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Western MA Climbing

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Areas in Western MA

1,000 Acre Swamp 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0

Battleship Rock 0 / 0 / 0 / 7 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 7

Chapel Ledge 11 / 0 / 14 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 17

Charlemont 0 / 0 / 0 / 29 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 29

Dry Hill 1 / 0 / 1 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 1

Farley Ledges 1 / 0 / 1 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 1

Goat Rock 0 / 0 / 0 / 31 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 31

Hanging Mountain 20 / 36 / 1 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 57

Ice Glutch, The 0 / 0 / 1 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 1

Monroe State Forest 1 / 0 / 0 / 6 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 6

Montague Wildlife Management Area 0 / 0 / 0 / 105 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 105

Mormon Hollow 17 / 19 / 12 / 1 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 38

Mount Holyoke Range State Park 0 / 0 / 0 / 1 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 1

Mount Sugarloaf State Reservation 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 1 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 1

Mount Tom State Reservation 0 / 0 / 0 / 2 / 2 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 4

Puffer's Pond 0 / 0 / 0 / 2 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 2

Race Brook Falls *Lower Falls* 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 2 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 2

Roadside Crag 0 / 2 / 0 / 8 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 10

Rose Ledge 39 / 0 / 42 / 27 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 77

Sanctuary, The 0 / 2 / 2 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 2

Sunbowl 0 / 15 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 15

Wendell State Forest 0 / 0 / 0 / 73 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 73

West Dell 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0

Widow White Boulders 0 / 0 / 0 / 4 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 4

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Description

The western regions of MA have the best climbing in the state both in terms of abundance and quality. Most of it is not widely publicized and routes listed here (especially when it comes to bouldering) only scratch the surface. Newcomers should check out Farley, Mormon Hollow and Rose Ledge for single pitch and areas like Neverland, Happy Valley, and Farley (again) for bouldering.

Getting There

This area comprises the area surrounding the Pioneer Valley and west into the Berkshires. See the individual entries for more specifics.

483 Total Climbs

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Classic Climbing Routes at Western MA

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

5.6 4c 14 V 12 S 4b 88 ● Beginner's (aka Easy Corner) Trad, TR Rose Ledge > 02 - Main Face
5.8 5b 16 VI- 15 HVS 4c 123 ● Guillotine (aka Double Overhead… Trad, TR Rose Ledge > 02 - Main Face
5.8 5b 16 VI- 15 HVS 4c 55 ● Stone By Stone Sport Hanging Mountain > Cloud Buttress
5.9 5c 17 VI 17 HVS 5a 108 ● Double Helix (aka Rikert's Corner) Trad, TR Rose Ledge > 02 - Main Face
5.10- 6a 18 VI+ 18 E1 5a 92 ● Tennessee Trad, TR Rose Ledge > 02 - Main Face
5.10- 6a 18 VI+ 18 E1 5a 55 ● Lunge Roof (aka Rhino Dyno, or G… Trad, TR Rose Ledge > 03 - Overhang Buttress
5.10b/c 6b 20 VII 20 E2 5b 68 ● Rising Tide Sport Hanging Mountain > Grotto
5.10c 6b 20 VII 20 E2 5b 72 ● Cardiac Arete (aka route 8) Sport Mormon Hollow
5.10d 6b+ 21 VII+ 21 E3 5b 45 ● Trouble Weighs a Ton Sport Hanging Mountain > Cloud Buttress
5.10d 6b+ 21 VII+ 21 E3 5b 68 ● Radiant Sky Sport Hanging Mountain > Acorn Face/Squirrel Wall
5.11a 6c 22 VII+ 22 E3 5c 59 ● Transcendentalism Sport Hanging Mountain > Cloud Buttress
5.11d 7a 24 VIII 25 E5 6a 28 ● Psychedelic Honey Sport Hanging Mountain > Cloud Buttress
5.12a 7a+ 25 VIII+ 25 E5 6a 79 ● Priapism Sport Mormon Hollow
5.12a/b 7b 26 VIII+ 26 E5 6a V4 6B 31 ● Arrhythmia Sport, Boulder Mormon Hollow
5.12d 7c 28 IX 28 E6 6b 17 ● Tunnel Vision Sport Mormon Hollow