Crags
New River Gorge
United States guidebook sector.
Sector guide
New River Gorge Proper / Cotton Hill
Browse 65 climbs in this New River Gorge sector, with practical notes for the approach, base, and suitability.
climbs
65
Every climb in this sector is listed below.
Grade spread
A quick feel for the sector
Every climb is listed below, easiest first.
Grade system shown: French
61 climbs · 5a to 8a+ · most at 6a–6c+
- 5a–5c 12
- 6a–6c+ 37
- 7a–7c+ 11
- 8a–8c+ 1
Full breakdown (14 grades)
5a
2
5b
5
5c
5
6a
7
6a+
10
6b
9
6b+
2
6c
5
6c+
4
7a
3
7a+
3
7b
3
7c
2
8a+
1
Grade system shown: V-scale
4 climbs · V2 to V6-7 · most at V5
- V2 1
- V5 2
- V6 1
Route list
Every climb in New River Gorge Proper / Cotton Hill
Sorted from easiest to hardest.
| Route | Grade | Stars | Ascents |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cotton Gin and Tonic | 5a | – | 0 |
| Ventilator Shaft | 5a | – | 0 |
| Bio-Slab | 5b | – | 0 |
| Diggie Diggie Doo | 5b | – | 0 |
| Hidie Hidie Ho | 5b | – | 0 |
| Management Wore Masks | 5b | – | 0 |
| Right of His Crack | 5b | – | 0 |
| Fingers | 5c | – | 0 |
| Hers | 5c | – | 0 |
| House of Cards | 5c | – | 0 |
| My Anaconda Don't | 5c | – | 0 |
| Mystery Hole | 5c | – | 0 |
| [Submitted to The Committee for Approval] | 6a | – | 0 |
| Commitment Issues | 6a | – | 0 |
| Cottonmouth | 6a | – | 0 |
| Dying for a Living | 6a | – | 0 |
| Fandango | 6a | – | 0 |
| Flaming Caterpillars | 6a | – | 0 |
| His | 6a | – | 0 |
| 98% Cotton | 6a+ | – | 0 |
| Climate Change | 6a+ | – | 0 |
| Copper-Colored Transitions | 6a+ | – | 0 |
| Deregulation | 6a+ | – | 0 |
| Ill-suited World | 6a+ | – | 0 |
| Minnie the Moocher | 6a+ | – | 0 |
| Salt The Earth | 6a+ | – | 0 |
| Solar Power | 6a+ | – | 0 |
| Tanning Bed | 6a+ | – | 0 |
| You Party Too Much | 6a+ | – | 0 |
| (Ra) | 6b | – | 0 |
| Cold Calculus | 6b | – | 0 |
| Essence | 6b | – | 0 |
| Le Petit Mort | 6b | – | 0 |
| Orchestration For a Dance | 6b | – | 0 |
| Red Hot Hoochie Coocher | 6b | – | 0 |
| Resilience | 6b | – | 0 |
| Sequence of Events | 6b | – | 0 |
| Unknown Roof Crack | 6b | – | 0 |
| Cottonhead | 6b+ | – | 0 |
| The Wurst Route at the New | 6b+ | – | 0 |
| Fireman's Belay | 6c | – | 0 |
| Government Overreach | 6c | – | 0 |
| Pocketing the Profits | 6c | – | 0 |
| Q-tip | 6c | – | 0 |
| Stick-o-saurus | 6c | – | 0 |
| Brittle Covenants | 6c+ | – | 0 |
| End of Innocence | 6c+ | – | 0 |
| Ostracized | 6c+ | – | 0 |
| Shack Rouster | 6c+ | – | 0 |
| Cotton the Act | 7a | – | 0 |
| Sometimes the Wolf | 7a | – | 0 |
| Wild and Wonderful | 7a | – | 0 |
| Audiophering | 7a+ | – | 0 |
| Love Sock | 7a+ | – | 0 |
| Psycho Wrangler | 7a+ | – | 0 |
| Final Twilight | 7b | – | 0 |
| Intergalactic Orcas | 7b | – | 0 |
| Tamarin | 7b | – | 0 |
| Ass Waxer | 7c | – | 0 |
| Tainted Love | 7c | – | 0 |
| The Rheesist | 8a+ | – | 0 |
| We Got Problems | V2 | – | 0 |
| Johnny Chimpo | V5 | – | 0 |
| Mighty Fine Shindig | V5 | – | 0 |
| Incident | V6-7 | – | 0 |
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