WM: Kinsman Notch Climbing

To access the southern most cliffs at Kinsman park on Lost River Road (RT 112)on the east side by an phone/electrical box. The electrical box is on the right side of RT 112 about 4.2 miles from the traffic light in North Woodstock. Go in the woods directly behind the box and you should find a cairn to the left. Follow the trail with surveyors tape on the trees to the lower cliff not seen in the picture. When you can see the lower cliff you will be on what looks like an old logging trail that goes left and uphill. Follow this until it seems to end then turn right and look for some cairns up hill 100 yards. Follow these until you get to three closely spaced cairns that was the end of the marked trail, traverse left for 100 ft to get around some large talus and then head directly uphill. This should take you to the bottom of the slab. It should only take 30 minutes for the approach to the upper cliff. Look for bolts and likely routes. Have fun.

Aug 28, 2015

To access the northern cliffs on the east side of the road park at the Appalachian Trail trailhead parking lot. Walk across the road and look for a faint trail. From here you can see the cliffs. Skirt along the bottom of the cliff looking for bolts and climbs. Have fun.

Aug 28, 2015

If coming from the AT trailhead (Beaver Brook Trailhead), after walking across hwy 112, the trail will split after 100 yds, at a cairn. Take the left fork (the right fork appears to be a new trail, and leads down to the Lost River).
The trail to the Bullpen & Lower Patina wall is cairned and flagged with pink tape. As of June 2018, the trail from Lower Patina to Upper Patina is a mess of burned & fallen trees, and in some places the trail is non-existent. Jun 5, 2018