Explorer's Guide West Virginia () by Leonard M. Adkins

Author:Leonard M. Adkins
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Countryman Press
Published: 2011-03-20T16:00:00+00:00

BOAT RENTALS West Virginia Water Sports (304-872-6907; www.wvwebsites.com/West-Virginia-Watersports), Salmon Run Rd., Summersville. Pontoon boat rentals from mid-May to mid-Sept.

BOWLING Leisure Lanes (304-253-7328; www.leisurelaneswv.com), 700 Johnstown Rd., Beckley. There are 24 lanes that the management sometimes bathes in lights, music, and fog for what they call “futuristic bowling.”

CLIMBING With close to 1,500 established routes going over extremely hard and featured sandstone rock with lots of cracks and face routes, the New River Gorge National River has become one of the most popular climbing areas in the country. Most of the routes are 5.9 or harder, meaning they are for advanced and expert climbers, but there are some good beginner spots, too, such as the Bridge Buttress and Junkyard Wall. The climbing season runs Apr.–Nov., with the park service recommending late Apr. to mid-June and mid-Sept. to late Oct. as the best times. New River Rock by Rick Thompson and New River Gorge Rock Climbs by Mike Williams contain information on almost every route in the gorge.

The rock cliffs surrounding Summersville Lake, especially those close to the US 19 bridge, and those rising above the Meadow River are also popular climbing places. New River Gorge, Meadow River and Summersville Lake Rock Climbers’ Guidebook by Steve Cater covers these routes.

Hard Rock Climbing (304-574-0735; www.hardrockclimbing.com), 131 South Court St., Fayetteville. For more than two decades, Hard Rock Climbing has been taking beginning, intermediate, and advanced climbers on climbing and rappelling trips to the New River Gorge and Summersville Lake. They also do retail sales of equipment and have a bouldering room in the store.

New River Mountain Guides (304-574-3872; www.newriverclimbing.com), 101 East Wiseman St. (inside Water Stone Outdoors), Fayetteville. New River Mountain Guides has been providing the same services as Hard Rock Climbing since 1994.

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