Catamount Mountain Climbing

The walk-in takes from 1 1/2 to 2+ hours, depending on which route you expect to climb. Phone reception is NOT available for much of the walk-in, so bring a map and compass.
Drive 9L to north of the Tongue Mountain Range trailhead, turn west (left if you are driving north on 9L) at a large parking area with a marsh to its north. Padanarum Road leads away from this junction; take the first right turn (in the winter, straight ahead is probably a snowmobile route, not plowed) onto Wardsboro Road. Drive several miles over barely maintained road, parking at the most available spot near the cemetery on the right, less than a 1/4 mile from the end of maintenance (i.e. unplowed beyond that point). Do NOT block the road or you may get towed.
Walk through the cemetery or on the outskirts, to a log road slanting down to a brook. The crossing here is usually pretty straightforward. Continue heading generally ENE, clomping through a planted pine grove, making another creek crossing - this one very sketchy - then rising up a long, gentle slope. Slanting up left passes some short, fat ice flows of mediocre height (perhaps 25'); Heading up the notch to the right is a bit steeper but leads more directly to the southernmost ice routes such as Anthem. At the top of this knoll you may spot that route. Most of the ice climbs lie well left and lower than it.