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New Hampshire

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About New Hampshire:

New Hampshire, also known as the Granite State, is home to perhaps the best and most diverse climbing East of the Rockies. Scattered throughout this relatively small state are some of the East’s premier climbing destinations, whether you prefer trad, sport, bouldering, waterfall ice, alpine, or mountaineering routes. Whatever the season you opt to visit, you are sure to have a wide variety of vertical fun from which to choose!

Cathedral For beautiful granite crags in a picturesque setting, the area surrounding North Conway in Mt. Washington Valley is hard to beat. Topping this list are Cathedral and Whitehorse Ledges, both located in Echo Lake State Park. Primarily a trad climbing paradise, these two cliffs offer some of the best crack, friction, and face climbing available anywhere. Neighboring cliffs such as Sundown, Band M, Humphrey's, and a host of others all offer a range of unique single to multi-pitch routes and are located just a short drive away.

Rumney, Sport climbing came relatively late to the Granite State, however by the late 1980’s Rumney had begun to gain a following among the clip and go crowd. Access, at one time threatened, was secured in the 90’s by a large land purchase brokered by the Access Fund, who then turned the land over to the Forest Service. The Rumney Climber’s Association, who enjoy a wonderful working relationship with the NFS, manages climbing anchors and trail work. Today, Rumney boasts a wide variety of safely bolted climbs of all grades, including the highest concentration of 5.14 routes anywhere in the country.


Pawtuckaway, For those who prefer crash pads to ropes, Pawtuckaway State Park is the heart of New Hampshire bouldering. Endless granite boulders wind their way through dense pine and hardwood forests, with literally hundreds of existing routes and huge potential for more. Rumney also contains a wonderful selection of problems, the metamorphic schist creating a totally unique bouldering experience.

Many thanks to Jules Conley (juliana) for all of her hard work entering areas and routes as the previous manager for NH.



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COLOR KEY TO CLIMBING AREAS

ROCK CLIMBING areas are BLACK

ICE CLIMBING areas are BLUE

BOULDERING areas are RED

MOUNTAINEERING areas are TEAL

and MAJOR AREAS & DESTINATIONS are BOLD
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Routes

SequenceSequence numbers indicate the left (L) to right (R) order of the routes. Rating Route Difficulty Ascents
Average Rating = 0.00/5 combo action 5.8 0
Average Rating = 4.00/5 Shoe String Gully (5) WI3 1
Average Rating = 4.00/5 Thin Air (1) 5.6 1
0 Average Rating = 3.50/5 Chia WI3 2
0 Average Rating = 4.00/5 upper refuse (Cathedral Ledge) (2) 5.6 2

Forum Discussions (7)

  Subject Author Replies Last Post
With Replies Keene NH climbing?? morerockplease 2 Jun 20, 10:13 AM
With Replies Climbing with small kids, Southern NH TradEddie 1 Jul 02, 4:49 PM
No Replies north conway tjt 0 May 28, 5:26 PM
With Replies Pawtuckaway in late July? bolderer 3 May 21, 2:58 PM
With Replies Listings by County !?! acherry 1 Aug 21, 7:46 AM
With Replies How is North Conway? dreday3000 14 Aug 23, 12:54 PM
No Replies Mt. whiteface mmmaax 0 Nov 20, 12:03 PM

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