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Western MA Climbing

Climbing Area Map

Areas in Western MA

Catamount 0 / 5 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 5

Chapel Ledge 13 / 0 / 14 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 19

Charlemont 0 / 0 / 0 / 33 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 33

Clark Crag 0 / 0 / 0 / 5 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 5

Cookson State Forest 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0

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 / 32 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 32

Hanging Mountain 37 / 48 / 1 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 86

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 / 1 / 107 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 108

Mormon Hollow 17 / 22 / 12 / 3 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 43

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 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 2 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 2

Roadside Crag 0 / 4 / 0 / 7 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 11

Rose Ledge 40 / 0 / 43 / 30 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 81

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

Stevens Boulders 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0

Sunbowl 0 / 16 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 16

Thayer Brook Conservation Area 0 / 0 / 0 / 10 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 10

Wendell State Forest 0 / 0 / 0 / 83 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 83

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.

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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.

V5 6C 39 ● The Sleeping Giant Boulder Montague Wildli… > … > Happy Valley > Sleeping Giant Boulder
V10 7C+ 15 ● Y2K9 Boulder Montague Wildli… > … > Hideaway > Left Cliff Band (Y2K9…
5.9 5c 17 VI 17 HVS 5a 123 ● Double Helix (aka Rikert's Corner) Trad, TR Rose Ledge > 02 - Main Face
5.9 5c 17 VI 17 HVS 5a 78 ● Cloud Nine Trad Hanging Mountain > Cloud Buttress
5.10- 6a 18 VI+ 18 E1 5a 105 ● Tennessee Trad, TR Rose Ledge > 02 - Main Face
5.10b/c 6b 20 VII 20 E2 5b 127 ● Rising Tide Sport Hanging Mountain > Grotto
5.10b/c 6b 20 VII 20 E2 5b 35 ● Higher Ground Trad Hanging Mountain > Grotto
5.10d 6b+ 21 VII+ 21 E3 5b 134 ● Radiant Sky Sport Hanging Mountain > Acorn Face/Squirrel Wall
5.11a 6c 22 VII+ 22 E3 5c 130 ● Transcendentalism Sport Hanging Mountain > Cloud Buttress
5.11c 6c+ 24 VIII- 24 E4 6a 51 ● Wholey Logic Sport Hanging Mountain > Grotto
5.11d 7a 24 VIII 25 E5 6a 59 ● Psychedelic Honey Sport Hanging Mountain > Cloud Buttress
5.12a 7a+ 25 VIII+ 25 E5 6a 96 ● Priapism Sport Mormon Hollow > Mormon Hollow - Right…
5.12a 7a+ 25 VIII+ 25 E5 6a 32 ● Eminent Domain Sport Hanging Mountain > Corps Wall
5.12b 7b 26 VIII+ 26 E5 6b 43 ● Skywalker Sport Hanging Mountain > Cloud Buttress
5.12 7b+ 27 VIII+ 26 E6 6b 53 ● Drawn and Quartered Sport Hanging Mountain > Cloud Buttress