Buzzard Rocks [rock(tr,trad)]
Over the last five years, Buzzard Rocks has gone from being an obscure crag to everyone’s favorite day trip destination for moderate […]
Category: Climbing crags & beta
Old Rag [rock(tr,trad)/alpine]
So apparently Old Rag is known as “…the best climbing in the state of Virginia”. Here I thought sport rock used that […]
White Oak Canyon [ice(tr,trad)]
Getting There: Take Rt 66 West to Manassas area, past 29 then exit to Rt 15 (turn LEFT back over 66), continue […]
Great Falls National Park [rock(tr)]
The gorge formed by the mighty Potomac River, carved a climbing area later to be a National Park just about a ba-zillion […]
Crags Near Charlottesville, VA (tr,trad)
There are a number of small granite crags located an hour’s drive southwest of Charlottesville. The main area is Wintergreen, with roughly 50 climbs on […]
Talking Head Wall [rock(tr,trad,sport)]
Talking Headwall may not be the largest crag in Virginia, but with a day’s worth of sport and mixed routes, one of […]
Sugarloaf [rock(tr,trad)]
Sugarloaf Mountain is a small 1,200 monadnock outlier of the Blue Ridge which rises from the rolling hills about 10 miles south […]
Annapolis Rocks [rock(tr,trad)]
Annapolis Rocks is one of the better toproping areas around. They have super classic topropes in the 5.8-5.10 range, and short trad […]
Northwest Branch Creek Park [rock(boulder)]
A couple dozen boulders in Northwest Branch Park in Silver Spring. Unlike most bouldering close to DC, many of these are actual […]