West Virginia · Rock climbing · Peterstown

White Wall

White Wall in West Virginia has 11 routes across 8 grades, offering mixed, sport, and trad climbing.

11 routes
5.8 – 5.11b/c
Sport · Trad · Mixed

Best time to visit White Wall

Best months: March–April and July–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° / 25°

    11 wet · 3 snow

  2. Feb

    46° / 27°

    11 wet · 3 snow

  3. Mar

    56° / 33°

    12 wet · 1 snow

  4. Apr

    68° / 42°

    12 wet

  5. May

    76° / 51°

    14 wet

  6. Jun

    82° / 60°

    13 wet

  7. Jul

    85° / 64°

    12 wet

  8. Aug

    84° / 64°

    11 wet

  9. Sep

    79° / 57°

    8 wet

  10. Oct

    68° / 45°

    8 wet

  11. Nov

    56° / 34°

    9 wet

  12. Dec

    45° / 29°

    11 wet · 1 snow

Typical high / low (°F) and days with rain or snow, 1991–2020. Measured at Bluestone Lake, WV, 11.3 mi away at 1,390 ft. Source: NOAA NCEI U.S. Climate Normals 1991–2020.

White Wall is a climbing area in West Virginia, about 1.2 miles from the town of Neponset. It sits among a cluster of other climbing spots, with the Savory Area, Iceberg Area and A: Pocket Boulder all about 0.1 mile away. That makes it easy to pair with other routes in the same stretch of the state's climbing country. The area has 11 routes, with styles ranging from sport and trad to mixed. The YDS grades run from 5.8 up to 5.11b/c, with White Trash at 5.11b and Superchunks at 5.11b/c among the harder options. Groove Machine and Chunks are trad routes at 5.9 and 5.9+. For timing, September and October are the most comfortable months, with typical highs around 79°F and 68°F and fewer wet days than the rest of the year. Those are typical averages from a nearby weather station at Bluestone Lake, which sits a few hundred feet lower than the wall. Within about 7 miles you'll find the Pipestem Knob Trail, the Guided Horseback Trail and Rich Creek for paddling, along with Knob Ridge.

Routes (11)