Elevation: 690 ft
GPS: 44.06728, -71.16671
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Shared By: Lee Hansche on Jan 15, 2007 · Updates
Admins: Jay Knower, M Sprague, Lee Hansche, Jeffrey LeCours, Jonathan S, Robert Hall

Description

The North End is another great place to hone your skills for longer climbs or catch a quick session while making friends with the locals. Cracks abound in this section and there is something for everyone from Childs Play 5.5 to The Possesses 5.11d and almost every grade between. The routes are typically no more than 100ft so you can count on a single rope getting you on to and off of your climb. Unfortunately bolt wars have been raging here in the last year taking a bit away for the appeal and formerly layed back attitude of this section. Hopefully this will be settled soon so we will be able to climb knowing what we will be facing for anchor options at the top.

Classics include Birds Nest (5.9), They Died Laughing (5.9), The Slot (5.10b), and Recluse (5.10d). This was another area that saw major free climbing efforts by Henry Barber, he was involved in the first free accents of all of those routes listed above and more. Gotta respect “Hot Henry”…

Getting There

Drive down the road at the base of the cliff until just before the orange gate. Park here. You should be able to see the cliff from your car. Find the trail and begin the long hard approach. 1 minute should get you there.

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Classic Climbing Routes at The North End

Mountain Project's determination of the classic, most popular, highest rated climbing routes in this area.
5.6 4c 14 V 12 S 4b
 218
Childs Play
Trad
5.7 5a 15 V+ 13 MVS 4b
 255
Kiddy Crack
Trad
5.8 5b 16 VI- 15 HVS 4c
 111
The Roof aka The Corner
Trad
5.9 5c 17 VI 17 HVS 5a
 460
They Died Laughing
Trad
5.9 5c 17 VI 17 HVS 5a
 313
Bird's Nest
Trad
5.9 5c 17 VI 17 HVS 5a
 57
Raising The Roof
Trad 3 pitches
5.10a 6a 18 VI+ 18 E1 5a
 10
The Liger
Trad
5.10b 6a+ 19 VII- 19 E2 5b
 181
The Slot
Trad
5.10b 6a+ 19 VII- 19 E2 5b
 6
Recluse Traverse
Trad
5.10 6b 20 VII- 19 E2 5b
 6
Thresher
Trad, Sport
5.10 6b 20 VII- 19 E2 5b X
 8
Be Sharp Or B Flat
Trad
5.10c 6b 20 VII 20 E2 5b
 19
Bail Safe
Trad
5.11a 6c 22 VII+ 22 E3 5c
 126
Recluse
Trad
5.11b 6c 23 VIII- 23 E3 5c PG13
 19
Jack The Ripper
Trad
5.12a 7a+ 25 VIII+ 25 E5 6a
 35
The Possessed
Trad
Route Name Location Star Rating Difficulty Date
Childs Play
 218
5.6 4c 14 V 12 S 4b Trad
Kiddy Crack
 255
5.7 5a 15 V+ 13 MVS 4b Trad
The Roof aka The Corner
 111
5.8 5b 16 VI- 15 HVS 4c Trad
They Died Laughing
 460
5.9 5c 17 VI 17 HVS 5a Trad
Bird's Nest
 313
5.9 5c 17 VI 17 HVS 5a Trad
Raising The Roof
 57
5.9 5c 17 VI 17 HVS 5a Trad 3 pitches
The Liger
 10
5.10a 6a 18 VI+ 18 E1 5a Trad
The Slot
 181
5.10b 6a+ 19 VII- 19 E2 5b Trad
Recluse Traverse
 6
5.10b 6a+ 19 VII- 19 E2 5b Trad
Thresher
 6
5.10 6b 20 VII- 19 E2 5b Trad, Sport
Be Sharp Or B Flat
 8
5.10 6b 20 VII- 19 E2 5b X Trad
Bail Safe
 19
5.10c 6b 20 VII 20 E2 5b Trad
Recluse
 126
5.11a 6c 22 VII+ 22 E3 5c Trad
Jack The Ripper
 19
5.11b 6c 23 VIII- 23 E3 5c PG13 Trad
The Possessed
 35
5.12a 7a+ 25 VIII+ 25 E5 6a Trad
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