St John Quebec

We might be in the st John area arround the 20th??  seems like a lot of climbing acording to MP???? is there a guide in english? any local gear store or climbing scean???

 Thanks, Nick

I'm having trouble locating "St. John" in Quebec. Are you referring to St. Jean, just north of Lake Champlain. or some place else? If it is St. Jean, then I think the closest good climbing would be in the Adirondacks. Otherwise it seems that you'll have to go north to the area around Montreal or east to the areas near Sherbrooke--Mt. Orford, or closer to the US border Mt. Pinnacle at Lac Lyster.

Saugenay-Lac-Saint-Jean? Or maybe St John's Newfoundland?

North of Maine.

Is this the general area you're referring to? https://www.mountainproject.com/v/new-brunswick/106797047.But that's east of Maine, not north. And it's not part of Quebec.

You are gonna have clarify because there is no "St John" in Quebec. The region of  St. Jean and Lac St. Jean (Jean is the french version of John just as Juan is in Spanish).

Refer to here for climbing sites in quebec

http://www.fqme.qc.ca/sites-et-acces/topos-en-ligne-des-sites-du-reseau-acces-montagne.html

http://qc.drtopo.com/north-america/canada/quebec

If north of Maine is what you are looking for Kamouraska is the best sport (considered by most) in the province

https://sebka.ca/wp/en/escalade/

Nick, "north of Maine" covers a big area, but as Mad Max said Kamouraska is along the south shore of the St. Lawrence pretty much due north of the tip of Maine and not far from the border. It is a wonderful crag of well-bolted, white orthoquartzite facing mostly west if I remember correctly, single pitch in a really gorgeous setting. It is about a 20 minute walk from the road. You have to get both climbing and parking passes from SEBKA located about a kilometer before the crag on the way from the village--and next to an excellent brewpub. I think the guidebook is out of print, but SEBKA has a 'baseline topo' showing the relative location of the routes to each other. I don't know if SEBKA--which also has camping, is open at this time of year. However, in true European fashion all is not lost without a guidebook as route names and grades are written at the base of many of the routes.

If it is St. John, New Brunswick your are asking about, there is a collection of good granite crags in the Welsford area about half-way between St. John and Fredericton and on the main road connecting the two municipalities, roughly an hour from either one. It is on a military base but access to most crags is no problem. There is a surprisingly thick guidebook in English for New Brunswick rock climbing. I know there is a good outdoor/climbing store on the main street near the historic area in Fredericton, I don't know if there is any in St. John. There are a couple of smaller crags closer to St. John but they didn't look that great.

Nick Goldsmith wrote:

North of Maine.

Narrows it right down

I spent a week in Newfoundland's St John's a couple of years ago with the my wife and son.  My wife warned me it was not a climbing trip, but of course I had to bring shoes and a harness.  Newfoundland is nicknamed the Rock after all.  I bided my time and when my wife and son canceled a hike due to blisters they declared a day of putzing around the town.  I commandeered the car  and drove out to Flatrock about a half hour or so away.  I met a guy there who allowed me to lead with his rack and had a nice outing.   I met him again there two days later and we put up two FAs  -  it is mostly a single pitch area.  Overall, we enjoyed St John's so check Mountain Project for Newfoundland -  have fun, there is a shop in town  and they have a printed guidebook

New brunswic it is. kamaraska is also on the radar.