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Pelham Tree Farm Boulders

New Hampshire > Merrimack Valley

Description

Saw these boulders in the winter and finally checked them out. Anyone climbed these before? Putting me and my friend as the FA's for now. Barely needed any scrubbing! There's one real good boulder with quality rock and 5 or 6 routes; one descent boulder with alright quality rock with (at least one) great problem. Potential on a few other boulders, a P'way Balance Boulder look alike with a mushroom looking traverse on top, not sure of the quality, would have tried it with a spotter to move the pad, if anyone's up for it let me know! Another potential but has a tree in front of the problem. Worth stopping by if your in the area.

Getting There

Take Mammoth Rd. (it's in a lot of towns) towards Pelham, right before you get to Dracut MA (from the north) take Sherburne Rd. on the right, again, from the north. About 200-300 yards on the right is a gate with a green and white sign that reads Tree Farm. Park in front of this gate. Try to go slow, even though the chance of a local riding your rear is pretty good, people go fast on this road. It's kind of hard to see since it's behind some shrubs till your right next to it. Walk into the "woods", you'll see when you get there.

Routes from Left to Right

V3 6A
 2
● Left Ventricle of Power
Boulder
V3 6A
 3
● Heart Monitor
Boulder
V1-2 5
 8
● Heart Rate
Boulder
V1-2 5
 4
● Quadruple By-pass
Boulder
V2 5+
 10
● Pass the EKG
Boulder
V5-6 6C+
 7
● Cross My Heart
Boulder
V0 4
 12
● Heart Burn
Boulder
V2 5+
 10
● Another Little Piece
Boulder
V4 6B
 1
● Another Little Piece (sit)
Boulder
V2 5+
 11
● Flatline
Boulder
V-easy 3
 4
● Ride the Lipoproteins
Boulder
V-easy 3
 1
● Jonathan Rock: Young Lovers
Boulder
V0+ 4+
 1
● Jonathan Rock: Silly Goose Times
Boulder
V3-4 6A+
 9
● S.E.B. Arete
Boulder
Route Name Location Star Rating Difficulty Date
● Left Ventricle of Power
 2
V3 6A Boulder
● Heart Monitor
 3
V3 6A Boulder
● Heart Rate
 8
V1-2 5 Boulder
● Quadruple By-pass
 4
V1-2 5 Boulder
● Pass the EKG
 10
V2 5+ Boulder
● Cross My Heart
 7
V5-6 6C+ Boulder
● Heart Burn
 12
V0 4 Boulder
● Another Little Piece
 10
V2 5+ Boulder
● Another Little Piece (sit)
 1
V4 6B Boulder
● Flatline
 11
V2 5+ Boulder
● Ride the Lipoproteins
 4
V-easy 3 Boulder
● Jonathan Rock: Young Lovers
 1
V-easy 3 Boulder
● Jonathan Rock: Silly Goose…
 1
V0+ 4+ Boulder
● S.E.B. Arete
 9
V3-4 6A+ Boulder

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Evan Lissav
Nashua, NH
[Hide Comment] Awesome place and close to home (Nashua). Put in some good hours here. Sent 2 routes on the balance boulder, Ill get pics next time. Bring a brush and a snack awesome place to spend the day if you want to stay local.

Also wild grapes grow in the big field ;D Happy pickings and save some for me lol. Jul 4, 2015
Coreydecot Decot
Townsend MA
[Hide Comment] Update on the boulders.... the boulder with cross my heart has split into like 5 pieces it looks like what was a good flake took off.. And most of both sides of the boulder have chipped off ... the giant flakes sticking out of the ground make it hard for a pad to be used and the only route there now is really not worth the time.. sad to say but this area should be marked as a bomb. It is pretty much a one or two short problem area...i love local spots like the many I've helped develop ..but this one should probably be over looked... not worth the ticks and thorns.. Oct 16, 2017
Cristian Will
[Hide Comment] The boulder with cross my heart on it is 100% not broken. Not sure if you confused it with another boulder but as someone who is currently sitting in front of the boulder I can confirm it is totally good to go Sep 30, 2019
Jack Roberts
Hudson, NH
[Hide Comment] 2020 late winter and still standing in perfect shape great sends and sharp rock. There are two gates as well. It's the one closest to the intersection and not the gate right of the conservation area parking. It'll leave you aimlessly roaming the woods if you mess that up. Feb 23, 2020
Jackson Evans
[Hide Comment] Searched for about an hour and a half for this place and got lost in the woods multiple times. Could anyone provide more specific directions because I really want to try it out. Tried both gates and neither lead to anything. Jun 22, 2020
Matt Macrelli
Mobile in Eastern MA
[Hide Comment] To save anyone else the trouble.. 42.704307,-71.355901 Oct 24, 2020