Sold Out Elizabeth Furnace – Talking Headwall – August 24

Let’s hit up Elizabeth Furnace-Talking Headwall!  It’s a smallish sport crag with a few good routes.  Hopefully it cools off a bit before this trip, but just down the road from the parking lot is a most excellent swimming hole to jump in after climbing.  There is a Rakkup Guide and climbing information on Mountainproject

If you’ve never climbed outside…great! This is an easy intro to climbing outside.

Meeting Place and Time

24 Aug 2025 07:30 at the Centerville park and ride.

It’s a little under an hour’s drive to Centerville, where we can car pool. We’ll climb until mid-afternoonish. If you need to drive separately there’s parking just past the crag

Minimum equipment

You’ll need belay device, harness, helmet, water, bug spray, dry pair of clothes/towel

Bring your sport and/or trad leading gear if you like as well.  It is possible to set up topropes for most of the climbs from above.

Trip is being led by Matt Ziegler  ziggy122 at yahoo.com. A Whatsapp group will be set up for coordination once the event is full.

Registration

Since it’s not that big of an area we’ll limit the attendees to seven. Registration opens 2 Aug at 8 pm.

If you can’t make it the morning of the event, at least give the trip leader a courtesy call so that
no one is waiting for you in the parking lot.

Please cancel your registration if you are no longer able to attend so someone can have your
spot. If you no show once, you will get an email from the Chair. If you no show twice, you will
not be allowed to sign up for another event for 3 months. If you continue to no show, your
membership will be cancelled and refunded.

Please note that this is not a guided event and none of our trip leaders are professional guides.
You will be climbing on ropes set up by members of the club who are hobby climbers and not
professionals. Climbing is an inherently dangerous sport and you do so at your own risk. You
are responsible for yourself and your own safety at all times.

Please ensure you are logged in to the website BEFORE trying to sign up for an event.

 

 

  • Talking Headwall
     August 24, 2025
     7:30 am - 4:00 pm
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Venue:  

Venue Website:

Address:
Fort Valley Rd, Waterlick, Virginia, 22652, United States

Description:

The Elizabeth Furnace Recreation Area is part of the George Washington National Forest.  The area offers a campground, hiking, mountain biking, and two small climbing areas, Talking Headwall and Buzzard Rocks. Talking Headwall is a roadside crag and the west-facing Buzzard Rocks is a 45 minute hike from a small parking lot with limited parking.

There is a Rakkup guide to both areas.