🔴 THIS AREA IS HIGHLY WATER LEVEL DEPENDENT, PLEASE SEE INFORMATION BELOW
Nuttallburg is the largest area with the easiest access for boulders on the banks of the New River. A long, beautiful drive down Keeneys Creek meanders past the bottom of Short Creek before ending at the Nuttallburg town ruins. The rock here is arguably the best in the entire region, bullet hard and often water polished. This guide has been split into different sectors within the whole of Nuttallburg, due to the widely varying directions and the long stretch of river encompassed by this area. Most importantly many of the boulders are water level dependent, best visited in late summer and early fall when the New is routinely at its lowest.
The Greyhound boulders have an excellent, large selection of moderates up to V9 and a few worthy projects. This zone is reasonably high concentration and it is easy to hit multiple classics in a day. This area is a great introduction to the magic that Nuttallburg has to offer.
🚶♂️ Approach summary - Moderately rugged. 20 to 25 minutes.
💎 Notable problems - "Paul Bunyan" V1, "Harvestmen" V2, "Cobble Face" left and right variations V2, "Coke Oven" V3, "Room Temp IQ" V3, "Neurodivergent" V5, "Bobmentia" V5, "Fine Wine" V5, "Awesome Mix Vol. 2" V6, "Echoplex" V6, "Spirit In The Sky" V7, "There For The Taking" V8, "Cobble Arete" V9
💧 Dry time - Hours. When landings are not under water this area dries extremely quickly. No additional wait time is needed once the rock is visibly dry.
🍂❄️🍃 Seasonal Beta - Best in the late summer and fall when the New River is at its lowest, however many of these boulders are climbable year round and tend to stay snow-free when the rest of the area is covered.
🌊 Water Level Beta - Different boulders require different levels. The most sensitive to water levels are the Echoplex Boulder and "Greyhound Bus Stopper" V9, both needing close to negative 1 foot on the Fayette Station gauge. The room with the Stay Classy Boulder, the Room Temp IQ Boulder and the right side of the There For Boulder goes under water above +1 foot on the Fayette Station gauge. The Spider Boulder and Greybeard Boulder are river level but still climbable at 4ft, while the hillside and trailside boulders are climbable no matter the water level.
Fayette Station --> https://www.americanwhitewater.org/content/Gauge2/detail/id/43472/
Thurmond --> https://waterdata.usgs.gov/monitoring-location/03185400/
🚗 Drive from downtown Fayetteville - 33 minutes
🚗 Drive from Summersville - 46 minutes
🚽 Bathrooms - Pit toilets at the parking area.
📶 Cell phone service - 2/5, spotty. There is spotty service in the parking lot and on the bank just downstream of the RIpple Effect Boulder.
🐶 Dogs - Must be leashed at all times. This is National Park land.