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Cape Ann Bouldering

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Areas in Cape Ann

128 Boulder, The 0 / 0 / 0 / 17 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 17

Arrowhead Cliff 1 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 1

Backshore Boulders 0 / 0 / 0 / 30 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 30

Beaver Boulders 0 / 0 / 0 / 6 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 6

Beverly Commons 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0

Cape Ann Ice and Mixed Climbing 0 / 2 / 0 / 0 / 2 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 2

Cape Ann Quarries 1 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 1

Dogtown 0 / 0 / 0 / 315 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 315

Dorset Drive Crag (Langsford Pond in Boston Rocks) 6 / 13 / 1 / 2 / 2 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 20

Drive-By Boulder 0 / 0 / 0 / 2 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 2

Dykes Pond (Gloucester) 3 / 0 / 4 / 279 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 285

Endicott College 0 / 0 / 0 / 1 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 1

Fire Tower 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0

Haskell Pond AKA Redrock West 0 / 0 / 4 / 65 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 65

Hesperus 0 / 0 / 0 / 2 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 2

Manchester Essex Woods 0 / 0 / 1 / 12 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 12

Monoliths, The 0 / 0 / 2 / 84 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 84

Mop Gripping Quarry 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0

Norton Memorial Forest 0 / 0 / 0 / 4 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 4

Pine Street Roadside 0 / 0 / 0 / 1 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 1

Poles Hill (Sunset Hill) 0 / 0 / 0 / 8 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 8

Rafe's Chasm 0 / 0 / 1 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 1

Rafe's Chasm Bouldering 0 / 0 / 0 / 4 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 4

Ravenswood Park 0 / 0 / 0 / 67 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 67

Redrocks and Vicinity 46 / 20 / 79 / 96 / 0 / 2 / 0 / 0 / 183

Rockport South Woods 0 / 0 / 0 / 112 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 112

Salt Marsh Boulder 0 / 0 / 0 / 2 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 2

Singing Beach 0 / 0 / 0 / 10 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 10

Stage Fort Park 2 / 0 / 12 / 19 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 29

Stavros Reservation Buildering, Essex 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0

Stoney Cove 0 / 0 / 0 / 2 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 2

Tenpound Island 0 / 0 / 0 / 1 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 1

Tompson St. Reservation 8 / 0 / 10 / 211 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 221

Underworld Boulders 0 / 0 / 0 / 4 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 4

Unknown Crag near Gloucester, Massachusetts 0 / 0 / 0 / 1 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 1

Vet Boulders 0 / 0 / 0 / 1 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 1

Wingaersheek Beach 0 / 0 / 0 / 5 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 5

Wyman Hill (AKA Crooked Lane) 0 / 0 / 0 / 13 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 13

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Description

Cape Ann is the bulge of land north of Boston on which Gloucester is the largest city and one of the oldest functioning seaports in the New World. This area is studded throughout with a wealth of granite, mainly boulders and short cliffs. Tucked away in the woods of Gloucester, Rockport, Essex, Manchester-by-the-Sea, and Marblehead as well as other towns are few-and-far-between bouldering destinations and cliff bands with high quality routes on exquisite, bulletproof New England granite.

The local ethos of Cape Ann has traditionally been to develop pure lines which are not contrived eliminates and do not detract from established problems or routes. Please respect that spirit and refrain from posting contrived eliminate boulder problems or routes from this area on Mountain Project.

Getting There

Drive north from Boston on I-93 to the junction of I-95 and Route 128. Peabody bouldering exists right at this junction of highways. All destinations in Gloucester and other neighboring towns straddle Route 128 after its divergence from I-95 as it heads toward Gloucester.

Special Note

To avoid difficulty in finding perhaps the best known of the Cape Ann crags, Redrock, this particular crag has been left out separately under the general Massachusetts page, since some climbers, even locals, do not necessarily think first to look under Cape Ann when looking for Redrock.

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Classic Climbing Routes at Cape Ann

Mountain Project's determination of the classic, most popular, highest rated climbing routes in this area.

V4 6B 10 ● Fishnet Arete Boulder Tompson St Rese… > … > 2. Central Sector > Fishnet Boulders
V4 6B 14 ● Plumb Line Boulder Tompson St Rese… > … > Great Swamp Bou… > Swamp 2 Boulders
V4+ 6B+ 11 ● Off the Grid Boulder Dykes Pond (Glo… > … > Garden > Monster Boulder
V4+ 6B+ 28 ● Total Recall Boulder Dykes Pond (Glo… > E Side > Trailside Boulder 2
V4+ 6B+ 15 ● 2. Genesis Boulder Dykes Pond (Glo… > E Side > Shoreline Boulder 3
V5 6C 12 ● Cavalry V5 Boulder Tompson St Rese… > … > 2. Central Sector > Cavalry Boulder
V5 6C 8 ● Satan Center Boulder 128 Boulder
V6 7A 18 ● Final Judgment Boulder Dykes Pond (Glo… > N Side > Beehive Boulders
V6 7A 8 ● Pulpit Arete Boulder Dogtown > Peter's Pulpit
V6 7A 9 ● Puppy Traverse Boulder Backshore Boulders > Atlantis Boulder
V7 7A+ 19 ● The Force Boulder Tompson St Rese… > Mt Jacob Boulders > Force Boulder Cluster
V9 7C 10 ● NE Dragon Boulder Dykes Pond (Glo… > … > Remnant Boulder… > Prophecy Boulder
5.6 4c 14 V 12 S 4b 237 ● Zipper Trad, TR Redrocks & Vici… > Red Rock Main Area
5.10+ 6b+ 21 VII+ 20 E3 5b 10 ● The Corner Sport Dorset Drive Cr… > Quarry Area
5.11 6c+ 23 VIII- 23 E4 5c V2 5+ 10 ● Doug's Roof Boulder Redrocks & Vici… > Down Under