Bubba Buttress
Bubba Buttress in West Virginia has 17 climbing routes across 11 grades, offering sport and trad styles.
Photo: Jarek Tuszyński, CC BY-SA 3.0 (via Wikimedia Commons)- 17 routes
- 5.6 – 5.13a
- Sport · Trad
Is Bubba 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 Bubba 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, 2.6 mi away at 1,296 ft. This station doesn't record snowfall. Source: NOAA NCEI U.S. Climate Normals 1991–2020.
Bubba 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 areas, with Central Bubba, Beer Wall and Rainbow Ledge Area all about 0.1 mile away. The area has 17 routes, with sport climbing making up 11 of them and trad climbing 6. The YDS grades range from 5.6 to 5.13a, with the median at 5.10d. Among the named routes are Wunderkind at 5.6, Basic Bubba Crack at 5.9, and Logotherapy at 5.13a. For timing, late spring and early fall are the most comfortable. Typical averages from a nearby weather station run from highs around 75°F in May to about 78°F in September, with July peaking near 84°F. Hikers can reach the Junkyard Area Trail about 0.7 mile away and the Hawks Nest Connector Trail about 0.8 mile away. Paddlers will find Manns Creek roughly 10 miles off.
Routes (17)
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