Location and Getting There

White Oak Canyon is located in Shenandoah National Park about 2 hours drive from Washington DC. As it is inside a National Park, you need to pay a daily access fee or have an appropriate pass. White Oak Canyon offers some rock climbing in the summer and a number of short, moderate ice routes when the waterfalls are frozen. As the elevation is low the routes need days of cold weather to form.

Take Rt 66 West to Manassas area, past 29 then exit to Rt 15 (turn LEFT back over 66), continue till you hook up with 29. Turn right onto 29. Continue on and make a right on Rt 211 (west). Keep going on 211 until you reach Sperryville (approx- 25 mi). Take a left on to 522 then an immediate left (still on 522). Go about ¼ mile and take a right onto Rt 231 (Fort Valley Road). Drive about 10 miles to Etlan. Take a right on SR 643 (Etlan Road) and then a right on SR 600 (Weakly Hollow Road) for about 4 miles. Pull in to the parking lot on your left for White Oak Canyon.  

This is the same approach as for the Weakly Hollow Old Rag parking lot which is about another half mile further down the road.

You can also hike in from Skyline Drive by parking at the trail head at mile marker 42.6. It’s a ~2 mile approach to the base of the upper falls, Skyline Drive is often closed in winter however

Routes

The upper falls are about two miles and the lower falls are approximately 1.3 miles from parking. 

There is limited information on Mountainproject about the routes in White Oak Canyon.

1)	Lower Falls WI2+ 50ft.
2)	Lower Middle Falls WI2, 40ft
3)	Bear Falls WI2, 40feet
4)	Amphitheater Falls WI2, 2Oft.
5)	Upper Middle Falls WI2+, 4Oft.
6)	Upper Falls WI3+,  6Oft
7)	Ursa Crag WI3,  30ft.
8)	North Wall WI4+, 50ft;  (Top outs marginal normally Top Roped)
9)	Amphitheater Crag WI3+4, 4Oft
10)	Upper Amphitheater WI2-3+, 3Oft;  (Another Ice Pillar 15-20 feet above)
11)	North Amphitheater WI3, 4Oft

CAUTION: The are plunge pools in the immediate area of the ice climbing where water flows downstream. These pools and their THIN ICE are quickly concealed with the smallest snow fall. Use extreme Caution!