Areas in Western Coastal Slope
Bald Rock Basin
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Bishop Estate/Darling House
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Devil's Glen
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Farrington Woods
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Great Ledge
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Huntington State Park
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Laddin's Rock
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Lake Mohegan
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Naugatuck State Forest
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Ohio Ave Norwalk Crag
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Old Mine Park
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Pequonnock River Valley State Park
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Roadside Crag
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Sleeping Giant State Park
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Twin Brooks Park
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Ward St. Crag, Norwalk
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Webb Mountain Park
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West Rock State Park
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Wooster Mountain State Park
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Elevation: | 419 ft |
GPS: |
41.348, -73.25626 Google Map · Climbing Area Map |
Page Views: | 297,669 total · 1,493/month |
Shared By: | Ladd Raine on Dec 10, 2007 |
Admins: | Morgan Patterson |
Description
Climbing in this part of the state is difficult was find until sites like MountainProject.com came around. Now it's a little less difficult but there are many issues and few good crags. Given the long history of climbing in CT and the dense population, this area of CT has many little areas spread around which have been explored and climbed by many of the best climbers of their time. As such, there is very little which has not already been climbed at one point or another in established areas unless you are climbing at the highest levels of the sport. Get out have some fun and remember... be discrete!
Classic Climbing Routes at Western Coastal Slope
Mountain Project's determination of the classic, most popular, highest rated climbing routes in this area.
Route Name | Location | Star Rating | Difficulty | Date |
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● Wiessner's Rib | Sleeping Giant SP > Chin |
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5.6 4c 14 V 12 S 4b 2 pitches | |
● AlGoreRhythm | W Rock SP > S Buttress > Old Quarry Walls |
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5.8 5b 16 VI- 15 HVS 4c Trad, TR | |
● Thor Junior | W Rock SP > Wintergreen |
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5.8+ 5b 16 VI- 15 HVS 4c Trad, TR | |
● Nickel And Dime | W Rock SP > S Buttress > Ball Field Slabs |
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5.9 5c 17 VI 17 HVS 5a Sport | |
● Crackrock Corner | W Rock SP > S Buttress > Old Quarry Walls |
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5.9 5c 17 VI 17 HVS 5a Sport | |
● Psychonautics | W Rock SP > S Buttress > Old Quarry Walls |
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5.9 5c 17 VI 17 HVS 5a Sport | |
● Happiness Is a Warm Drill (… | W Rock SP > S Buttress > Old Quarry Walls |
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5.9 5c 17 VI 17 HVS 5a Sport | |
● Tax Evasion Haven | W Rock SP > S Buttress > Old Quarry Walls |
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5.9+ 5c 17 VI 17 E1 5a Sport | |
● The People's Rock | W Rock SP > S Buttress > Old Quarry Walls |
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5.10c/d 6b+ 21 VII+ 21 E3 5b Sport | |
● Ground Effect | Great Ledge > Main Face |
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5.10d 6b+ 21 VII+ 21 E3 5b PG13 Trad, TR | |
● West Rock Crack | W Rock SP > S Buttress > Ball Field Slabs |
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5.11 6c+ 23 VIII- 23 E4 5c Trad | |
● Slightly Removed | W Rock SP > S Buttress > Old Quarry Walls |
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5.11 6c+ 23 VIII- 23 E4 5c Sport | |
● The Tree of Life | W Rock SP > S Buttress > Old Quarry Walls |
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5.11d 7a 24 VIII 25 E5 6a Sport | |
● Run For Cover | W Rock SP > S Buttress > Old Quarry Walls |
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5.12b 7b 26 VIII+ 26 E5 6b Sport | |
● Desparête | W Rock SP > S Buttress > Old Quarry Walls |
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5.13a/b 8a 29 IX+ 29 E7 6c Sport |
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