West Virginia · Rock climbing · Cotton Hill

Malone Boulder

Malone Boulder in West Virginia has 9 bouldering routes across 5 grades.

Malone BoulderPhoto: Ryan Stavely, CC BY-SA 2.0 (via Flickr)
9 routes
V1 – V8
Bouldering

Best time to visit Malone Boulder

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, 1.5 mi away at 1,296 ft. The station sits about 500 ft higher than this place, so expect it a little warmer here. This station doesn't record snowfall. Source: NOAA NCEI U.S. Climate Normals 1991–2020.

Malone Boulder is a bouldering area in West Virginia, set within the Cotton Hill Wildlife Management Area and managed by the State Department of Natural Resources. It sits among a cluster of other bouldering spots, with Highball Boulder, Slitty Titty Boulder and Cotton Bottom all about 0.1 mile away. The climbing here is all bouldering, with nine routes spread across the V1 to V8 range. The easiest is Low Ballin' at V1, and the hardest is Fingers Malone at V8. Slopers Malone is a V6. The typical average for a nearby weather station at Anstead Hawks Nest State Park runs from highs around 75°F in May to about 84°F in July, with September easing back to the low 70s. For a change from the rocks, the Cliffside Trail and Loop Trail are both about a mile away, and the Hawk's Nest Rail Trail is roughly 1.4 miles off.

Routes (9)

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