The Gendarme has been outfitting Seneca Rocks climbers since 1971. The Gendarme’s extensive collection of antique gear served as the inspiration and core content of The Seneca Project. On this page, explore The Gendarme as it looks …

Oct 28, 1987 · seneca rocks, w.va. -- For more than 400 million years, the Gendarme, a 20-ton slab of quartzite, perched precariously in a notch amid one of America's most spectacular rock formations, looking...

Seneca Rocks are made from the same quartzite rock that forms the Gunks in New York but is tilted vertically instead of horizontally. At some point, weathering and erosion formed the fabulous spire of the Gendarme in the notch between the North and the South Peaks of Seneca.

The Gendarme, Seneca Rocks, West Virginia. 1,721 likes · 2 talking about this · 112 were here. The Gendarme has the most extensive selection found anywhere in our region and is the ultimate climber’s...

May 12, 2006 · This is the only picture that I have showing the Gendarme as it stood in spring 1978. A bandit attempted to blow it up around 1920 as the tale goes. It finally tipped over in fall 1987.

Seneca Rocks, WV Outfitting climbers since 1971, the Gendarme is the rock climber's dream: top quality gear, great advice, the best coffee in town, and a popular front porch hangout. In addition to the best modern gear for sale, The Gendarme houses a …

Sep 19, 2006 · Located in the Monongahela National Forest, Seneca Rocks is best known for multi-pitch trad climbs and stiff old-school ratings. The rock is formed from white Tuscarora quartzite, which feels much like sandstone.

Seneca Rocks is a large crag and local landmark in Pendleton County in the Eastern Panhandle of West Virginia, United States. The south peak is the only peak inaccessible except by technical rock climbing techniques on the East Coast of the United States.

Dec 23, 2024 · One of the most famous of those chimney rocks, the Gendarme, fell on a calm fall afternoon in 1987 for no apparent reason. Climbers still mourn its loss. Located in a remote, sparsely populated area, Seneca Rocks was little known to the public until World War II.