West Virginia Crags


There are many crags available to the West Virginia Climber. By far, the largest climbing area is the New. Located near here is Summersville Lake and the Meadows. These areas are good for long 1 or 2 pitch sport and trad climbing. The New tends to be top heavy on the spectrum of difficulty climbs. Seneca offers a different type of climbing than the areas listed above. Seneca features multi-pitch mostly trad climbs. There are many classics from grades 5.2-5.5 and other harder routes as well. Finally Coopers rocks offers a good bit of trad and top rope climbing. This also excells for bouldering. Coopers Rocks is my favorite bouldering area, only second to Pioneer Rocks.






Crag Quantity/Quality Type of Rock Ownership Prevelant Type of Climbing
New River Gorge 10 Sand Stone Nps Trad/Sport
Cooper's Rocks 8 Gritty Sand Stone State Park Trad/Bouldering
Seneca 9 Sand Stone Private/Forest Multi-Pitch Trad
Pioneer Rocks 6 Tightly Packed, Sharp Sandstone Private Bouldering/Top Roping
Meadow River 7 Sand Stone Private/Nps Bouldering, Leading+
Summersville Lake 7 Sand Stone Sand Stone Leading and Sport
Woodland Walls 8 Gritty Sand Stone Private-Closed Sport Climbing