Located in the beautiful Potomac River Gorge, Great Falls provides a wide variety of climbing right along side the Potomac river. The cliffs are roughly 60 feet high made of hard, solid rock. The area is sunny and has lots of visitors, climbers and hikers alike.
This guide provides maps, descriptions, and ratings of technical climbing routes along the Potomac River; covering the Virginia shoreline. The paper edition contains Maryland shoreline climbs, which will be included in future editions of this Rakkup guide, as well as masterpoint locations for each sector. The Rakkup edition includes over 200 routes and updated images.
Should you have any comments, suggestions, or general inquiries regarding this guidebook, please reach out to the PATC-MS club directly at secretary@patcms.org.
Sectors in alphabetical order:
| Aid Box | 12 climbs |
| Bird's Nest | 13 climbs |
| Cigar Box | 9 climbs |
| Climber's Guide to Great Falls | 7 climbs |
| Cornice | 11 climbs |
| Cow Hoof | 10 climbs |
| Degree 101 | 10 climbs |
| Dihedrals | 20 climbs |
| Dike Creek | 11 climbs |
| Downstream Climbs | 15 climbs |
| Dr. Needlepoint | 13 climbs |
| Echo Rock | 6 climbs |
| Flat Iron | 8 climbs |
| Gorky Park | 10 climbs |
| Juliet's Balcony | 20 climbs |
| Microdome | 11 climbs |
| River Bend Wall | 8 climbs |
| Romeo's Ladder | 14 climbs |
| Sandbox | 8 climbs |
| Seclusion | 15 climbs |
