stuff with Dopey Duck being fantastic (note that it is a long drive between these areas). |
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Straight and Narrow 5.10- , more like 5.9, at short off, |
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+1 for Straight and Narrow and Dopey. Spend 1 day at Shortoff and then hit the Ampitheater circuit the other day. Full value weekend. |
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Another vote for Shortoff and the classic 5.8 to 5.10- routes there. |
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There's a ton of climbing, but tall moderates of more than 3 pitches is not overly abundant. |
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Shortoff - something it seems we can all agree upon. Great weekend would be: |
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Laurel Knob - tallest multi-pitch east of the Mississippi. Groover and Seconds are both terrific. A great combo is one day at Laurel Knob, then drive down to Looking Glass that night and do a second day there. The other great option has already been mentioned - Shortoff & Amphitheater. |
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I second the amphitheater stuff in linville, love that area you could knock out a bunch of different climbs there in a day, great camping too. |
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Laurel knob and the glass are rad for multi-pitch, but the style of climbing in the Amp and at shortoff are far superior |