Bryant Ledge Rock Climbing

2017 Note- Earlier postings incorrectly confused Parker Ledge and Parker Ledge Rd with Bryant Ledge and Bryant Ledge Rd. They are two completely different entities, about 2 miles apart, and it is not known if there actually are any routes on Parker Ledge.

From the south, take I-93 to exit 30, turn onto route 3 north, follow for 5 minutes and Bryant Ledge Rd will on your left. Pull in and park in the little pull off and the hiking trail to the top of the cliff leads right up from next to the telephone pole.

If you're coming from North Woodstock, Bryant Rd is on the right, about 3 miles south of the Rt3/Rt112 intersection in No. Woodstock.

There is a modern church directly across the steet.

PLEASE DON'T BOTHER THE PEOPLE WHO LIVE IN THE HOUSE(s) ON BRYANT LEDGE RD.

It looks as if before the house(s) were built you could just walk up Bryant road (it's only about 200 ft long, even today) and walk into the woods and in "3 minutes" and about 50-75 vertical ft of hiking, you'd be at the base. This access is now blocked by the houses, but the trail to the top seems to be a well-trodden local, unmarked path. Takes about 10 min. There's a fireplace-obolisk on the top, flying an American flag when we were there. From here walk 45 degrees left (directly towards Cannon Cliff) to, and through, a band of trees to open slab beyond. Scramble down this slab(s) to a tree and rap the rest of the way. If you find an established rap, there's a good chance it's a single 60m rap.

While I haven't done it, it appears that if you walk south on Rt3 for 50yds or so, and then head directly uphill you'd hit the base of the cliff very quickly, perhaps in only 3 minutes. Land ownership status of this approach, as well as the cliff itself and the path to the "summit" is not known. Please try to keep noise to a minimum and, of course, keep it clean (which the "summit" was when we were there!) [R Hall note, 2017]