This is a day trip on Saturday May 16 to Hidden Rocks which is 15 miles south west of Harrisonburg and 2 1/2 hours drive from Washington DC. There are five sandstone crags offering sport and trad climbing up to 70ft and some limited toproping.
To participate you need to be able to belay and preferably have some outside experience. At a minimum you need to be able to follow sport and trad routes.
Questions? Trip leader is Rick Hall rick_hall88 at hotmail.com
Registration will open 8am Saturday April 25. Please answer the registration questions. There are eight slots.
Closer to the date a WhatsApp group will be set up to coordinate transport and ropes.
Cancellations
Please cancel your registration if you are no longer able to attend so that someone else can have your spot.
If you do not contact the trip organiser, this counts as a no-show. If you no show once, you will get an email from the Chair. If you do not show up twice, you will not be allowed to sign up for another event for 3 months. If you continue to not show up, 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 with 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.
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Hidden Rocks
May 16, 2026
8:00 am - 5:00 pm
Registration
Goes On Sale
April 25, 2026
Venue: Hidden Rocks
Address:
Description:
Hidden Rocks is a climbing area 15 miles southwest of Harrisonburg VA, around 2 1/2 hours drive from Washington DC. It is in the George Washington National Forest and the climbing is accessed from several parking areas on the Hone Quarry Road. There is a basic Forest Service campground – sites, toilets, no water – on this road.
There are five different crags plus bouldering, all on sandstone that is similar to the New River Gorge. The crags offer around 100 30 – 70ft trad and sport routes from 5.6 – 5.13. The majority of the routes are in the 5.7 – 5.10 range and are listed on MountainProject.
The older crags of Hidden Rocks and Hidden Cracks are 30 – 40 minutes walk from the first parking area and offer toproping and trad climbing routes. Fifteen minutes past those crags is Hidden Roofs, a newer area with primarily sport climbing, largely developed by Harrisonburg climbers.
Lover’s Leap and Upper Lovers are smaller areas accessed from the Hone Quarry Day Use Area. They are primarily sport and mixed climbing and are respectively 15 and 25 minutes’ walk from parking.