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Lost River Crags (whole AREA) Rock Climbing
| Elevation: | 1,880 ft |
| GPS: | 44.04, -71.792 Google Map · Climbing Area Map |
| Page Views: | 15,337 total · 384/month |
| Shared By: | Robert Hall on Nov 5, 2016 |
| Admins: | Jay Knower, M Sprague, lee hansche, Jeffrey LeCours, Jonathan Steitzer, Robert Hall |
Description
ACCESS- ACCESS NOTICE - The North side of Kinsman Notch was the scene of a 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 (to me) most bolts have been replaced...at least they all looked new to me on Lower Patina Wall in Sept 2019.
Six crags, two quite "major", make up this AREA. (Although, when I was last there climbing, Jon came down the path saying something about "a new climb on a new crag"!)
The Crags are: 1) Little Crack Land and 2) Lost River Crag, 3) Bull Pen and JJ Slabs, 4) Russian Arena 5) Lower Patina Wall and 6) Upper Patina Wall
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 (to me) most bolts have been replaced...at least they all looked new to me on Lower Patina Wall in Sept 2019.
Six crags, two quite "major", make up this AREA. (Although, when I was last there climbing, Jon came down the path saying something about "a new climb on a new crag"!)
The Crags are: 1) Little Crack Land and 2) Lost River Crag, 3) Bull Pen and JJ Slabs, 4) Russian Arena 5) Lower Patina Wall and 6) Upper Patina Wall
Getting There
Park at the Appalachian Trail parking ($5 fee or pass) [or at the unpaved Beaver Pond parking.] Take the climber's path across the street from the AT parking. [ Just a bit to the right of "walking directly across the road", and well south(east) of the "AT" trail .] You'll walk through flat, open forest with cairns. After about 5 min (or less) the path will steepen, go over some larger rocks/small boulders and make a turn to the right. [slightly relocated from earlier days]. Go a few feet left for Little Crack Land and Lost River Crag, continue right for the Bull Pen and other walls, including the Patina Walls.
GPS is set to the entrance of this path.
Go to the specific (sub)AREA you want to get to for the continuation of these directions.
GPS is set to the entrance of this path.
Go to the specific (sub)AREA you want to get to for the continuation of these directions.
Classic Climbing Routes at Lost River Crags (whole AREA)
Mountain Project's determination of the classic, most popular, highest rated climbing routes in this area.
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