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Sundown Ledge Area 


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Description 

This area encompasses all of Sundown's many separate cliffs: The Main Cliff, Lost Horizon Cliff, The Outback Cliff, The Far Cliff, and Gill's Groove Crag.

Sundown Ledge is really the centerpiece of the Kancamagus climbing area. While probably 90% of the climbing activity is rightly focused on The Main Cliff or Lost Horizon Cliff, climbers who venture off the beaten path will be rewarded by solitude, and in some cases, some of the best climbing the area has to offer.


Getting There 

All of the Sundown cliffs can be accessed from the parking lot by the Albany Covered Bridge. This is located where Passaconaway Road (aka Dugway Road) intersects with the Kancamagus Highway.


The Classics

Mountain Project's determination of some of the classic, most popular, highest rated routes for Sundown Ledge Area:
Razor Crack   C1     Trad, Aid, 2 pitches, Grade II   Sundown Ledge--Main Cliff
Rock Garden    5.4     Trad, 2 pitches, 110 feet   Sundown Ledge - Lost Horizo...
Fore Paws   5.7     Trad, 1 pitch   Sundown Ledge - Lost Horizo...
Punk Rock   5.7+     Trad, 1 pitch, 60 feet   Sundown Ledge - Lost Horizo...
Rough Boys   5.10a PG13     Trad, 1 pitch, 60 feet   Sundown Ledge--Main Cliff
Kennel Boy   5.10a     Trad, Sport, 1 pitch, 60 feet   Sundown Ledge - Lost Horizo...
Vultures   5.10d     Trad   Sundown Ledge--Main Cliff
Agent Orange   5.11b     Trad, Sport, 1 pitch, 90 feet   Sundown Ledge--Main Cliff
Dikenstein   5.11c     Sport, 1 pitch, 40 feet   Sundown Ledge--Main Cliff
The Promised Land   5.12a     Sport, 60 feet   Sundown Ledge--Main Cliff
Romper Room   5.12a     Sport, 1 pitch, 60 feet   Sundown Ledge--Main Cliff
The Big Rip   5.12a     Sport   Sundown Ledge--Main Cliff
Eyeless in Gaza   5.12b     Sport, 1 pitch   Sundown Ledge--Main Cliff
Confederacy of Dunces   5.12c     Trad, Sport, 70 feet   Sundown Ledge--Main Cliff
Mithras   5.12d     Sport   Sundown Ledge--Main Cliff
Yellow Matter Custard   5.13a     Sport   Sundown Ledge--Main Cliff
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Featured Route For Sundown Ledge Area
the roof

The Raptor Roof 5.11d  NH : Kancamagus Crags : ... : Sundown Ledge--Outback Clif...
Climb the dike to the base of the roof sporting a 4 inch jam crack. The start is a little mungy but should clean up. Hand jam, fist jam, scum, stack, and whatever else you feel like doing out the off set crack. A nice ledge and a fixed anchor awaits after you pull the lip. You can walk/scramble to and fro this ledge. ...[more]   Browse More Classics in NH