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Fessenden Crag Bouldering

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Areas in Fessenden Crag

Cliff Top Boulders 0 / 0 / 0 / 5 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 5

Library, The 0 / 0 / 0 / 5 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 5

Main Cliff 0 / 0 / 2 / 3 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 5

Pyramid Boulder 0 / 0 / 0 / 2 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 2

Remnants, The 0 / 0 / 0 / 1 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 1

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Elevation:	485 ft	148 m
GPS:	42.70456, -71.7108 Google Map · Climbing Area Map
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Shared By:	Dan Knisell on Dec 23, 2016
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Description

Fessenden Crag is a super secluded small cliff on the Massachusetts and New Hampshire border. It's a very wooded and shady area. The cliff face has a couple interesting routes which can be considered highball bouldering, but I would use ropes. There are a few scattered boulders as well as the cliff. Super sharp gritty granite with large crystalline structure. This is a small area but has a decent amount to offer for its size including a classic boulder problem.

Getting There

The long ass approach: park at the end of Fessenden Hill Road. Walk past the gate on the jeep trail/road. If you find Fessenden Block, continue past up the hill. Take a left at the Barker Hill sign. Currently there's some regrind asphalt at the beginning of the trail. Take the trail to the "T", and hang a right. The cliff face will be a short ways up on the left. You can't miss it as it’s trailside.

The shorter but still long approach: park on the cul-de-sac on W. Hill Road in Brookline, NH. Be courteous, because this is a nice, quiet neighborhood. Walk past the gate where you cross over into Massachusetts. Take your second right onto the trail described above with the regrinds. Hang a right at a "T". You can't miss the cliff.