Adirondack Bouldering

2012-01-29T21:20:00.001-05:00

So the coolest thing about being broken is that I now have world of problems to do. There are alot of v3s out there!!

2012-01-16T17:38:00.001-05:00

Living the life of a old broken climber. I always wondered what happened at this point. Been hitting the half moon gym a bit n flailing around. Nice place. Needs better setters.

2011-11-24T11:28:00.001-05:00

2011-09-22T22:21:00.001-04:00

Nine Corners Bouldering Competition

2011-08-29T09:54:00.002-04:00

Why Round Pond Should be the next Frontier in ADK Bouldering!!

2011-07-31T19:13:00.000-04:00

First I dont want to lead anyone on a wild goose chase out to round pond looking for Boulders. The Round pond boulders are named for the parking spot not the area. Although has anyone been out looking for boulders??
Anyway we dabbled with these boulders a few years back and put up a few good lines and worked a few more. There are two distinct areas. First the round pond area. Park as for the Round Pond trail head and cross the road, head towards I87 til you find the boulders. Problems there include a campus project, 2 v5 problems, a one move v11, a fantastic v3 out a prow, a handful of others and a bunch of potential.
The second area parks on the boulder side of the 73, first parking spot on the left after leaving round pond parking. Although this is really all one area it is easier to approach this set of boulders by parking and walking back towards round pond parking along the road. Here there are all manner of awesome boulders. From steep faces and roofs to aretes, slabs and 45's.
I spent my time today not looking at the boulders but looking at the lines and there are lines! So man up and go send some new things to help motivate my recovery. If you do go a pair of hedge trimmers could help establish a trail system for the entry point into the woods from the road. The landings tend not to be ideal so bring the big pad. A small crew could do a lot in a day.
The pics are just piss compared to what I was looking at.

These first three pics are of an amazing boulder. the first line I see here is a 45 degree over hanging prow. The climbing will be small edges around the right arete and sculpted side pulls and small krimps on the face to a probable pop to a jug at the lip.
Next on this boulder will be a mix of face holds, heel hooks and the arete to get you off the ground to a good top out.
A face climb up the middle rail to the top will also get you up there so bring the big pad and your best spotters.

This little guy has about 8 feet of climbing out a steep face with some great holds and good topout.

Enlarge this pic to see the holds and potential.

Sorry this is just the worst pic ever but this face ( the pic only shows the top half) has a really good looking line on small to smaller flat edges and krimps up to the lip and left to the top arete to pull over with.

This boulder will have long powerful moves between good holds to get you to the top. A low start can climb the overhanging right arrete into the steep face above for full value.

I should have taken more pictures. There is a really beautiful slightly overhanging face with enough holds for 3 or 4 good lines. There are some crazy shit Highballs and some desperate roof and steep faces.

Anyway with easy access and several problems waiting to be done this is the best undeveloped potential I have seen in the Dacks. With Hogwarts running out of new lines (there is still a good bunch to do but....), and my inability to will new boulders into existence everywhere I want them, I am sending out a call to action! Lets get this place developed.

Ice Ice Baby

2011-07-29T19:55:00.000-04:00

Thrust Fault at the pond

2011-07-25T09:15:00.000-04:00

super classic

A few possible Jems

2011-07-23T21:34:00.002-04:00

http://share.gps.motionxlive.com/shr/x/kmz/d113054babbbfbe0ef86cd31a44166b6
If you follow the link you can see the trek taken. There is a small handful of really decent looking boulders.
I also made the trek up to the king wall to scout for "boulders everywhere"....Not... although there is a bunch of boulders I spent the day free soloing up and down the king wall in the hopes of spotting some boulders with worthy lines. There is an amazing 60 foot boulder that is just a stunning piece of rock, a neat cave like feature created by a nice size chunk that fell from the wall. There is also a (yes one) really awesome boulder face at the base of the wall.

