This Sunday, Jan. 5 will be our first trip of 2020. We had to move the trip back to Sunday due to the rain that will hit the region at the end of this week. Our destination will be Sand Rock, AL. Providing a nice mix of sport, trad, top [...]
This Saturday, Dec. 7 will be our December trip, and it’s time for some T-Wall magic! Running alongside the Tennessee River, the Tennessee Wall is some of the best sandstone cragging anywhere in the Southeast. Abundant trad climbs are available in every grade from 5.7 on up. The T-Wall is [...]
The location for our November trip has been changed from Little River Canyon to Castle Rock, TN. Castle Rock has a better selection of moderates available and should make the trip accessible to more of our members. Although a few trad lines exist, Castle Rock is predominately sport climbing on [...]
Join us this Saturday, October 5 for our trip to Sand Rock, AL. The Cherokee Rock Village park is home to an abundance of single-pitch sandstone climbs of varying types and difficulties. Sport, trad and bouldering are all there for the taking. We’ll be leaving the Marietta park and ride [...]
Thanks to everyone for making our trip to Linville Gorge such a success. I had a great time seeing you all. I have posted a collection of photos from the trip to the ACC Facebook page. You don’t need to be on Facebook to view the photos. Just click the [...]
On September 7-8 we’re headed to Linville Gorge in North Carolina for our fall trip. Located in the Pisgah National Forest northwest of Morganton, NC, the gorge provides unspoiled views of old-growth forest. Climbing on quartzite cliffs is available in a wide range of difficulties and differing levels of remoteness [...]
The club trip this Saturday, June 15 will be to Sunset Park. Stretching along the western face of Lookout Mountain in Chattanooga is Sunset Park, home of some of Tennessee’s finest single-pitch trad climbing. Because it’s a west-facing crag, Sunset is a nice destination in the summer months; it stays [...]
Both the ACC June meeting and the June trip are postponed until next week. Our meeting venue is closed for a special event this week, and the weather forecast for this weekend is not promising. Our meeting will be held next Thursday, June 13. The club trip will be the [...]
The May club trip will take place on May 18 and 19 at Moore’s Wall in North Carolina. Located in Hanging Rock State Park just north of Winston-Salem, Moore’s Wall has an abundance of steep, juggy climbs on quartzite rock. The overwhelming majority of the climbs are traditionally protected, and [...]
This Saturday, weather permitting, the Atlanta Climbing Club is planning on heading to Crowder’s Mountain located in Western North Carolina. In fact, it’s not too far from South Carolina. The rock is of a quartzite similar to the rock found around the state. The rock quality is pretty good and [...]