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"Dame-Road-Bldr 5.3-5.9+" Climbing

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Elevation:	43 ft	13 m
GPS:	43.10651, -70.89217 Google Map · Climbing Area Map
Page Views:	3,886 total · 28/month
Shared By:	nhclimber on Sep 2, 2013 · Updates
Admins:	Jay Knower, M Sprague, Jeffrey LeCours, Jonathan S, Robert Hall Page Updates (admin only)

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Description

The Dame Road Boulder is a top rope crag in Durham that has been included here for historic purposes. The interesting dome of high quality granite sits right on the shoulder of Dame Road in Durham. Joe Cote developed most of the climbing here sometime in the late 1960s or early 1970s. In the 1970s and 80s this was a popular practice and workout crag for local UNH climbers. It likely hasn't seen climber's using it for decades and is now quite overgrown.

Dec 2021 Re-Organization - With the permission of "nhclimber" the sub-areas of this original posting have been deleted to avoid confusion and the photos that had been contained within them have been moved to (hopefully) the correct new sub-area " Sweet Trail" (and/or its sub-areas Sweet Trail North and South)

As can be seen by the "historic" posted photo, Dame Road Boulder itself has a history of climbing, and we leave this posting for historic purposes. PLEASE DO NOT ADD SUB-AREAs to this Area, but it is PERFECTLY CORRECT to ADD ROUTES. Thank You R Hall NH Admin,.

Getting There

From downtown Newmarket, take Route 108 north for .3 miles to Dame Road. Turn right onto Dame Road and follow it 2.7 miles. The crag is on the right hand shoulder of the road. Park downhill a little bit where you can get off the edge of the road.

GPS coordinates: 43°06'20.8"N 70°53'47.4"W