WM: Kinsman Notch Climbing

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Areas in WM: Kinsman Notch

1. Kinsman Notch East (aka The Monkey Cliffs) Climbing & 1 / 0 / 0 / 27 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 28

2. Lost River Crags (whole AREA) 21 / 6 / 0 / 4 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 31

3. Kinsman Cliffs 0 / 10 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 10

4. Kinsman West End 5 / 10 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 15

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Elevation:	1,887 ft	575 m
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Access Issue: The Lost River Reservation is private land Details

The cliff immediately above the Lost River Reservation is privately owned. However, the rock on left of that is part of the WMNF and perfectly fine to climb on.

Description

Kinsman Notch may be best known for its ice climbing (The Beast) but exploration and development by Sykes, Cunningham, and Co. may have uncovered the next New Hampshire hot spot. The new "The Notches" guidebook by Jon Sykes covers this new area in great detail.

The North side of Kinsman Notch was the scene of a significant forest fire during Oct 2017.

Update 2019 - Since the fire this entire area has seen extensive clean up and trail work by Jamie Cunningham and local climbers and most routes are climbable including all three pitches of Black Tourmaline. The crags are all open now and expect to find lots of new growth ferns and small shrubs along the trail as nature takes care of the fire damage. Jamie recommends folks bring in loppers (or hand clippers) and a small saw for any further trail and route maintenance. It also appears most bolts have been replaced...at least they all looked new to me on Lower Patina Wall in Sept 2019.

Check out the latest report from Jamie about how the fire impacted the land and the status of the trails accessing the Lost Crags Area.

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Classic Climbing Routes at WM: Kinsman Notch

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

5.6 4c 14 V 12 S 4b 17 ● Tuolumne Two Step Trad 2. Lost River C… > 5. Lower Patina Wall
5.6 4c 14 V 12 S 4b 4 ● Ant Phobia Trad 2. Lost River C… > 6. Upper Patina Wall
5.6 4c 14 V 12 S 4b 4 ● Nuttin But Nuttin Trad 2. Lost River C… > 6. Upper Patina Wall
5.6 4c 14 V 12 S 4b PG13 11 ● PowerHead Trad 2. Lost River C… > 5. Lower Patina Wall
5.7 5a 15 V+ 13 MVS 4b 14 ● Patina Trad 2. Lost River C… > 5. Lower Patina Wall
5.7+ 5a 15 V+ 13 MVS 4b PG13 6 ● Indian Summer Trad 2. Lost River C… > 6. Upper Patina Wall
5.7+ 5a 15 V+ 13 MVS 4b 22 ● Black Tourmaline Trad 3 pitches 2. Lost River C… > 5. Lower Patina Wall
5.8 5b 16 VI- 15 HVS 4c 7 ● Elf Crack Trad 2. Lost River C… > 1. Little Crack Land
5.8 5b 16 VI- 15 HVS 4c 6 ● I'll Lead That Trad 4. Kinsman W End > 6. Snakeskins & Finla…
5.9+ 5c 17 VI 17 E1 5a 12 ● For Sure and For Certain Sport 2. Lost River C… > 5. Lower Patina Wall
5.10a 6a 18 VI+ 18 E1 5a 4 ● Paleface Arete Sport 3. Kinsman Cliffs > 2. Waternomee
5.10b 6a+ 19 VII- 19 E2 5b 4 ● Brown Eyed Russian Brushing Sport 2. Lost River C… > 4. Russian Arena
5.10d 6b+ 21 VII+ 21 E3 5b 7 ● Spirit of Waternomee Sport 3. Kinsman Cliffs > 2. Waternomee
5.12a 7a+ 25 VIII+ 25 E5 6a 5 ● Stung Sport 4. Kinsman W End > 1. Stinger Wall
5.12b/c 7b+ 27 IX- 27 E6 6b 4 ● Danen Direct Sport 3. Kinsman Cliffs > 2. Waternomee