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DescriptionNew Hampshire offers some of the best ice climbing in the lower-48. Maybe it's the fact that winters tend to be long and wet, or maybe it's the fact that summers tend to be short and humid and wet, but in winter, ice seems to form on every piece of exposed rock. Be it the road cuts on Interstate 93, the grungy summer sport climbs at Rumney, the moss-filled chimneys at Cathedral Ledge, or the shady reaches of Cannon Cliff, chances are each of these surfaces sports a worthwhile ice objective (except the road cut, which would be an illegal objective). Getting ThereIce is everywhere in this state. View the individual pages for directions to your chosen destination. The ClassicsMountain Project's determination of some of the classic, most popular, highest rated routes for *NH Ice and Alpine Climbing:
Standard Route WI3+ Ice, 2 pitches, 300 feet, Grade II Frankenstein Ice Climbs : Standard Route Area
Chia WI3+ Ice, 1 pitch, 100 feet Frankenstein Ice Climbs : Amphitheater Area
Pegasus WI3+ Ice, 200 feet Frankenstein Ice Climbs : Amphitheater Area
Hobbit Couloir WI4+ Ice, 200 feet Frankenstein Ice Climbs : Amphitheater Area
Centerfold WI3 Ice Rumney Ice Climbs : Parking Lot Wall
Dracula WI4+ Ice, 1 pitch, 100 feet Frankenstein Ice Climbs : Dropline Area
Repentence WI5 Ice, 3 pitches, 200 feet, Grade III Cathedral Ledge Ice Climbs
Pinnacle Gully WI3 Ice, Alpine, 3 pitches, 500 feet, Grade III Mount Washington : Huntington Ravine
Omega WI5+ Ice, 3 pitches, 400 feet, Grade IV Cannon Ice Climbs
Shoestring Gully WI2 Ice, Alpine, 6 pitches, Grade III Mt. Webster
Black Dike 5.6 WI4-5 M3 Mixed, Ice, 3 pitches, 400 feet, Grade IV Cannon Ice Climbs
Northeast Ridge of the Pinnacle 5.7 Trad, Alpine, 7 pitches, 900 feet, Grade III Mount Washington : Huntington Ravine
Featured Route For *NH Ice and Alpine Climbing
Fangmanship WI5 NH : *NH Ice and Alpine Climbing : ... : Triple Corners
This route doesn't get fat very often but if it does it is a must do, it is a lot of fun. Can be done in two pitches but also in one with a 70m rope. Start right on the easy slab and make your way up to the beautiful column, that is very inviting. Once past the slab move to the left of the ice flow this requires a semi awkward traverse. From here climb up the steep ice using all the rests you can get, just before the top there is sometimes a foot...[more] Browse More Classics in NH
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