Crags
New River Gorge
United States guidebook sector.
Sector guide
New River Gorge Proper / Fern Buttress
Browse 98 climbs in this New River Gorge sector, with practical notes for the approach, base, and suitability.
climbs
98
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
98 climbs · 4a to 8a · most at 6a–6c+
- 4a–4c 7
- 5a–5c 18
- 6a–6c+ 44
- 7a–7c+ 28
- 8a–8c+ 1
Full breakdown (18 grades)
4a
2
4c
5
5a
2
5b
4
5c
12
6a
3
6a+
8
6b
7
6b+
6
6c
12
6c+
8
7a
7
7a+
9
7b
3
7b+
4
7c
4
7c+
1
8a
1
Route list
Every climb in New River Gorge Proper / Fern Buttress
Sorted from easiest to hardest.
| Route | Grade | Stars | Ascents |
|---|---|---|---|
| Andrew's Fart Hole | 4a | – | 0 |
| Impulse Power | 4a | – | 0 |
| A Wild Hair | 4c | – | 0 |
| Beech, Beeech, Beeeech! | 4c | – | 0 |
| Crack of the Klingons | 4c | – | 0 |
| Transporter Crack | 4c | – | 0 |
| Wits Quacker | 4c | – | 0 |
| Beam Me Up Scotty | 5a | – | 0 |
| No Sign of Intelligent Life | 5a | – | 0 |
| Goofer's Retreat | 5b | – | 0 |
| Hysteria | 5b | – | 0 |
| The Wrath of Khan | 5b | – | 0 |
| Tractor Beam | 5b | – | 0 |
| Baptism by Fire | 5c | – | 0 |
| Emerald Dance | 5c | – | 0 |
| Mrs. Workman’s Corner | 5c | – | 0 |
| Night Moves | 5c | – | 0 |
| One Bag Face | 5c | – | 0 |
| Optical Allusion | 5c | – | 0 |
| Peanut Butter and Pineapples | 5c | – | 0 |
| Ritz Cracker | 5c | – | 0 |
| Rolling Rock | 5c | – | 0 |
| S&M | 5c | – | 0 |
| Two Bag Face | 5c | – | 0 |
| Yert Yak Crack | 5c | – | 0 |
| Anal Clenching Adventures | 6a | – | 0 |
| Crescenta | 6a | – | 0 |
| Lewd Operator | 6a | – | 0 |
| Constant Velocity | 6a+ | – | 0 |
| Fire and Waste | 6a+ | – | 0 |
| Fragile Ego System | 6a+ | – | 0 |
| Mud and Guts | 6a+ | – | 0 |
| Springboard | 6a+ | – | 0 |
| The Chameleon | 6a+ | – | 0 |
| Triple Treat | 6a+ | – | 0 |
| Two-Tone Arete | 6a+ | – | 0 |
| Bisect | 6b | – | 0 |
| First Person | 6b | – | 0 |
| Mild Seed | 6b | – | 0 |
| New Tricks for the Old Dog | 6b | – | 0 |
| Reservations and Mild Life | 6b | – | 0 |
| Spiderwalk | 6b | – | 0 |
| Triple Trash | 6b | – | 0 |
| Bland Space | 6b+ | – | 0 |
| Gone 'til November | 6b+ | – | 0 |
| Jacuzzi Bop | 6b+ | – | 0 |
| Shiny Faces | 6b+ | – | 0 |
| Toss that Beat in the Garbage Can | 6b+ | – | 0 |
| Workman's Comp | 6b+ | – | 0 |
| Bill and Ken's Excellent Adventure | 6c | – | 0 |
| Fallboard | 6c | – | 0 |
| Fern Creek Direct | 6c | – | 0 |
| Grand Space | 6c | – | 0 |
| Hole in the Wall | 6c | – | 0 |
| Mega-jug | 6c | – | 0 |
| Mr. Workman's Crack | 6c | – | 0 |
| Pleasure and Pain | 6c | – | 0 |
| Sometimes a Great Notion | 6c | – | 0 |
| Spring Line | 6c | – | 0 |
| Surge Complex | 6c | – | 0 |
| Wild Seed | 6c | – | 0 |
| Cold November Rain | 6c+ | – | 0 |
| Doer, Not A Critic | 6c+ | – | 0 |
| God of Fire | 6c+ | – | 0 |
| Muscle Belly | 6c+ | – | 0 |
| Optical Illusion | 6c+ | – | 0 |
| Ron Kauk Gets a Perm | 6c+ | – | 0 |
| Scrawny Ruffian's Route | 6c+ | – | 0 |
| The Mighty Stoat | 6c+ | – | 0 |
| C-Section | 7a | – | 0 |
| Gonad the Bavarian | 7a | – | 0 |
| Grand Larceny | 7a | – | 0 |
| Nervous Bachelor | 7a | – | 0 |
| Preservation of Wildlife | 7a | – | 0 |
| Share the Earth | 7a | – | 0 |
| The Weight | 7a | – | 0 |
| Arbor Day | 7a+ | – | 0 |
| Fly Girls | 7a+ | – | 0 |
| Morning Dew | 7a+ | – | 0 |
| Prada Willies | 7a+ | – | 0 |
| Quickie in the Molar | 7a+ | – | 0 |
| The Brawn Wall | 7a+ | – | 0 |
| Tongue-in-Groove | 7a+ | – | 0 |
| Total Sex Package | 7a+ | – | 0 |
| White-Out | 7a+ | – | 0 |
| Fall Line | 7b | – | 0 |
| Foutre la Doigt | 7b | – | 0 |
| Jug Rash | 7b | – | 0 |
| Bisected Anus Toprope | 7b+ | – | 0 |
| Portly Gentleman's Route | 7b+ | – | 0 |
| Thieves in the Temple | 7b+ | – | 0 |
| Wall Drug | 7b+ | – | 0 |
| Bosnian Vacation | 7c | – | 0 |
| The Land Before Time | 7c | – | 0 |
| Use Your Power | 7c | – | 0 |
| Welcome to Conditioning | 7c | – | 0 |
| My Stinking Brain | 7c+ | – | 0 |
| Just Send It | 8a | – | 0 |
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