Main Face Rock Climbing

The shortest access trail leads from a power-line cut to the top of the cliff, as detailed in the overview, comments, and the Rhode Island Climbing page ( climbri.org/bunyan.htm). You can avoid tramping across the dairy farmer's field by taking the right (south) trail from the end of Macober Road. This trail (actually a power-line access road) parallels the right side of the field. When the field ends, turn left, then right again at the next power-line. The trail from the power line to the cliff cuts off left a bit before the power line drops downhill (see the photo). Later, an elaborate cairn marks a smaller trail branching right from the main trail.  This smaller trail meets the cliff directly over the middle of the Main Face, continues left, and eventually zigzags down to the bottom. (To rappel from any of the trees above the main face, you you'd need at least a 70m rope, maybe 80m.)

Regarding private property: we asked the dairy farmer's permission, and he told us where to park. Somewhere near the bigger trail in the woods, before the cliff-top trail forks off, we saw an old No Trespassing sign, but no apparent boundary. I believe it is the same sign I saw 15 years ago. When I asked some locals about it then, they said not to worry about it. So I don't really know. It seems like the bigger trail gets more traffic than the climber trail, and it continues long past the climber trail. So there must be other ways in to the cliff.