West Virginia · Rock climbing · Edmond

F) Flash Point Area

F) Flash Point Area in West Virginia has 8 routes with 7 difficulty grades, offering sport and trad climbing.

F) Flash Point AreaPhoto: daveynin, CC BY 2.0 (via Flickr)
8 routes
5.7 – 5.12b
Trad · Sport

Is F) Flash Point Area 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 F) Flash Point Area

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.

  1. Jan

    42° / 23°

  2. Feb

    46° / 25°

  3. Mar

    55° / 31°

  4. Apr

    68° / 40°

  5. May

    75° / 49°

  6. Jun

    81° / 58°

  7. Jul

    84° / 62°

  8. Aug

    83° / 61°

  9. Sep

    78° / 54°

  10. Oct

    68° / 43°

  11. Nov

    56° / 33°

  12. Dec

    46° / 27°

Typical high / low (°F) and days with rain or snow, 1991–2020. Measured at Anstead Hawks Nest Sp, WV, 5.6 mi away at 1,296 ft. This station doesn't record snowfall. Source: NOAA NCEI U.S. Climate Normals 1991–2020.

Flash Point Area 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 G) Diamond Point, H) Hellbound Area and E) Kaymoor Slabs all about 0.1 mile away. The area has eight routes, five of them trad and three sport, with grades ranging from 5.7 to 5.12b. The hardest is Lisa's Lunge Time at 5.12b, and the Flash Point route, a sport climb at 5.11d, is named after the area itself. For comfortable weather, late spring and early fall are the best bets. Typical averages from a nearby weather station run from highs around 75°F in May to about 78°F in September, with July the warmest month at about 84°F. That station sits roughly 450 feet lower than the area, so temperatures here run a little cooler. The Endless Wall Climbers' Access Trail is about 0.3 mile away, and the Butchers Branch Trail is about 0.6 mile away. Paddlers can find Manns Creek about 7 miles off.

Routes (8)