Fire and Ice Buttress
Fire and Ice Buttress in West Virginia has 6 routes across 5 grades, offering sport and trad climbing.
- 6 routes
- 5.10+ – 5.12a
- Trad · Sport
Is Fire and Ice 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 Fire and Ice Buttress
Best months: June–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
41° / 23°
15 wet
Feb
44° / 25°
13 wet
Mar
52° / 31°
14 wet
Apr
64° / 41°
14 wet
May
72° / 50°
14 wet
Jun
79° / 58°
12 wet
Jul
81° / 61°
12 wet
Aug
81° / 60°
11 wet
Sep
75° / 54°
9 wet
Oct
65° / 42°
10 wet
Nov
54° / 33°
11 wet
Dec
45° / 27°
14 wet
Typical high / low (°F) and days with rain or snow, 1991–2020. Measured at Oak Hill, WV, 6.9 mi away at 2,040 ft. This station doesn't record snowfall. Source: NOAA NCEI U.S. Climate Normals 1991–2020.
Fire and Ice 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 climbing and hiking spots, with Rico Suave Buttress and White Wall about 0.1 mile away and Butchers Branch Trail just as close. The area has six routes, four of which are trad and two sport, with grades ranging from 5.10b to 5.12a. The Fire route is a 5.10c trad climb, and the Carolina Crocker and the Tipple of Doom is a 5.12a sport route. The most difficult of the trad routes is Ice at 5.11b. September is the most comfortable month to visit, with typical highs around 75°F and lows near 54°F, based on averages from a nearby weather station in Oak Hill. October is cooler, with typical highs around 65°F. Nearby, the Kaymoor Miners Trail and LeCroy Trail are within half a mile, and paddlers can find Manns Creek about 7 miles away.
Routes (6)
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