The Club is reinstituting the tradition of Wednesday climbing at Carderock.  From 3:30 onwards there will be several experienced PMC members setting up topropes for members to climb.  If you have a toprope setup please bring this…..and if you are not familiar with Carderock ask the people present what you should set up. This event (more…)

The Club is reinstituting the tradition of Wednesday climbing at Carderock.  From 3:30 onwards there will be several experienced PMC members setting up topropes for members to climb.  If you have a toprope setup please bring this…..and if you are not familiar with Carderock ask the people present what you should set up. This event (more…)

Coopers Rock and the Cheat River Canyon area offer a range of gritstone climbing 3 hours from DC. Most climbers in the area are aware of the bouldering at Coopers Rock, but there is also plentiful sport, trad, and toprope climbing available as well. This trip is open to club members who are interested in (more…)

This experience is for people with NO Trad climbing experience, yet would really like to dip your toes into trad and see what it’s all about.  The weekend offers twelve new trad climbers an opportunity to climb with experienced PMC members at Seneca Rocks, a premier trad climbing destination in West Virginia. This training is (more…)

Alpine Skills Weekend (ASW) is the Club’s flagship winter mountaineering clinic — four days of hands-on instruction, team-building, and Type II fun in one of the most rugged and legendary mountain environments on the East Coast: Mt. Washington, home of “the world’s worst weather.” Led by experienced club members, you’ll cover foundational and intermediate alpine (more…)