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The Slabs Rock Climbing
Routes in 7. The Slabs
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Beginners Direct T 5.6 4c 14 V 12 S 4b R |
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Beginners Easy Variation T 5.3 3+ 10 III 9 VD 3a |
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Beginners Route T 5.5 4b 13 IV+ 11 MS 4a R |
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Black Jade T 5.10 6b 20 VII- 19 E2 5b |
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Booklet, The T 5.9 5c 17 VI 17 HVS 5a |
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Cormier-Magness Indirect, The T 5.10 6b 20 VII- 19 E2 5b |
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Cormier-Magness Route, The T 5.6 4c 14 V 12 S 4b |
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Crazy Horse T 5.9 5c 17 VI 17 HVS 5a R |
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Creepy Cowboy T 5.7 5a 15 V+ 13 MVS 4b |
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D'arcy-Crowther Route T 5.7 5a 15 V+ 13 MVS 4b |
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Dark Horse T 5.8 5b 16 VI- 15 HVS 4c R |
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Dike Route, The T 5.6 4c 14 V 12 S 4b |
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Fingertip Trip T 5.11 6c+ 23 VIII- 23 E4 5c R |
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Flake, The T 5.7 5a 15 V+ 13 MVS 4b PG13 |
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Girdle Traverse of Whitehorse Ledge T 5.10 6b 20 VII- 19 E2 5b A0 PG13 |
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Interloper T 5.10c 6b 20 VII 20 E2 5b R |
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Kettle Call T 5.6 4c 14 V 12 S 4b PG13 |
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Man O War T 5.9+ 5c 17 VI 17 E1 5a R |
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Miner-Joseph-King Dike (aka Dike route left start), The T 5.6 4c 14 V 12 S 4b R |
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Ninth Wave, The T 5.10a 6a 18 VI+ 18 E1 5a R |
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Old Times T 5.8 5b 16 VI- 15 HVS 4c PG13 |
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Pathfinder T 5.9 5c 17 VI 17 HVS 5a R |
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Sea of Holes T 5.7 5a 15 V+ 13 MVS 4b |
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Slabs Direct T 5.7 5a 15 V+ 13 MVS 4b R |
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Sliding Board T 5.7 5a 15 V+ 13 MVS 4b R |
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Slipshod T 5.7 5a 15 V+ 13 MVS 4b |
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South Buttress of Wankers Wall T 5.8 5b 16 VI- 15 HVS 4c R |
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Stadtmüller-Griffin T 5.6 4c 14 V 12 S 4b |
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Standard Route T 5.5 4b 13 IV+ 11 MS 4a R |
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Stop if you Dare T 5.8 5b 16 VI- 15 HVS 4c R |
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Tidal Wave T,S 5.10b 6a+ 19 VII- 19 E2 5b R |
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Upper Right Ramp T 5.5 4b 13 IV+ 11 MS 4a R |
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Waiting for Comeau T 5.9 5c 17 VI 17 HVS 5a |
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Wave Bye Bye T 5.10a 6a 18 VI+ 18 E1 5a X |
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Wave Length T 5.8 5b 16 VI- 15 HVS 4c |
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Wedge T 5.6 4c 14 V 12 S 4b |
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White Wilderness T 5.7 5a 15 V+ 13 MVS 4b X |
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White Zone, The T 5.12a 7a+ 25 VIII+ 25 E5 6a |
| Elevation: | 694 ft |
| GPS: |
44.055, -71.16605 Google Map · Climbing Area Map |
| Page Views: | 144,391 total · 733/month |
| Shared By: | Lee Hansche on Jan 17, 2007 · Updates |
| Admins: | Jay Knower, M Sprague, Lee Hansche, Jeffrey LeCours, Jonathan S, Robert Hall |
Description
The best pure friction climbing in the Northeast. Often run out and bold, but always fun and exciting. Routes like Sliding Board and Standard Route see the crowds, but I've never climbed a bad route in this area.
The slabs are located on the north end of the cliff, very sunny for the first half of the day. You'll bake in the sun on a hot summer day. but be on the look out for rain clouds when you are run out 100ft on a seemingly innocent bit of friction, it can get slick.
Some of the most popular routes start from the "launch pad," a platform of rock about a 100ft off the ground located in the middle of the slab. It is an easy walk up to the launch pad, so most folks don't rope up until this point.
There are many other starts along the base of the cliff, but most routes start with a poorly or unprotected climb up moderate friction to the first anchor. The starts will be described in the routes description.
Getting There
From the hotel parking lot trail entrance, walk less than a minute to the HUGE slab in front of you.... Just to your right is the Beginner Route (5.5). Slightly up and left is the launch pad. Further left you will find the other slab climbs like Sea of Holds (5.7) and many more....
The usual descent if you top out is to hike down. To hike down you have to find the yellow blazed hiking trail. Look for an unmarked path breaking left into the woods about 100 ft climbers-right from the top of the climb, at the northern part of the top, flat part of the slab. Follow this path, it makes a couple of moves up grungy rock, to the yellow blazed hiking trail. Follow this north ( towards Cathedral) for about 1/2 mile to junction with the trail up. Cathedral. Turn right, downhill and in another 1/2 mile or so you’ll intercept an old logging road at an overgrown field. Turn right and follow this back to the base of the slabs.
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