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All seriousness aside  
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Blaze of Glory 
Chinese Water Torture Direct 
Corner Line 
Crankcase 
Delirious 
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Eagle Has Landed, The 
Eagle's Gift, The 
Easy Stuff 
Element 115 
Entrance Exam 
Happy Face 
highlander 
Longitudinal Wave 
No Rest for the Wicked 
Pried and Joy 
Punks in the Gunks 
Reckless Abandon 
Root of Choice 
Route Awakening 
Slice of the Gunks 
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Tax Is Too Steep, The 
Texas Two Step 
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Walk on the Mild Side 
Wave Guide 
What's In a Name? 
Wheaties 
Where Eagles Dare 
Witch Wonder 

Eagle Bluff 


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Description 

Eagle Bluff is CLiftons most popular and well known climbing area with over 130 routes. Climbers of all kind will find enjoyable lines, with the majority of the routes ranging from 5.9-5.11 sport.


Getting There 

From the intersection of route 9 and 180, drive 2.6 miles south on route 180. Just after a gated gravel road on the left, look for a small dirt pullout and the approach trail.


The Classics

Mountain Project's determination of some of the classic, most popular, highest rated routes for Eagle Bluff:
Pried and Joy   5.5     Trad, Sport, 1 pitch, 70 feet   
Slice of the Gunks   5.8     Trad, 1 pitch   
Witch Wonder   5.8     Trad, 2 pitches, 160 feet   
Walk on the Mild Side   5.8+     Sport, 2 pitches, 200 feet   
Happy Face   5.9-     Sport, 1 pitch, 40 feet   
Bivy Route   5.9     Sport, 1 pitch, 90 feet   
Wheaties   5.9     Sport, 1 pitch, 100 feet   
Crankcase   5.9     Trad, Sport, TR, 1 pitch, 40 feet   
The Tax Is Too Steep   5.9     Sport, TR, 1 pitch, 75 feet   
The Eagle's Gift   5.9+     Sport, 1 pitch, 90 feet   
highlander   5.10b     Trad, Sport, 2 pitches, 165 feet, Grade II   
Texas Two Step   5.10c     Trad, Sport, 1 pitch, 75 feet   
Entrance Exam   5.10d     Sport, 1 pitch, 35 feet   
Chinese Water Torture Direct   5.10d     Sport, 1 pitch, 30 feet   
All seriousness aside    5.10d     Sport, 1 pitch, 100 feet   
Where Eagles Dare   5.10d     Trad, 3 pitches, 250 feet   
Eagle Direct   5.11a     Trad, Sport, 1 pitch, 50 feet   
Delirious   5.11c X     Sport, 1 pitch, 150 feet   
Punks in the Gunks   5.11c     Trad, Sport, 1 pitch, 90 feet   
Amber Waves of Grain   5.11c     Sport, 2 pitches, 160 feet   
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Featured Route For Eagle Bluff
Looking up at Witch Wonder from the base. The blocky arete below the crack is the first pitch of Highlander

Witch Wonder 5.8  ME : Clifton Crags : Eagle Bluff
An awesome classic two pitch crack climb that you'll want to do over and over.For the first pitch you can either climb the bolted chunky monkey arête of Highlander (5.7) or slither up the dirty dihedral and slamming through a slot chimney (5.9)For the second pitch follow the crack up and through a squeeze chimney that's quite a squeeze, on the scale of something like being born. Getting into the chimney's the crux. Then follow the easy crack the rest of the way up to the anchor bolts @ the top. ...[more]   Browse More Classics in ME


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By Travis Dustin
From: Derry, NH
Jul 6, 2012

What is the approach like?

By Scott Brown
Oct 29, 2012

10-15 minutes