Kentuck Campground
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Campground · 5.3 mi from the trail
Pennsylvania · Rock climbing · Dunbar · Near Uniontown
Brutal Block
- 9 routes
- 5.4 – 5.12a/b
- Sport · Trad
- Aug–Oct
- best months
Brutal Block is a climbing area on State Game Land 051 in Pennsylvania, managed by State Fish and Wildlife. It sits among several other climbing areas, with Short Stack, Corridors and Snip Block all about 0.1 mile away. The area has nine routes, eight of them sport and one trad. Grades run from 5.4 up to 5.12+, with the median around 5.10c. Vini Vidi Vici is the only trad route, a 5.10 first ascended by Greg Zamule. Chip Off the Old Rock is a 5.10c sport route, and Project is the hardest at 5.12+. Summer is the most comfortable time to climb. Typical averages from a nearby weather station show July highs around 79°F with lows near 55°F, while January highs average about 34°F. For a change from the rock, the Pimo Rocks Trail and Lower Pimo Rocks Trail are both about 2 miles away. Kentuck Campground is roughly 5 miles off, and Redstone Creek offers paddling about 7.5 miles away.
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More in UniontownBest time to go · Aug–Oct
Best time to visit Brutal Block
Best months: August–October. Best months have typical highs of 55–85 °F, lows of 30 °F or warmer (32 °F where the station doesn't record snow), at most one snowy day and no more than 12 wet days.
Jan
34° / 15°
20 wet
Feb
38° / 16°
17 wet
Mar
48° / 23°
17 wet
Apr
61° / 33°
16 wet
May
69° / 43°
15 wet
Jun
75° / 52°
13 wet
Jul
79° / 55°
13 wet
Aug
77° / 54°
12 wet
Sep
71° / 47°
11 wet
Oct
61° / 36°
12 wet
Nov
49° / 27°
14 wet
Dec
39° / 20°
18 wet
Typical high / low (°F) and days with rain or snow, 1991–2020. Measured at Chalk Hill 2 Ene, PA, 5 mi away at 1,980 ft. This station doesn't record snowfall. Source: NOAA NCEI U.S. Climate Normals 1991–2020.
Routes (9)
Vini Vidi ViciFA: Greg Zamule5.10Chip Off the Old RockFA: Greg Zamule, Tim Anderson5.10cWater StreakFA: Norm and Laura Reed5.10cThe MatrixFA: Norm and Laura Reed; FFA, Dean Privett5.10dThe Face of RealityFA: Greg Zamuel5.11aProject5.12+Brutal OrangutanFA: Adrien Lagasse5.12a/bBrutal Access5.4Urban OrangutanFA: Bill Williams5.9
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