If you have not seen it the kingwall is really awesome looking. It is a huge shame that this wall is not seeing more routes put up. It should be filled with amazing bolted lines but instead is sits mostly vacant.

This set of boulders is ease to get to and looks well worth the time.

sorry about the formatting

2011-07-23T20:14:00.001-04:00

http://share.gps.motionxlive.com/shr/x/kmz/d113054babbbfbe0ef86cd31a44166b6

Giant Sucker at the pond

2011-07-17T09:11:00.001-04:00

2011-07-16T16:07:00.002-04:00

Blue mnt lake.
Castle Rock.
Plenty of boulders and some good looking cliff faces. With a 2 mile hike I'm not sure many boulders would be up for the adventure. It would be true adk adventure bouldering. Emphasis on adventure. A small posse of motivated people could bust out a half dozen or so problems in a day. Rock quality seems pretty gd. Most of the boulders are vertical with mostly blank faces. So if you are up for a hike and some adventure bouldering grab your pads n posse.

old school 9 corners video

2011-07-13T08:53:00.001-04:00

Another old 9 vid

2011-07-09T09:10:00.000-04:00

More Hogwarts bouldering

2011-07-03T18:10:00.000-04:00

Hogwart's....could this be Destiny???

2011-05-17T10:27:00.001-04:00

I got some great beta from Adam and Ben on their initial development efforts and info from Murph (The Original Gangster) on what to check out at the newness. Hogwarts seems to have potential for numerous boulder problems with neat features, solid/course rock, various angles, and sloping topouts! The day was cut short by the downpours and the 10-day forecast doesn't look very promising... Parking seems legit at the old information center and the neighoring property owner's have not objected to the visiting boulderer's. Keep your fingers crossed and hope we can continue to play in this boulderfield. Excellent find Murphy...we'll take care of the rest especially that Sorcerers Stone...ha ha

2011-05-09T23:48:00.002-04:00

New Line @ Nine

2011-05-09T23:12:00.002-04:00

Lots of activity up at Nine Cornered Lake lately...I love to see others enjoying this bouldering spot! Here is a quick video of a new line I cleaned on Mother's Day. It is back behind the "Cave Boulder" on the "Wave". The Sit start is the same as "Low Tide". The dyno to finish the problem is really fun...couldn't find a way around it.

Good on ya and see you out there...
-Jut

2011-04-03T09:44:00.002-04:00

I miss my life. I miss my shoulder. I miss all of you!
All told I will have lost over 4 years of climbing. 18 more months to go.

New House sized blocks...

2011-02-05T21:39:00.003-05:00

Looking forward to climbing some of these new boulders...I counted over 20 boulder problems, anyone up for an hour approach? It'll be worth it.

Climberism Online Magazine

2010-12-13T16:12:00.002-05:00

Check this online climbing magazine out...the editor has shown particular interest in our local efforts. Keep the search going for the next Adirondack destination!

www.climberism.com

Old school pond picks

2010-12-11T22:48:00.001-05:00

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2010-12-04T12:08:00.001-05:00

Some more pics from fried mans.

FriedMans Reality boulders.

2010-12-04T11:56:00.001-05:00

Padanarum

2010-12-04T10:59:00.001-05:00

A cool new problem at padanarum with some big guns!

2010-11-28T19:07:00.001-05:00

Fried mans gets it's first few problems done. A quick couple of warm ups and a great little compression problem.

2010-11-28T19:00:00.001-05:00

Some pics of murph on a stellar project.

Pine Lake boulder Cont....

2010-11-25T18:01:00.004-05:00

Just another addition to this massive boulder. There could possibly be over 20 lines on this single block when all is said and done. This one is a short burly little thing called "Baby's Batter" v9ish

I have spend more time hiking and cleaning in the last month then I care to tell. Finally, built up a reservoir of projects and it's time for destiny. Be on the lookout, hide your projects... just kidding. Show the world, and always keep it REAL!!!

