Weissner's rib, sleeping giant CT

I'm checking out Weissner's rib for a future climb. Are there any established rappel anchors around there, or is it a walk off?

Do be careful of the Poison Ivy !!!   Last I was there, there were no established anchors anywhere at Sleeping Giant (and, of course, extremely rare ANYWHERE in CT; that's why there's so much ecological damage at the tops of cliffs...but let's not go there..)

If my recollection is correct, I solo-TR'd it off good trad anchors at top with a few directionals placed while rapping down. Sort of remember one yellow-Alien-sized somewhere along the way. Several other reasonable climbs in the immediate area.

Do be careful of the poison ivy !

What Robert said.  Definitely no anchors and very soon there will be a shit ton of poison ivy at the base.  The top is a popular hiking area without a ton of large trees for anchors.  Further back from the edge there's larger trees 

Went to School at Quinnipiac, and have adventured all over Sleeping Giant...

To answer your question, there are no established anchors or any kind.  From the top of the ledge, the walk back to the bottom of the talus field would be ~15/20 minutes.  That entire area is fragile, so definitely knock on holds and be careful of falling rock.  As someone else mentioned, poison ivy grows heavy in some spots.

Re' the poison ivy...just because it hasn't leafed-out doesn't mean you can't get a case from touching the vines. "be careful out there".

The rib it a true classic.  Wear a helmet 

I climbed it a week ago, poison ivy is very present at the base of the route but can be avoided.
There is a sturdy (cedar?) tree about 40 ft to the right of the topout of Rib, can be used for rappel. One rap with a 70 meter got us down with plenty to spare, but still required some scrambling to get to the base of the wall.

Is there any reason that a rappel station couldn't be installed on this wall? 

For gods sake please don’t even entertain the thought of drilling at sleeping giant...there are plenty of reasons not to drill there.  Especially on a mega classic like that

Philip Nesbitt wrote: I climbed it a week ago, poison ivy is very present at the base of the route but can be avoided.
There is a sturdy (cedar?) tree about 40 ft to the right of the topout of Rib, can be used for rappel. One rap with a 70 meter got us down with plenty to spare, but still required some scrambling to get to the base of the wall.

Is there any reason that a rappel station couldn't be installed on this wall? 

Mostly because it's not inconvenient to just walk around for five minutes. 

If you do it in 2 pitches its nice to have a big 4" cam for the anchor after the crux. Great chossy climb!

Echo wear a helmet, I haven’t been hit by a rock but some Dbag threw his lit cigar down from the top and hit me with it, lots of hikers doing stupid stuff along the trail on top. Classic route and fun though, short but still sweet to have a ‘multipitch’ climb in CT.

I wouldn’t bother with rappel, could get rope stuck from drag at bottom and honestly beat up a tree for no reason, the hike is super quick

It will be unlawful to add fixed hardware to this cliff in the state park or any other state owned property.  That would certainly get the crag closed to climbing.  Please do not add any hardware.

Ska ggs wrote: Echo wear a helmet, I haven’t been hit by a rock but some Dbag threw his lit cigar down from the top and hit me with it, lots of hikers doing stupid stuff along the trail on top. Classic route and fun though, short but still sweet to have a ‘multipitch’ climb in CT.

I wouldn’t bother with rappel, could get rope stuck from drag at bottom and honestly beat up a tree for no reason, the hike is super quick

Just to really hammer the point in, WEAR A Helmet! The jackassery that goes on at the top cannot be understated. I’ve been hit w rocks hiking through the talus, and I’ve seen children tossing bowling ball sized rocks down the cliff. Why???

FYI, yaks are now being used to establish basecamps below the rib, for free soloists, who may or may not be wearing climbing shoes.