When Hurricane Helene struck in 2024, a landslide wiped out roughly 100 feet of the Wildcat Rock Trail — the primary access route to the rock and ice climbing area at Little Bearwallow Falls. CCC's C4 Crew partnered with Conserving Carolina to bring the trail back stronger than before, completing nearly 500 hours of work across 62 crew days. The team constructed two stone staircases with approximately 20 steps, built multi-tiered retaining walls, and restored and armored the damaged trail section with improved

The Blue Ridge Parkway is closed in the section surrounding Ship Rock, due to a resurfacing project. Effective immediately, Ship Rock will be inaccessible for an estimated 3-4 week period, hopefully opening toward the end of June 2026. Parkway officials ask to stay out of the Ship Rock area during road construction. Variances of approaches are not acceptable at this time.  Stay tuned here for updates. 

We're thrilled to announce that we have received grant funding through the Pickens County ATAX and Pickens County Parks, Recreation and Tourism, supporting two initiatives that directly benefit our local climbing community and visitors to the area.

Pickens County has awarded a total of $17,500 for trail maintenance and reconstruction at Pumpkintown Wall and Big Rock, and $2,500 for SC Climbers Festival Marketing. The Pumpkintown Wall Trail and Big Rock are the state's most celebrated and most visited climbing areas, beloved destinations that see heavy use from climbers across the

We're stoked to announce our partnership with On the Road and Off and Black Diamond for the Trail Daze of Summer Stewardship Series — and it's going to be a sweaty, buggy good time chocked full of type 2 fun!