Pine Lake Boulder

2010-11-22T16:44:00.003-05:00

Development continues on one of thew largest boulders I have seen in the Southern Adirondacks. Naturally with massive boudlers, you get some quality highball boulder problems. This video shows 1 of 3 new highball additions to the massive block!

2010-11-21T17:40:00.001-05:00

Returned today to double check my hype. Took some more pics that never give an accurate feel. There are of course lots of blank faces worthless boulders n all but if we can maintain good access this place will be pretty sweet. Good on you pisser! Nice find.

New Area! Sketchy Access!

2010-11-21T08:53:00.005-05:00

Some of us put in a ton of time trying to find new areas. One on such trip a local super star stopped to take a piss in the woods and stumbled upon what i think is the best potential find since snowy or boulderwoods. Many years back I climbed a few routes at a small cliff with good lines on it, know as Fried Man's Reallity. While i remember there being a bunch of boulders in the area i was turned off to heading back years later when i had heard of the bouldering by who was telling me. Last summer my dog and I headed in to this area but somehow (yet again) missed this boulderfeild by a few hundered feet. This area has the potential to be the next adk destination! The only issue is the access. We tried to secure access to this area back in the day for the few routes that are here but never where able to. A few people had gotten permission to climb so that was enough for the limited number of people who would go there.
So i will post up a few pics of boulders that do not do the place justice as always. If you visit please be mind full of the neighboors by keeping it low key. Please report back any activity. You can find the location in map below.

New Rock!

2010-11-19T11:17:00.002-05:00

2010-11-13T21:05:00.001-05:00

Padanarum
Undone face. A few problems have gone up and there is more to do.

2010-11-03T14:39:00.000-04:00

New Caroga Lake Boulder

2010-11-03T14:25:00.001-04:00

Had some trouble uploading the latest video...check it out through the link above. Largest boulder I have seen in the immediate area, looking forward to the other potential lines.

"Keep it Secret, Keep it Safe"

More new lines at Nine

2010-10-13T23:37:00.002-04:00

Here's a video of a couple new problems at Nine Corners. They are located on the Bid Kahuna boulder, below the cave wall. Two very high quality problems. Bromance turned out as one of the best hard lines at Nine. I think the line goes at v10 but will have to see more ascents to confirm the grade. Good on ya mate's.

Green Lake Boulders

2010-09-05T15:16:00.002-04:00

Here are the remaining videos

Green Lake Boulders

2010-09-05T00:14:00.002-04:00

So we followed up on the Green Lake Boulder post and checked these boulders out 2 weeks ago. After some cleaning and routine preparation, some really good boulder problems have been unearthed. So far, there are 12 problems on the two main boulders. If you're in the area, they are definately worth the 5 min hike from the Cane Mtn. trailhead parking. The smaller boulder has 8 problems ranging from V0-V5, while the larger boulder boasts some climbs a bit more difficult. All of the established lines seem to climb really well considering both boulders have overhanging sides with holds (what more could you ask for?)...The video shows (in order shown) a stellar V6 called "Live Free or Die", consensus puts this as one of the best V6's in the Aridondack Park; "Evil Empire" which is a nice V7/8 boulder problem up a dihedral feature that climbs really well, and a V3 traverse on the same boulder.

Gull Pond

2010-08-28T10:47:00.002-04:00

Steep boulder at gull pond

Gull Pond - bad photo

Gull Pond.
Another cool area waiting for some new lines. There are enough lines and rock here that needs to be developed to keep you busy for sometime. Some great looking steep rock. It will be a true adirondack bouldering experience.

