BETA PHOTO: Artist's Bluff as seen from the road...
Description
Artist's bluff is a beautiful place to spend a day, the view is spectacular... This is likely where it got its name, its seems like a perfect place to set up and paint a landscape... Its best attributes would be some very enjoyable moderate routes and an easy approach and decent...
There are some harder routes in the 5.10 range and even one 5.12 sport route, but the bluff is more well known for its comfortable moderate routes such as the creatively named "standard route" which holds many variations...
The rock is of typical Franconia quality (the more solid variety) nice textured granite... Good solid gear for the most part and some really nice belay ledges... A perfect place to get on your first trad lead or to bring a friend for a mellow intro to multi-pitch trad climbing...
Getting There
Take route 93 to exit 34c... This is the same exit as for cannon mt. ski area and Echo Crag... At the stop sign go left, this takes you over the highway... look for a dirt pull out on the right after the bridge... park here and follow the obvious trail... It's only a few minutes to get to the cliff base which will be on your right as you hike up... A trail leads along the base of the cliff from left to right...
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