Carolina Climbers Coalition (CCC) is pleased to announce the purchase of Buckeye Knob in Watauga County, North Carolina. The purchase was made possible with a $120,000 loan from the Access Fund Climbing Conservation Loan Program. CCC and adjacent landowners also worked together to donate access and recreation easements, providing access to Buckeye Knob and permanent climbing access to the nearby Barn Boulders.
Located just outside of Boone, Buckeye Knob and the Barn Boulders are home to problems ranging from V1 to V14 and host some of North Carolina’s hardest boulder problems. Thanks to the nature of the stone and the fantastic landings, there is also a circuit of problems from V1 to V3 that has been the start of many ongoing bouldering obsessions among Carolina climbers.