Gnarnia

2010-08-21T13:34:00.005-04:00

So I took a look at Gnarnia today. There are two outstanding boulders. The overhung boulder with the landing built is pretty sweet. I think there is room for one more line. The other is the first boulder you come to up the hill. The ROCK IS SWEET. I'm not real sure why but i think this is a great boulder. I didn't get on any of the lines but I am excited to head back (in 17 months!)...
As an area it is not a destination just due to the lack of problems. It is well worth the short hike up the hill and I would recommend stopping if you are any where in the area.
I want to Thank the guys over at weekendbouldering again for finding the area but most importantly for sharing it. As a community we are way to stingy and worried about someone eles stealing our lines. I do think that hey you took the time to find an area or clean a line you should have some resepectable to time to send but far to often this leads to a lack of sharing of cool spots. I now an area south of us was recently chipped becasue it was shared but this is the exception and not the rule.

Anyway a bit of a rant there... here are a couple of pics.

This is just a super good looking boulder to me.

The Big Guy with a great platform (thank again to the guys over at weekendbouldering).

I also talked to the owner of the marina and he was very very nice. Please stop in and ask where you should park and let him know how much we appreciate the access.

I'll try to post up some more info and good directions soon.

Happy Sending!!

Fresh Lines at 9 Corners

2010-08-18T16:09:00.007-04:00

Another wave of new lines have been done at 9 corners starting last fall. Below is their names, grades, location and a description of the problems. Enjoy. If these lines have been done before last year apologies and I'll remove. Please use the current guide book to locate the problems. Props to those who put the time into finding these new jems and sending these new lines.

Uneven Stevia - V5
(The Meadows: Saccharine Boulder)
Start as Even Stevia and make a dynamic move left to a crimp and slopey ledge. Move left across the slopey ledge to make a move to a good hold then top out slab.

Love Cats - V6/V7
(Middle Earth: Stoner Boulder)
Start as Rise of Nick Stoner and move left to a slopey ledge and continue along the low seam to jugs. Move onto slab and top out.

Diversion - V7/V8
(Stonehedge: Plate Boulder)
SDS: Start at the far right side of the boulder under a small roof on small holds. Fire to the lip and top out.

Stigmata - V? (Needs SA)
(Middle Earth: Stoner Boulder)
Start between Daves problem and Izodone at a corner. Start right hand on slopey crimp and left hand on bad sloper. Set feet and dyno to the lip and top out. (Needs SDS)

First line done at padanarum

2010-08-11T22:10:00.001-04:00

Not this one. The stand to the cave was done.

Padanarum Boulders - Just my two cents

2010-08-08T12:29:00.002-04:00

Just wanted to thank the guys over a weekendbouldering for posting the info. Old
Bridge.

I have made several trips here and never found anything so I am very happy that some boulders have been dug up.

Below are directions to the exact location of the boulders. I will post some pics soon.

View Padanrum Boulders in a larger map

Old Bridge

2010-08-04T11:51:00.003-04:00

Excuse the awful phone-photos... the area is much better than my phone makes it look.

On a rainy day a few weeks ago, we found this incredible boulderfield right next to Lake George on Padanarum Road.

Nothing is cleaned there yet, but it's promising. The rock quality is a tad chossy in some spots, but won't be a problem after being cleaned and climbed on. The first boulder alone holds 20 or so lines, and there are 10-15 other boulders scattered on the hillside, each with at least 2 problems.

Further exploration is possible as well.

DIRECTIONS:
To get there, park at an Old Bridge at the intersection of Wardsboro Road and Padanarum Road (from rt. 9N there is no sign for Padanarum, it is a one lane, dirt road with the Northwest Bay Brook on it's side). The intersection also has no sign, but is an obvious roundabout.

If you're willing to do a stream crossing, the approach is much shorter.
Rating is an 8 for now, boulders with holds.

QUESTION: Who produced the .PDF guide to Nine Corners on the right side "site list"?

