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Mount Forist Rock Climbing

Climbing Area Map

Areas in Mount Forist

1. Carney's Crag 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0

2. South End 3 / 2 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 5

3. Madigan Area 6 / 1 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 7

4. Middle Forist Area 8 / 1 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 9

6. The Arete Area 1 / 2 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 3

7. North End (i.e. the Upper Right ) 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0

8. The Berlin Wall 1 / 1 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 2

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Elevation:	1,404 ft	428 m
GPS:	44.47349, -71.19405 Google Map · Climbing Area Map
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Description

Mount Forist is the big slab you see behind downtown Berlin. It has 25 or so established routes. Most require some gear but have bolts where you need them. Even on some of the fully bolted routes the spacing of the bolts preclude them being called “ sport” climbs. About a quarter of the routes are “sport bolted”.

[NOTE: An excellent little pamphlet/guide has been published by Matt Bowman and is available at the climbing shops in the North Conway area, at the White Mtn Cafe in Gorham, or by contacting Matt at matt@whitemountaincafe.com R.Hall NH Admin.]

Getting There

From the south take Rt 16 into Berlin. About 1/4 mile after Rt16 splits and becomes a ONE WAY sttreet (North-bound) look for a bear left which is a poorly marked Rt 110. [This left is where the Rt 16 sign shows a bear-to-the-right to get to Errol.] Take Rt 110 0.4 mile to a left onto 3rd Ave. [There's a "Berlin Springs" sign & arrow at the turn.] Madigan St is your 2nd right (but the first right is, like, 50ft after you turned off Rt 110).

Take Madigan St till its end and the approach trail starts behind the boulder (photo) by the last house. You will reach the cliff and the climb Madigan (5.6) after a couple of minutes.

Please obey parking signs. Thanks!

26 Total Climbs

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Classic Climbing Routes at Mount Forist

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

5.6 4c 14 V 12 S 4b 23 ● Madigan Sport 3. Madigan Area
5.6 4c 14 V 12 S 4b 11 ● Lichen It Sport 6. The Arete Area
5.6 4c 14 V 12 S 4b 12 ● Nibroc Trad 3. Madigan Area
5.7 5a 15 V+ 13 MVS 4b 8 ● Shining Path Trad 2 pitches 4. Middle Forist Area
5.7 5a 15 V+ 13 MVS 4b PG13 13 ● DLM Memorial Route Trad 6 pitches 3. Madigan Area
5.7 5a 15 V+ 13 MVS 4b 12 ● Subtle like Bob Ross Trad 3 pitches 2. S End
5.7 5a 15 V+ 13 MVS 4b 16 ● Half Blind and Fully Baked Trad 2. S End
5.7 5a 15 V+ 13 MVS 4b 6 ● Berliner (Ich Ben Ein Berliner) Trad 4. Middle Forist Area
5.7+ 5a 15 V+ 13 MVS 4b 12 ● Forist Grump Trad 3. Madigan Area
5.8 5b 16 VI- 15 HVS 4c 12 ● Hostile Territory Trad 2 pitches 4. Middle Forist Area
5.8 5b 16 VI- 15 HVS 4c 6 ● Middle Forist (Climb) Trad 2 pitches 4. Middle Forist Area
5.8 5b 16 VI- 15 HVS 4c 14 ● Business Trip Sport 6. The Arete Area
5.8+ 5b 16 VI- 15 HVS 4c 11 ● Mantle Peace Sport 4. Middle Forist Area
5.9 5c 17 VI 17 HVS 5a 12 ● Whine and Lickher Sport 2. S End
5.9 5c 17 VI 17 HVS 5a 7 ● Skate-y Cat Trad 3 pitches 4. Middle Forist Area