Bat Cave Climbing

All parts of Farley will remain closed until further notice.

Thank you to everyone who has respected the closure thus far. The WMCC is working tirelessly to gather information and make sure that we are respecting the wishes of multiple landowners. This is a dynamic situation and all we can say is that all sections of Farley will remain closed until further notice. Despite what you may have heard, we are asking that no one go to Farley even by alternate approaches until we can accurately delineate the boundaries of open and closed sections. The WMCC parking lot will remain closed until further notice.

We need your support now more than ever!
Potential closures like this are why the WMCC purchased the Rock property and plans to build a new parking lot which has direct access to the climbing on land managed by FirstLight. The best way that you can help is to donate to the Farley Conservation Initiative. With your support we can build the new parking lot and reopen much of Farley.The climbing is on private land the landowner (not the local climbers) is requesting that climbers do not publish information on the routes at Farley Ledge. The Western Mass Climbers Coalition folks are trying to help assure that the landowner's wishes are respected, and users are requested NOT to post route information on Mountain Project.

Since Farley is all on private land, the owners have the ability to take access away at any time if they feel that overcrowding is happening. And they are sensitive to this overcrowding and watching it.

In order to protect the access that we do have at Farley, we are taking down route information should be taken down in order to respect the landowner's wishes.

The WMCC is working on a longer-term solution for the area, and will make information more readily available so that folks understand the issues and don't feel that access is being restricted simply to keep the area sacred to the locals.

Portions of Farley Ledge are also now closed for peregrines. The Zen Garden and the Four Tiers are open, but in between is closed (Courtroom, Main Slab, Pinnacle, Yellow Wall, K2 area, and the Balcony.