Green lake boulders

2010-08-01T16:47:00.001-04:00

Info updated on map below

2010-08-01T16:41:00.001-04:00

Images from surgery

2010-07-26T16:37:00.001-04:00

Serious injuries Have kept me on the couch :(

2010-07-26T16:16:00.002-04:00

Pok-o-moonshine

2010-03-23T18:53:00.002-04:00

I've heard a lot of rumors about some bouldering at Pok-o. It's on the map at the bottom as well. Any information? From pictures the stuff looks promising. If anyone knows of the established stuff there, how good it is, etc. fill me in!

Guidebook

2010-02-21T20:50:00.003-05:00

Ideas for an Adirondack Bouldering Guidebook!? My friends and I are working towards producing this guidebook. A big part of this involves gathering information about problems and what not. We intend to put as many new areas in the book as possible.

So far we are thinking of including:

- McKenzie Pond
- Snowy Mountain Boulders
- Nine Corners/Prison Boulder/Pinnacle
- Boulderwoods
- Ensign Pond (Need more information and needs development)
- Tablerock (Need more information and needs development)
- Gore Mountain Boulders (Needs A LOT of development)
- Gnarnia

Considering:

Round Pond?
Boulders in Keene Valley?

Extras (Not areas):
Potash Boulder
Stables Boulder

If you have any other ideas put em in the comments.

If you want to help, or have any information on these or other locations email me at:
weekendbouldering@gmail.com

This is going to be a labor of love and I want to involve as much of the community as possible to produce the best possible guidebook.

Thanks.

-WB
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West Branch Sacandaga River Gorge

2009-11-24T18:00:00.001-05:00

I've heard rumors of tons of car-house sized boulders along the trail from West River Road out to the gorge itself. This section of the river is a popular hike due to the five waterfalls and numerous rapids, if anyone has any info on the area or wants to go explore sometime please do, and post it up here!

Also, several people have told me about bouldering on the Second Brother (not the big one) by Brant Lake.

Info?

Ensing Pond

2009-09-20T15:46:00.004-04:00

Project 1

New problems.

missed the first move in the vid.

Sketches at the pond breaks

2009-09-14T20:21:00.003-04:00

The right hand hold of sketches finally broke. It was pulled off about a month ago. Specualtion is that it will be very difficult without a hold on the right side of the problem. If anyone sends please post up.

2009-07-21T14:32:00.002-04:00

One of the best single boulders in the dacks, the best in my option. So far..... This is not a super new boulder it was found many years ago by the developers of nine corner lake. But never climbed on. Maybe due to the height and there was a huge death spiked tree underneath the whole backside. Then about a year ago after some dedicated work scrubbing, rapping and maybe some chainsaw action. This boulder came into full effect. It now hosts about ten lines all at least 3 stars in my opion and some 5 start problems for sure. In the range from v0 to v11. The whole boulder is tall !!! Bring you pads ! Landing is not to terrible, well at least on the one side. The boulder is located off of route 29a or 10. Going north its about 5 min before you would hit the trail head for Nine Corners lake. After you past throught where green and canda lake meet there is a small gas station\marina on your left park on that side right past it. Then walk to the oppisote side of the road to the left of a blasted outcropping, then straight up the side of the hill. In about 3 min you will reach this huge boulder good luck !

A few new boulders from yesterday

2009-03-16T09:40:00.003-04:00

Benefit and potluck at Rocksport

2009-02-05T06:27:00.003-05:00

Hey everyone...Doc here from Rocksport. Big thanks to who posted up the info about our last comp, we had a great turnout.

Anyway, a week or so ago one of our climbing team kids lost their home to a fire (see article here).

(my apologies if the link didn't insert correctly).

THIS SUNDAY from 6-8pm we'll be hosting a benefit party/potluck at the gym to help them out as they rebuild. $10 suggested donation (includes rentals if you need them) and bring a dish to share. All proceeds go to this great family.

Hope to see you there, and we promise to post up some info about actual outdoor climbing this spring.

