Coral Area Guidebooks

FEATURED: Cheat Canyon Bouldering Volume I: Coopers Rock

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The long-awaited guidebook to one of America’s largest bouldering areas has now arrived. This guide details 2,500 problems within Coopers Rock State Forest on the north rim of the Cheat Canyon, including 2,100 previously unpublished lines. Full color photos display nearly every problem in the forest, along with a spattering of full-page action shots of previously unknown classics. Clear directions with coordinates and 125 intricate maps will get you straight to the new project you thought would be your warmup. This book incorporates several features I’ve always wanted in other guides, including 19 style-specific tick lists, 193 climbs that stay dry in the rain, and the introduction of 25 Font-style bouldering circuits throughout the forest. Most importantly, this book never runs out of battery or shuts off in those crisp autumn temps.

FEATURED: Cheat Cayon Rock

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This guidebook covers almost all of the classic gritstone sport and trad climbs in the area (around 500). Covering over 30 crags, this guide provides up to date first ascent information, local history, access beta, and GPS accurate maps.

If you want a copy, email Andrew with your name and address at andrew@cheatcanyonclimbers.org. Books are $38.00 and shipping is $7.00. You can send Andrew a check or Venmo him @Andrew-Leich

If you don’t have Venmo, note that in your email and he’ll give you the address to send a check

True Grit: Cooper's Rock Climbing Guide

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"Welcome to True Grit, the long-awaited rock climbers’ guide to Coopers Rock State Forest in northern West Virginia. Sharp End Publishing has worked with longtime climbing activist Rick Thompson, whose history at Coopers Rock goes back to 1976, to produce this impressive tome of roped rock climbs. This edition features over 400 routes scattered through a remarkable forest setting strewn with sandstone boulders and crags. This is the preeminent guide to Coopers Rock and reveals the personality of the routes through artistic, entertaining route descriptions, detailed maps, long-overlooked historical first-ascent information, and action shots galore."

Rock Climbing Virginia, West Virginia, and Maryland

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Coopers Rock Bouldering Guide

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