This past Sunday I joined some fellow Bostonians for a day of ice climbing at Frankenstein Cliff in New Hampshire's Crawford Notch. My fellow climbers and I met up on the Rock and Ice Climbing Boston Meet-Up group. Four of us carpooled up, leaving my house around 5:15 AM. With a quick breakfast stop in Concord, we made it to the parking lot right at 8:00. The approach is quite simple, merely a walk down the railroad tracks (closed for the winter) until you are under the climb you want to tackle, then a short uphill and you are at the base.
We decided to start our day at "Lost in the Forest", a nice easy mix of 2's and 3's, with a nice short vertical section on the right. We set up a few top-ropes and played around until some time after noon. Deciding it was time for a little more, we traversed a couple hundred feet along the hill and came to "A Walk in the Forest", which is mostly rated at 3 and 4. It's a really long climb that required two ropes to top rope, and got progressively steeper towards the top. Had a nice chat with Pablo and B. of New England Adventures who were just finishing their climb and rapping down to finish the day.
It was a really nice day of climbing. The ice seemed pretty good, though I haven't been climbing long enough to say that with much comparison, and the weather was great. It is weird being around that much ice and not having any snow on the ground, though. Probably the best part was seeing first-hand how accessible the cliffs were. Made me hopeful for future climbing here.
We decided to start our day at "Lost in the Forest", a nice easy mix of 2's and 3's, with a nice short vertical section on the right. We set up a few top-ropes and played around until some time after noon. Deciding it was time for a little more, we traversed a couple hundred feet along the hill and came to "A Walk in the Forest", which is mostly rated at 3 and 4. It's a really long climb that required two ropes to top rope, and got progressively steeper towards the top. Had a nice chat with Pablo and B. of New England Adventures who were just finishing their climb and rapping down to finish the day.
It was a really nice day of climbing. The ice seemed pretty good, though I haven't been climbing long enough to say that with much comparison, and the weather was great. It is weird being around that much ice and not having any snow on the ground, though. Probably the best part was seeing first-hand how accessible the cliffs were. Made me hopeful for future climbing here.
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Frankenstein's Amphitheater Section (I think)
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