-Doc

Holiday Havoc bouldering comp (and potlock dinner)

2008-12-17T17:02:00.000-05:00

A Visual tour of the boulderwoods

2008-11-28T20:13:00.001-05:00

The boulderwood tour enjoy!

Johnson Pond Info

2008-11-11T21:31:00.003-05:00

Hope you don't mind me posting this.

" Drive 0.4 miles up Johnson Pond Rd, from its intersection with NY 9. Park on the left (north) side of the road and before a 30 MPH sign that is on the right. Cross the creek and walk 200' to the first boulder. There are 3-8 boulders, on state land, that have established problems. Good, clean rock."

I am looking forward to checking this out for myself.

Ensign Pond Area

2008-11-08T17:13:00.004-05:00

There where only a handful of lines but what i saw i did like. I will be back here for sure. I did not find any of the other boulders that i have seen posted online.

http://www.adkclimbs.com/index.php/topic,187.0.html

This is a pretty sweet Roof feature that will have a good line or two. Pretty clean and the rock is of decent quality.

This may look like a pile but it is slighlty overhanging and will have 2 good lines for sure.

This is a super nice piece of rock. Steep tall and with a line of crimps trending to the right. The holds look pretty solid and if the stay this should be a super fun steep crimp line.

Here is another angle of the boulder above. From bottom to lip you should have atleast 12 feet of climbing on nice small crimps.

I looked around for only a few hours including the drive up and down the road. There where alot of hunters around and i did not want to push my luck with my dog running about. I stopped and looked at 3 different places that i saw rock but only one had anything of worth.

What I found is by no means going to be a destination but..... There is potential for it to be.

This is a 10 on the potential scale -- (there will be bouldering here) and as far as the quality of the area only time will tell but right now i'm thinking 5ish.

Johnson Pond Area

2008-11-08T16:36:00.004-05:00

This area is off of exit 29. Last weekend I ended up taking a quick look around Johnson Pond area.

Although there is some good rock in the area the best stuff i saw was on private land. I did only have a quick look and my intrest is surley peaked with the potential that may be here. I would be intrested in where and what others have found in the area.

This boulder looked 2 star but sits between two no tresspassing signs.

It's pretty good sized and the closest face overhangings nicley.

This boulder was the first i saw of any value. the roof area good be pretty fun and the face pretty good two.

So I will be taking another drive up here and looking around abit.

Potash

2008-11-02T13:39:00.002-05:00

Took a couple of hours and walked around potash proper. There is one boulder there that is pretty nice but i need to spend some more time looking around. To confirm it's worthlessness as a bouldering spot. There are several great boulders that are just a few feet to short to be of any worth. The rock is nice, the shapes are cool but...

Brant Lake Area

2008-10-26T20:46:00.002-04:00

I have heard rumors of bouldering in the brant lake area. Spent the day up there driving around and looking for signs of boulders. there is some super good looking boulders on the west side of the lake but they are on private land. Like in some ones yard!! So another weekend of wasted gas.

Did hear of some peeps checking out a new area off from exit 29. Will keep you posted.

Potash Boulder

2008-10-18T20:21:00.004-04:00

Head up to potash boulder to do an extensive look around. I hiked up to the top of Potash (very steep over grown ruble) and did in fact find another good size boulder. The potential is limited as it looks as though there would be 3 - 7 lines but on 2 or 3 would be of good quality. Good face climbing on vertical to slightly overhanging on mostly good size edges. There is another boulder behind it that looks like it could have one hard steep problem. This is a roof and squeeze style out the underside. When I have time i will get the pics off my phone and post them up.

Also drove past crane mt by Garnet lake on Garnet Lake rd. I stayed on GL rd to circle back to Johnsburg via rt 8 and the back down S johnsburg rd. There are some cliff bands and some boulders in the woods but they appear to be on private land and with hunters every 10 feet i thought it best to keep in the car. As Garnet Lake rd winds up the mt. there are a few boulders to be seen in the woods on private land.

columbus day bust....

