Climbing near Raleigh, NC

Post by **gregkerzhner** » Sun Apr 22, 2007 11:15 pm

How far would one have to go to get to good trad, sport or boldering?

Post by **Andrew** » Mon Apr 23, 2007 12:50 am

6 and a half hours to the red.

Post by **pigsteak** » Mon Apr 23, 2007 2:15 am

and then it is only good bouldering.

raleigh is actually pretty much screwed for good climbing...at least two hours of highway seperates you from mecca.

Post by **Buster** » Mon Apr 23, 2007 11:38 am

I think that there is some scrappy bouldering right in town at a place called Olmsted park but I have never been there.
Pilot Mountain, Suaratown, Moores Wall, etc are the closest climbing areas and have a good selection of bouldering, sport and traditionally protected climbing.

Post by **Andrew** » Mon Apr 23, 2007 12:48 pm

Don't ever go to pilot, and you would climb everything at Suaratown in a day. Hardest route at suaratown is 13a.

Post by **sendit** » Mon Apr 23, 2007 6:52 pm

2.5 hours to Moores Wall, pretty good trad lines and some bouldering. 4 hours to Boone and and a little more to get to Asheville. I grew up in raleigh and driving out to rumbling bald or shipwreck or grandmother for a weekend is not too bad. In fact, i day tripped it to boone a few times but that really sucks.
There are two gyms in raleigh/durham-vertical edge and raleigh rockyard both are decent.
Since I left there is some supposed bouldering development going on close to the triangle (raleigh-durham-and chapel hill) but like all those 'secret' spots i don't have any directions.
On the flip side raleigh is also only two hours to the closet beach!

Post by **gregkerzhner** » Tue Apr 24, 2007 11:07 pm

Haha sounds good. I am officially going there for 4 years as of today.