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Coll's Cove parking lot is CLOSED until further notice. MORE INFO >>> ACCESS ALERT! Coll's Cove parking lot is CLOSED until further notice. On Saturday a parked car was blocking the way for a gas line vehicle to enter. It is the responsibility of the land owner to keep that right of way open for gas line traffic, so he has currently disallowed parking at this location. HOWEVER the land owners are willing to build a gravel lot in the field to the right. The SWPCC (South Western Pennsylvania Climbing Coalition) will be hosting a fund raiser soon to pay for a load of gravel and kiosk. You will be required to sign a release of liability waiver and donate $5 per car to the land owner once the new lot is complete. If you are desperate to go to Coll's in the meantime, please contact myself or Mike Steighner. We have been given permission to park in the land owners driveway, and would be happy to give you a tour. Please spread the word! This information is a public crowdsourcing effort between the Access Fund, and Mountain Project. You should confirm closures, restrictions, and/or related dates. Keeping climbing areas open and conserving the climbing environment

Mike mid-crux on Stevie Wonder V7 in the Main Area...

Description 

This area hosts the best of the best at Coll's Cove! So many classics, so many more to find and do! The main area refers to all the boulders scattered beneath the cliff line. The rock here is "pa gritstone", which is more similar to LRC in Chattanooga than Coopers Rock in WV. The best climbs lie in the V5-V9 range, so bring your A-game! There are also projects here on beautiful stone with amazing holds that will definitely go in the double digits.

Getting There 

Park at the Gasline entrance. Hike down the gasline road for ~1/3 mile. When the road splits to the right, hike left into the small clearing. You will see an old logging road, follow blue ribbons for about 100 yards. The first climb you will come to is ReallyReally Good arete. From here it gets complicated, refer to the overhead topos (coming soon).

The Classics

Featured Route For Main Area

Like the Dickens V7  PA : Coll's Cove Bouldering : Main Area

Start as low as you can on the rail feature under the roof, with a right heel on. Move into crux holds, fire a big shouldery move, try not to dab, then mantle onto face. No topout necessary, just be standing on your feet. Many variations exist on this boulder and will be described in better detail in the future....[more]   Browse More Classics in PA

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Pete on Wrestling With Pride V5, a slopey lowball ...	Ben on The Switch V3, a committing problem towards...	Mike sticking the only hold on the face of Super M...
Aubree using the short girl beta on Like the Dicke...	Nikki nearing the top of Horny, a classic V3 in th...	Pete campusing out of necessity on the Bloody Hatc...
Aubree on an early ascent of White Lightning V2.	Joel Brady getting the 3rd ascent of the classic S...	Matt Tshippert doing Croc Hunter V6 second go.
Nathaniel Walker on a likely double digit project ...	Rob D'Anastasio getting the FA of Mic Jagger V10, ...	Mike's Sendwich v6, a new climb that was hidden in...