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Blue Run Rocks Rock Climbing

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Areas in Blue Run Rocks

Aider's Rock 1 / 7 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 1 / 0 / 0 / 8

Campfire Boulder 0 / 0 / 3 / 1 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 3

Lichen Wall 1 / 2 / 2 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 4

Main Attraction, The 3 / 5 / 6 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 10

Ship Rock (Shipwreck Boulder) 0 / 0 / 0 / 2 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 2

Vila Boulder, The 0 / 0 / 0 / 2 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 2

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Elevation:	2,086 ft
GPS:	41.80349, -77.5474 Google Map · Climbing Area Map
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Description

Blue Run Rocks is a small cluster of up to 35ft sandstone boulders and accompanying cliff line. Mostly bolted routes (or highball them as was originally done for some), but a few gear protected routes and boulder problems exist also. Some beautiful stone, awesome wooded setting and some super fun routes makes Blue Run Rocks worth a visit if in the area.

A few sunny patches on the boulders that change as the day goes along, with some shady and cool sides as well in the summer for sure. Fairly secluded as you have to hike 30 mins (or more) to the sandstone boulders; the hike in and out is just shy of two miles. A great place to climb, the only problem is the climbs are short, averaging 20-35ft.

A small guide can be found here:

https://web.archive.org/web/20160306234922/ nathanheston.com/bluerunroc…

Getting There

Trailhead GPS coords: 41.8185776, -77.5294306

From Westfield: Take Route 349 South for 3.5 miles into the small town of Sabinsville. Turn left onto School Street and after 100 yards make a right onto Locust street. You'll pass a baseball Field on your right. Continue for about half a mile and make a right onto Gurnee Road (just after passing over a small bridge.) Follow Gurnee Road for about 3.5 miles. You'll crest a hill and there will be a large ␣ eld on your right. Continue for another 1/2 a mile(entering into state forrest land) and you'll see the trailhead on your right.

From Wellsboro: Take Route 6 West towards Galeton for approximately 15 miles. Turn right onto Shin Hollow Road (This turn is easy to miss, so be alert. There is a miniature golf course/gift store on your right at this intersection called Manhattan Station.) After turning right on Shin Hollow Road drive for approximately 4 miles. The road will level out and you'll pass a large field on your right. About half a mile later you'll see the sign for the trailhead on your left.

From the Trailhead: Follow the red blazed trail into the woods. You'll pass several very small streams on your way. After about 30 minutes of hiking you'll cross over the stream on the trail map. Continue another 200 yards and take a left (actually the second left) heading up a steep hill. Follow the trail up over the top of the hill and to the rocks.

Often muddy after it rains be sure to wear boots!

Bat Conservation | How You Can Help

See a Bat on a Route, Give Us a Shout!

Hey Blue Run climbers, Ken Hull here from South Central PA Climbers. I’m working with Rob Schorr, a researcher at Colorado State University, to help him spread the word on his bat research. Here’s a message from him about this important work and how we, as climbers, can help.

“Climbers for Bat Conservation is working with climbers to understand bat ecology and why bats choose certain cracks and flakes. We’re a collaboration between climbers, bat biologists, and land managers to understand where bats roost and where large populations may reside. We are interested in finding bats because of a new disease called white-nose syndrome (whitenosesyndrome.org) which has killed millions of bats in North America. This collaboration has identified bat roosts throughout the U.S., and as far away as Norway and Bulgaria. CBC was developed by biologists who climb and they are advocates for climbing access and bat conservation.

So, if you see bats while climbing, please let us know by emailing us at climbersforbats@colostate.edu, or visiting our website to learn more. climbersforbats.colostate.edu.”

Thank You!
Rob Schorr

Zoologist, Colorado Natural Heritage Program (warnercnr.colostate.edu/rschorr/)
Director, Climbers for Bat Conservation
Robert.schorr@colostate.edu

29 Total Climbs

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Classic Climbing Routes at Blue Run Rocks

Mountain Project's determination of the classic, most popular, highest rated climbing routes in this area.

5.4 4a 12 IV 10 VD 3c 7 ● Flake Accesss Trad, TR Main Attraction
5.6 4c 14 V 12 S 4b 18 ● The Chip Trad, TR Lichen Wall
5.8 5b 16 VI- 15 HVS 4c 7 ● Flatlander Sport Aider's Rock
5.8 5b 16 VI- 15 HVS 4c 17 ● Face the Facts Sport Aider's Rock
5.8 5b 16 VI- 15 HVS 4c 16 ● I Just Can't Wait to be King Sport Main Attraction
5.8 5b 16 VI- 15 HVS 4c 5 ● Dodo's Delight TR Main Attraction
5.9 5c 17 VI 17 HVS 5a 21 ● Darwin's Dilemma Sport Main Attraction
5.9 5c 17 VI 17 HVS 5a 10 ● Jake Said Ouch Sport Aider's Rock
5.9 5c 17 VI 17 HVS 5a 7 ● Slab-a-licious Sport Aider's Rock
5.10 6b 20 VII- 19 E2 5b 5 ● Piton Crack Trad, TR Main Attraction
5.10d 6b+ 21 VII+ 21 E3 5b 14 ● Levitation Sport Main Attraction
5.11a 6c 22 VII+ 22 E3 5c 14 ● Steelworker Sport Lichen Wall
5.11 6c+ 23 VIII- 23 E4 5c 4 ● Walking Wounded Sport Main Attraction
5.12c/d 7c 28 IX 28 E6 6b V6 7A 4 ● Campfire Direct TR, Boulder Campfire Boulder