TimBarb Buttress

TimBarb Buttress is a climbing area in Maryland, sitting right at Eckhart Junction. It is a small cluster of rock with several named walls and buttresses close together, including Locust Grove, Green Wall and Mark's Wall, each about 0.1 mile away, and Pluto Buttress about 0.4 mile off. The area is built around traditional routes, and the climbing is all trad. The routes here range from 5.4 to 5.10b, with the majority in the 5.6 to 5.7 range. Barbara Jean and The Jeff Kimmel Route are both 5.4, and West End Boys and Ring Around the Rosie are the hardest, at 5.10a and 5.10b. Timbarb is a 5.7. For timing, late spring and early fall are the most comfortable. Typical averages from a nearby weather station in Cumberland run from highs around 75°F in May to about 79°F in September, with July the warmest at 87°F. Winter is cold, with January highs near 39°F. Beyond the climbing, Monkey's Head Rock Trail is about 6 miles away, and Bear Ridge is a little farther. For paddling, Evitts Creek in Pennsylvania is roughly 9 miles off.