Climbers just finished p2. Topo is showing the Direct route on the left (via bolt) and the more traditional way on the right, to next belay location (gear anchor).

All Locations > New Hampshire > Great N Woods R… > N Bald Cap > 1. Main Slab Area > October Sundae (5.7 5a 15 V+ 13 MVS 4b)

Climbers just finished p2. Topo is showing the Direct route on the left (via bolt) and the more traditional way on the right, to next belay location (gear anchor).

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The "Main Rap Line" is shown, along with rap lines into it from the top of the slab (see also "Upper Rap Line Photo" for more detail)

RH on P1 of Oct Sundae; he's over the crux. (There's now a bolt above the single cam shown in this photo.)

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Ron Birk

Aug 28, 2016

“Climbers just finished p2. Topo is showing the Direct route on the left (via bolt) and the more traditional way on the right, to next belay location (gear anchor).”

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October Sundae - the dotted line (which I have done) is where the NEClimbs.com photo showed the route going. It actually climbs through a "notch" in the OH as shown with the solid yellow line and as described in the text.

October Sundae Direct - Traverse left under the overhang, passing a bolt and surmount the overhang on the left end.

"Upper Rap Line Photo" - Detail of the upper rap lines. The red and green raps can be made with a single 70m. The black and yellow raps are two-rope rap ( double 60m ropes)

The "Main Rap Line" is shown, along with rap lines into it from the top of the slab (see also "Upper Rap Line Photo" for more detail)

Climbers just finished p2. Topo is showing the Direct route on the left (via bolt) and the more traditional way on the right, to next belay location (gear anchor).

RH on P1 of Oct Sundae; he's over the crux. (There's now a bolt above the single cam shown in this photo.)

Looking up at the "Notch" of October Sundae from a gear belay 30-40 ft below the OH. Hard to believe it "goes" at only 5.3 -5.4 !

Our approximate route and belay locations (bolts or gear).

Main Slab and Oct. Sundae

Super-Telephoto of "the Beautiful Crack" at the start of P4. "Don't leave home" without climbing it.

Looking up at the top of P6 and P7 (as described.) Note white rock and "BB" for top anchors...but you don't see them. (Note: we didn't split the pitch into two)

RW at our P2 belay

RH through the "Notch" in the OH ( Taken by RW , posted with permission)
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Dbl bolts under OH. Scramble (Cl4?) up to them from tree ledge.

RW on P2

RW on P5 After the initial move off the tree ledge it was "So easy that it would make 'Dead Easy' (a 4-star 5.1 on Rainbow) seem hard!"

Looking left towards the end of P2 and start of P3.

The "beautiful crack" at start of P4 (Have your green (#0.75) Camalot ready) Leader is at the (first) bolted belay.

This rappel anchor has been added just below the fallen birch for the second to last rappel - June 2018 be careful of loose rock in the "woods"

The "Once Upon-a-Time" Rap Tree below the large OH! It fell over 8/19/16 when I used its rounded trunk as a seat, well below the level of the slings. Probably less than 50 lbs force.

P5 (Note how these climbers did the pitch slightly differently than the photo "RW on P5..." R Hall)

Fourth rappel used to go through the trees. Rap tree is no longer around since Aug 19, 2016. See note on route desccription. (a new rap station has been established here since)

Looking down towards P2 that goes on the left of the picture.

Climber on the vertical crack on P4.

Photo of the p3direct variation pitch (and "approximate" bolts locations) taken looking climber right during the rappel that starts from the 2 bolts atop p4 and ends in the tree island with the fallen birch

My partner is near the end the rappel that starts from the 2 bolts on top of p4, comes straight down over the climber-left side of the OH and ends in the tree island with the old fallen birtch (visible bottom-left)

I took this photo right after the initial bulge on p6, i.e. where it flattens out to an unprotected but 5.easy "standing walk". We linked p6 and p7 so the ropes in thie photo eventually go up also the steeper p7 to the top 2 bolts before the trees.

My parter is about to reach the fantastic crack on p4. The Anchor cracks are just a few meters above the OH and seemed very solid for a gear anchor with a comfortable belay stance.

Photo taken from the gear belay atop p3, looking down climber-right at the long traverse above the OH .

All of p2 and star of p3 OH visible above it.

Sep 19, 2026 foliage colors just starting near the top of p1 well above the white slab i.e. where the grade drops significantly.

View from the top with the Outlook in the background.

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