B) Party Buttress
B) Party Buttress in West Virginia has 28 climbing routes on 14 difficulty grades.
- 28 routes
- 5.9 – 5.13a/b
- Sport · Trad
Is B) Party Buttress open right now?
No closures listed
The National Park Service lists no closures for New River Gorge National Park and Preserve.
As of · Source: NPS · New River Gorge National Park and Preserve. Agencies don't list every closure — check before you go.
Best time to visit B) Party Buttress
Best months: April–November. 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
42° / 23°
Feb
46° / 25°
Mar
55° / 31°
Apr
68° / 40°
May
75° / 49°
Jun
81° / 58°
Jul
84° / 62°
Aug
83° / 61°
Sep
78° / 54°
Oct
68° / 43°
Nov
56° / 33°
Dec
46° / 27°
Typical high / low (°F) and days with rain or snow, 1991–2020. Measured at Anstead Hawks Nest Sp, WV, 5.4 mi away at 1,296 ft. This station doesn't record snowfall. Source: NOAA NCEI U.S. Climate Normals 1991–2020.
Party Buttress is a climbing area in New River Gorge National Park and Preserve in West Virginia, managed by the National Park Service. It sits among a cluster of other climbing spots, with A) Fern Point, D) Idol Point and E) Kaymoor Slabs all about 0.1 mile away, and the Endless Wall Climbers' Access Trail just as close. The area has 28 routes, with sport climbing making up 17 of them and trad climbing 11. The YDS grades run from 5.9 up to 5.13a/b, with the median at 5.11c. Some of the named routes include Diversity in Microcosm (5.9 trad), Party All the Time (5.10b trad), Eat My Dust (5.11b sport) and The Sweetest Taboo (5.13a/b sport). For timing, late spring and early fall are the most comfortable. Typical averages from a nearby weather station show May highs around 75°F and September highs around 78°F, with July the warmest month at about 84°F. That station sits roughly 460 feet lower than the area, so temperatures on the cliff may run a little cooler.
Routes (28)
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Photo: Wv funnyman, CC BY-SA 4.0 (via Wikimedia Commons)E) Kaymoor Slabs
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14-route climbing crag in West Virginia with sport and trad options.
Photo: daveynin, CC BY 2.0 (via Flickr)F) Flash Point Area
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F) Flash Point Area in West Virginia has 8 routes with 7 difficulty grades, offering sport and trad climbing.
Photo: daveynin, CC BY 2.0 (via Flickr)G) Diamond Point
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G) Diamond Point in West Virginia has 19 climbing routes with 13 difficulty grades.
Photo: daveynin, CC BY 2.0 (via Flickr)I) Honeymooner's Area
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I) Honeymooner's Area in West Virginia has 30 climbing routes across 17 grades.
Photo: tr.robinson, CC BY-SA 2.0 (via Flickr)P) Jacob's Ladder Area
~1 min drive
Jacob's Ladder Area in West Virginia has 9 climbing routes with sport and trad options.
Photo: tr.robinson, CC BY-SA 2.0 (via Flickr)R) The Cirque
~2 min drive
R) The Cirque in West Virginia has 27 climbing routes across 16 difficulty grades.
A) Fern Point
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20-route climbing area in West Virginia with sport and trad options.
D) Idol Point
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D) Idol Point in West Virginia has 6 climbing routes.
9) Star Trek Wall
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9) Star Trek Wall in West Virginia has 9 climbing routes.
H) Hellbound Area
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H) Hellbound Area in West Virginia has 11 climbing routes with 9 difficulty grades.
