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Roof Rocks Climbing

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Routes in Roof Rocks

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	Battle of the Bulge TR 5.7 5a 15 V+ 13 MVS 4b
	Beginner's World Right (aka Heath Ledger) TR 5.5 4b 13 IV+ 11 MS 4a
	Chippy Chipmunk, The TR 5.4 4a 12 IV 10 VD 3c
	Dark Room V4 6B
	EZ PZ Lemon Squee-Z TR 5.5 4b 13 IV+ 11 MS 4a
	First Cut is the Deepest, The TR 5.9+ 5c 17 VI 17 E1 5a
	Flop Crack V2 5+
	Geometree T,TR 5.8 5b 16 VI- 15 HVS 4c
	Gets Me Horney TR 5.10b 6a+ 19 VII- 19 E2 5b
	Kinaesthetix V0-1 4+
	Kodachrome Arete V3 6A
	MoAbs V3 6A
	Polaroid V1 5
	Resolution Solution V6-7 7A+
	Roof Traverse T 5.5 4b 13 IV+ 11 MS 4a
	Sabbatical V10 7C+
	Sandstorm V9-10 7C+
	Sandtrap Project V10+ 7C+
	Upchouca T 5.12a 7a+ 25 VIII+ 25 E5 6a PG13

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Access Issue: Regarding Local Ethics Details

Please do not climb on wet rock, especially footholds. If a hold is wet, and you are unsure if it is fragile or not, go climb something dry. Caking a hold in chalk only dries the surface of the rock and does nothing to actually make a hold less friable.

If you use chalk on the rock, brush it off when you are done. If you use tick marks, brush them off when you are done. Wipe your feet off prior to each climbing attempt. Excess chalk and any dirt, leaves, or mud can polish holds over time. Do not drag your pad from one climb to the next (in order to minimize erosion). And most importantly, Leave No Trace. Pick up your trash and place it in the trash cans at the trail head.

Description

A nice climbing area that features several top rope climbs as well as a few leads. It is also fairly tall for Coopers Rock averaging around 40-50 feet tall. Unlike most of the other climbing in the forest, Roof Rocks is located near the Henry Clay Furnace. This area is often guided and used by the ROTC for training. If there are already vans or more than a few cars in the pull-off, it is best to go somewhere else.

Getting There

Soon after entering the first gate past the day use parking lot, there is a road leading to the right towards the Henry Clay Furnace. Follow that road for around 2 miles and you'll see pull-offs on both sides of the road with a picnic table on the right side before you get to the parking lot for the furnace. Park at these pull-offs. The obvious trail puts you on top of the cliff, you can set up your top rope from trees here. From this point you can either rappel in or go back to the road and walk down the road (back towards the park entrance) about 100 yards and find the access trail which goes to an easy hike down and around to the cliff face!

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Classic Climbing Routes at Roof Rocks

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

V9-10 7C+ 4 ● Sandstorm Boulder
5.5 4b 13 IV+ 11 MS 4a 8 ● Roof Traverse Trad
5.5 4b 13 IV+ 11 MS 4a 5 ● EZ PZ Lemon Squee-Z TR
5.7 5a 15 V+ 13 MVS 4b 6 ● Battle of the Bulge TR
5.8 5b 16 VI- 15 HVS 4c 5 ● Geometree Trad, TR
5.9+ 5c 17 VI 17 E1 5a 4 ● The First Cut is the Deepest TR
5.10b 6a+ 19 VII- 19 E2 5b 6 ● Gets Me Horney TR