Rock Climbing:

Meadow River

Description:

183 routes with opportunities for easier traditional routes as well as hard sport routes and some mixed routes as well.  Check out the Mountain Project link below for more detail.  

Directions:

The Meadow River is south of Summersville and north of Fayetteville.  Access for climbing is from the Meadow River Bridge (Google directions below).

Activities:

Camping, Canoeing, Rock Climbing (Summersville), Rock Climbing (New River Gorge), Whitewater (Lower Gauley), Whitewater (Upper Gauley) Whitewater (New River) Fishing, Sight Seeing

Web resources:

Rock Climbing.Com - Meadow River
Mountain Project - Meadow River Gorge

Resources:

Books -“New River Gorge, Meadow River and Summersville Lake” – Steve Cater; “Rock Climbing Virginia, West Virginia, and Maryland”- Eric J. Horst

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