The Beauty Mountain Boulders, also known as Beauty Top Boulders, are the oldest established boulders in the region and are featured in John Sherman's book "Stone Crusade." In fact, the earliest recorded climbing at the New took place as toproping on some of the larger boulders at this area. There are some nice problems here, but they are unfortunately covered in an absurd amount of graffiti. A resurgence of climbing at this crag in 2021 was driven by Chris Marley as he opened several double digit lines in the Rich N' Rock N' Roll Cave and on the Jesus Boulder. With these additions, this sector now offers some of the easiest access to high concentration double-digit bouldering in the whole region. The incredible views from this cliff-top area are frequented by non-climbers and the views may distract you from the unsightly defaced rock. Climbing (carefully) on top of the Monofossilic boulder affords possibly the best sunset vista of the New River Gorge.
Topo images often do not match the current state of graffiti. Not every link-up variation in the Rich N' Rock N' Roll Cave have been included.
🚶♂️ Approach summary - Mellow. Under 5 minutes.
💎 Notable problems - "Inversion" V2, "Hack Traverse" V2, "Monofossilic" V5, "Rich N' Rock N' Roll" V7, "Between Beauty High Start" V7, "Rock On" V9, "Mark of the Beast" V11, "Mark of the Beast Sit Start" V13
💧 Dry time - 1 to 4+ days. Most of the boulders dry in 1 to 2 days, the topout of "Rich N' Rock N' Roll" and "Rock On" takes several days to dry fully.
🍂❄️🍃 Seasonal Beta - Year round. This area stays especially cool and has a nice breeze even in the summer.
🚗 Drive from downtown Fayetteville - 15 minutes
🚗 Drive from Summersville - 35 minutes
🚽 Bathrooms - None. Please go elsewhere, options include flush toilets at the National Park Visitor Center and pit toilets along the drive in at the Endless Wall parking and Short Creek parking.
📶 Cell phone service - 4/5, good.
🐶 Dogs - Must be leashed at all times. This is National Park land.
