Aid Routes in Massachusetts

Hello everyone, i am looking to get into aid climbing and i would like to know some places in massachusetts to do it. I have never aid climbed before so any info would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks, Tyler

You could probably head to Farley. There are plenty of trad routes you could learn to aid on I would think, as long as you are doing clean aid.

Pins at Quincy Quarries is A1..Nearby Rattlesnake Rocks has an A2 that's VERY steep

It probably goes free now but the wall right of Cro-Magnon at Crow Hill was a fun aid route back in '76!

Jane sounds familiar, maybe Fisherman's wall? The wall right of Cro-Magnon, a fairly long, gently overhung pitch? Hell, it was 1979 the last time I was there. I seem to remember it was called an A5 pitch but I had just climbed El Cap and didn't think it was much more than A3.

There is a route there that was old school A5-50' plus fall (that's A2+ now..right ?
it was bolted,freed and chopped at 12c
Now i believe it's 12+ R by Tim Kemple

The route at Rattlesnake may still be aid ? i know i never even got close

That's probably it.

I believe right of Cro-M would be Dune. Left of Cro is Absolute (.13, possibly X). TK had the FFA on Absolute. I think the FFA of Dune was done before his time. Eric's knowledge is needed on this one.

If you were to learn aid by aiding Jane on a busy day at Crow, lots of people might get rather upset, most of all Eric.

I know mallery bolted and did the one right of Cromag..don't know who did it w/o

I'm looking at Steve Hendrick's and Sam Streibert's little 1976 guidebook (a classic!). Could the route you're thinking of be Bev's Bewilderment, A5? (FA: Henry Barber and Tom Hayden)

For some reason Henry being associated with it rings a bell and I do remember A5 being bandied about although I thought it was only A3 after I did it.

There are a couple at crow I've heard of. The overhanging caveish feature at the left end of the cliff has a seam that runs up the back and out the roof. From what I've been told it goes at a2 and is pretty easy to set up a tr off good trees above. The other is mentioned in boston rocks 5.6 a2 seconds nightmare. Mark I believe the a5 you were talking about was fishermans folly. It was bolted and downgraded to a3, then chopped now goes at a5 ( from boston rocks)

I'm also thinking that this might be a good time to try to learn to aid climb. Hit me up if you're looking for a partner. I hear there's also a good number of aid routes in NH.