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Pond Bank

 White Rocks (Pondbank) is one of the better small crags in the Michaux State Forest in Southern Pennsylvania, and is  roughly 90 minutes drive from Washington DC. Parking is limited so try to share rides and/or carpool.

Pond Bank has two main areas, Brown Rocks and White Rocks. Brown Rocks is smaller and the routes are shorter.  The crags face west and get afternoon sun.

Most visits to Pondbank go to White Rocks, which is predominantly a trad crag with 60+ routes from 5.3 to 5.11+. The approach is a ten minute flat walk to the base of the climbs on a signed path opposite the parking area (around six cars). The climbs are one pitch up to 125ft in height with either a rappel descent or an easy walk-off. Some routes have one or two bolts but there are no sport climbs. Some of the routes need large cams.

The Mountain Project guide to the climbing and directions to White Rocks is here and there is also a Pennsylvania Guidebook .