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Great Frog Boulder

Massachusetts > N Shore > Lynn Woods > Weetamoo Area

Description

This is a giant boulder that currently has 6 problems established on it.

Getting There

From Great Woods Rd Parking lot follow Ox Pasture Rd right of the pond to the end. Take Overlook trail from beach area and follow for about 8 mins until you see large overhang on left. If you reach trail junction near grafitti you have gone too far.

From Summit Boulders descend past grafiti boulder and follow overlook trail left 1 min and you'll see backside of boulder on the right.

Routes from Left to Right

V6- 7A
 6
● Great Frog Arete
Boulder
V0 4
 2
● Great Frog Slab
Boulder
V5-6 6C+
 8
● Hookup
Boulder
V6+ 7A
 2
● Lobster Claw
Boulder
V6+ 7A
 5
● Rebuilt Minds
Boulder
V6+ 7A
 4
● Show Us Your Woody
Boulder
V3- 6A
 5
● Soap Opera Queen
Boulder
Route Name Location Star Rating Difficulty Date
● Great Frog Arete
 6
V6- 7A Boulder
● Great Frog Slab
 2
V0 4 Boulder
● Hookup
 8
V5-6 6C+ Boulder
● Lobster Claw
 2
V6+ 7A Boulder
● Rebuilt Minds
 5
V6+ 7A Boulder
● Show Us Your Woody
 4
V6+ 7A Boulder
● Soap Opera Queen
 5
V3- 6A Boulder

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For size comparison (that's me on the right).
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Great Frog.
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The arete
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Great frog arete
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Great Frog.
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Great Frog.
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Great Frog.
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Backside of Great Frog.
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Comments [Hide ALL Comments]

Morgan Patterson
NH
[Hide Comment] Hey Pete- so I don't know if you remember me, but we climbed a bit together back in 2006/2007 (I'm one of Bob's buddies from CT). I climbed two hard lines on the back right hand side (if you're facing the overhang) of this boulder back in 2006/7. One traversed left and from the back corner, the other was more straight up and involved squeezing around, in-between, or close to a tree on the right side. I thought at the time speaking w/ Bob that those were both FAs. Also, there was some other boulders we were at back in the day that I put up several FAs on as well.... Jul 18, 2011
Old Timer
North Andover MA
[Hide Comment] Hey Morgan,
I will put you down for the first ascents on both of those problems.
I believe they are Show Us Your Woody and Hookup. Bob is listed as the first ascent for the Great Frog Arete, but the full sit is an open project. The other boulders you mentioned have not been posted up yet, but I remember the problems you are referring to. Captain Mo, let me know if you are going to be in the area at any point as we have developed tons of stuff just outside the park that Bob found years ago. Jul 19, 2011
Morgan Patterson
NH
[Hide Comment] Thanks, Pete!!! It's pretty rad all the work you guys have been doing up there! I'm def down to kick it up there for a weekend this fall. My buddy Dan Alroy has been tryin' to get me to hit up Beantown, so def once the temps get good! Such good rock (and people) up there! Jul 28, 2011
Jonathan Gregg
Eastern MA
[Hide Comment] I saw this and noticed there was a very large puddle under the large overhanging face and there was water in all the photos of it on MP. Is there ever a time period or season where there isn't water below? Mar 20, 2021
Tim McGivern
Medford, ma
[Hide Comment] Yes, JG. Mid-summer, early fall after a dry spell. Only a handful of times a year. Mar 20, 2021