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Northwest Branch Climbing

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Areas in Northwest Branch

Curtain Call Boulder 0 / 0 / 0 / 4 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 4

Long Wall 0 / 0 / 0 / 28 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 28

North Bank - Anklebiter Boulder 0 / 0 / 0 / 7 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 7

North Bank - Chaos Roof Area AKA Snowflake Boulder 0 / 0 / 0 / 36 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 36

North Bank - Crack Line Boulder 0 / 0 / 0 / 5 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 5

North Bank - Hobo Cave Area 0 / 0 / 0 / 6 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 6

North Bank - Pebble Wrestler Boulder 0 / 0 / 0 / 1 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 1

North Bank - Pyramid Boulder 0 / 0 / 0 / 4 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 4

North Bank - Suspended Boulder 0 / 0 / 0 / 7 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 7

North Bank - Tree Hugger Boulder 0 / 0 / 0 / 3 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 3

North Bank - Tulip Area 0 / 0 / 0 / 18 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 18

North Bank - Uphill Slab 0 / 0 / 0 / 4 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 4

South Bank - Dirty Ernie 0 / 0 / 0 / 16 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 16

South Bank - Foam Pit 0 / 0 / 0 / 2 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 2

South Bank - Pipeline Area 0 / 0 / 0 / 35 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 35

South Bank - Psicobranch 0 / 0 / 0 / 1 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 1

South Bank - Roof Area 0 / 0 / 0 / 17 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 17

South Bank - The Cracks 2 / 0 / 2 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 2

South Bank - Tick Area 0 / 0 / 0 / 10 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 10

South Bank Falls 2 / 0 / 2 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 2

Elevation:	220 ft
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Description

Collection of 100 boulder problems in a wooded area of the Northwest Branch of the Anacostia River just minutes north of DC. Watch for families hiking through on the weekends.

Topos available at:

http://mdguides.files.wordpress.com/2012/05/nwb-guide-draft.pdf (newer)

http://www.drtopo.com/submitted/nwbranch.pdf

A new digital guidebook written by Dana Miller details 122 boulder problems with hi-res photos, maps, and GPS.

Getting There

Drive to exit 30 on the Capital Beltway (495). Head north on Colesville Rd/Columbia Pike (Route 29).
Drive 1.4 miles on Route 29. Parking lot for the Northwest Branch will be on the right. If you get to the Citgo/Trader Joe's/California Tortilia (Lockwood Plaza)x, you've gone too far.
Follow the trail at the parking lot

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Classic Climbing Routes at Northwest Branch

Mountain Project's determination of the classic, most popular, highest rated climbing routes in this area.

V0 4 43 ● Don't Fall Right Boulder N Bank - Chaos… > Upstream Slab
V1 5 35 ● Center Face Boulder N Bank - Tulip Area
V1-2 5 31 ● Kinder Garden Boulder S Bank - Pipeline Area
V2+ 5+ 53 ● Snowflake Boulder N Bank - Chaos… > Downstream Slab AKA S…
V3 6A 29 ● Center Face Boulder N Bank - Chaos… > Upstream Slab
V3 6A PG13 10 ● What's a King to a God? Boulder S Bank - Pipeline Area
V4 6B 31 ● Snowflake Traverse Boulder N Bank - Chaos… > Downstream Slab AKA S…
V4+ 6B+ 13 ● Crimptastic Boulder S Bank - Roof Area
V5 6C 40 ● the TRAVERSE Boulder S Bank - Tick Area
V5 6C 34 ● Nice Slot Boulder S Bank - Pipeline Area
V5-6 6C+ 11 ● Anklebiter Far Left Boulder N Bank - Anklebiter B…
V6 7A 5 ● Nice Slot Sit Start Boulder S Bank - Pipeline Area
V7 7A+ 23 ● Secret Garden Boulder S Bank - Pipeline Area
V9 7C 6 ● Curtain Call Boulder Curtain Call Boulder
V10 7C+ 12 ● Ultimate Doom Boulder N Bank - Chaos… > Chaos Roof