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Painted Walls Ice Climbs Climbing
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Routes in Painted Walls Ice Climbs
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Painted Wall Icicle, The WI5+ M9 |
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Way in the Wilderness WI5 |
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| GPS: | 44.037, -71.119 Google Map · Climbing Area Map |
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| Shared By: | Jay Knower on Nov 15, 2008 |
| Admins: | Jay Knower, M Sprague, lee hansche, Jeffrey LeCours, Jonathan Steitzer, Robert Hall |
Description
This area offers one classic ice route: Way in the Wilderness. It is the obvious two-pitch ice rivulet seen from the Kancamagus Highway. Because of the wall's south-facing aspect, an ascent of Way in the Wilderness is an elusive one, saved for the dead of winter on the coldest possible cloudy day.
References:
"An Ice Climber's Guide to Northern New England", S. Peter Lewis and Rick Wilcox
For updated ice conditions on the cliff check the EMS climbing store in North Conway:(603) 356 5433. They also rent snow shoes.
Websites with info:
neice.com
neclimbs.com
References:
"An Ice Climber's Guide to Northern New England", S. Peter Lewis and Rick Wilcox
For updated ice conditions on the cliff check the EMS climbing store in North Conway:(603) 356 5433. They also rent snow shoes.
Websites with info:
neice.com
neclimbs.com
Classic Climbing Routes at Painted Walls Ice Climbs
Mountain Project's determination of the classic, most popular, highest rated climbing routes in this area.
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Guidebooks (2)
North Conway, NH
You can also approach via the Albany Covered bridge, which is about a mile East of Lower Falls and about 1 1/2 miles East of the river crossing described in the 2 guidebooks. Park on the Kanc side, cross the river on the bridge, and followed the logging "superhighway" for 1 1/4 miles (keep left at the only major junction) and then follow the (summer) directions for Rainbow Slab, but once you reach the newly logged clearing just after the dry-stream-bed crossing (as far as here it's an easy ski), head uphill directly for the base of Painted Walls. Dec 2, 2016