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Where to climb in Grayson Highlands

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Lohan · · Rome, GA · Joined May 2014 · Points: 345

I'll be passing through southern VA on Monday, and was hoping to boulder a few hours at Grayson highlands. I'll have two pads with me, and hoping to get on a good selection of high quality problems up to v7 or so. Any recommendations for a spot I could go with lots of stuff? I've been once before and recall driving quite a bit between boulders. I would prefer to have one highly concentrated area if that's available? Thanks.

Anonymous · · Unknown Hometown · Joined unknown · Points: 0

Been a while since I have been there but I know the first parking area at the entrance has a few problems and there is alot if you kinda go in and take the first right and park around there with alot of big boulders in walking distance.

I know there is alot more but I have only been there a few days.

Eric Slagle · · Unknown Hometown · Joined Oct 2014 · Points: 5

Go into the visitors center just after the guard shack. They have boulder pads to rent and guide books.

Brad Caldwell · · Deep in the Jocassee Gorges · Joined May 2010 · Points: 1,400

Go up to the Listening Rock Trail/boulders...there are tons of routes within a quick walk of the parking lot, in a wide variety of grades. Olympus Boulder really focuses on hard problems (V5-Vdouble digit) and the Contact Station boulders have a limited number of routes. I personally like the Highlands area because of the scenery and ponies, but again there aren't too many problems concentrated in that area compared to LRT.

Fritz H · · Unknown Hometown · Joined Dec 2014 · Points: 0

+1 for listening rock trail. Great concentration of problems of all different grades and some awesome boulders.

Benandstuff · · Winston-Salem, NC · Joined Apr 2015 · Points: 571

The first third of the Listening Rock Trail is your best bet for a variety of lines in one spot. If you hike out the trail past the shanghai boulder though you'll be walking a good distance for other boulder clusters.

You can go to the contact station boulders on your way out/in also.

If all you do is hard stuff and want to push it, yeah Olympus Boulder in the picnic area is your place.

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