2008-10-13T22:45:00.004-04:00

Hiked up and looked around the side of lake ave by hidden lake on the way up to luzerne from lake george. Nothing worth all the effort. There is a cliff band on the right side but is unaccessable due to hidden lake. I hiked up the hill side accross to get a better look. No luck here.

Earlier in the weekend i drove from scrhoon to omsteadville and down to warrensburg on all dirt and back roads. Tons of boulders everywhere and nothing bigger than a car. Turned up. I hiked 3 areas with no luck.

I need to map out these drives better so i do not repeat them over and over. I did drive several roads i had never been on.

Map

2008-10-09T21:38:00.002-04:00

If you click on the link at the bottom of the map it will take you to the adk boulder map. Login and put in a push pin and any info you can. Not reason to limit the pins just to the adk's.

Atwell Boulders

2008-10-08T21:59:00.001-04:00

Atwell Boulders

There is a grouping of large boulders known locally as Monument Park. The area is mentioned in Discover the Southwestern Adirondacks, which led to its "discovery" for bouldering by Neal Knitel, who cleaned and climbed many problems in the area in 2008.

Follow the approach to Ice Cave Mountain, but continue across the steel bridge in Atwell, over the earthen dam, to a small dirt road on the right just past a camp. At the fork, take the left branch and drive over the outlet of a small beaver dam to a small road on the left. Turn left and drive to the end of this road. The road is rough and impassable in high water, so one may have to park before the end.

The boulders are scattered in the woods, the largest being Haystack. There are a dozen or so problems from V0 to V1, and many open projects

This information taken from the interwebs.

echo cliffs --- boulders and cliffs!

2008-10-08T21:45:00.003-04:00

ECHO CLIFFS ON PANTHER MOUNTAIN

Drive west from the intersection of Routes 8 & 10 and turn right onto West Shore Road, it comes up in slightly less than 3 miles. You'll see the trailhead a few miles down the road on the left, and it will say "Trail To Panther Mt." (see Picture). It is about a half mile before Little Sand Point Campground.
The trail is well marked and easy to follow, although it may be a bit wet towards the bottom. You'll take a turn up the steep part of the mountain at a large boulder and head straight up to the cliffs. Make sure you follow the markers as there are many false paths.
Along the way you'll notice huge rock walls amidst the hemlock tree. When you reach the top you'll get a spectacular view of Piseco Lake.
Driving directions to RT-10 & RT-8, NY

Any feed back about the possibility of bouldering here. It is on my list of areas to check out.

Good Luck Cliffs

2008-10-05T22:59:00.002-04:00

Info scoured from the interwebs
Good Luck Lake Cliffs, some great boulders at the base of the cliffs.
The Good Luck Cliffs trail climbs through a small gorge circling behind 500+ foot cliffs that lead to an overlook of the Adirondack foothills. The trailhead is on NY10 300 feet past a bridge over the Sacandaga River 6 miles north of the intersection with NY 29A.

Rumor has it the boulders are as blank as can be and even with all the great rock sitting there, there are almost no established problems. So I have confirmation of the size and quantity of boulders but my source says no climbing due to lack of holds.
Any info would be great.

stables boulder

2008-10-05T20:20:00.002-04:00

The popular mt biking area in saratoga known as the stables has a small cliff band to boulder on. The rock is of good quality and is pretty solid. The problems tend to be fun with slabby topouts. The boulder/cliff has about 10 lines on it ranging from V1ish to V8. There are at least 2 projects above the V8 grade.
I know of no other potential in the area.
On a scale of 1 to 10 I would have to say it's 5.
Please add some info for this area.

Baxter Mt.

2008-10-05T20:19:00.001-04:00

Baxter mt hike
\The path to the summit can be accomplished casually in under an hour and offers a generally moderate grade. Along the way you'll see a nice variety of maples, paper birch balsams and hemlocks. Occasionally, you'll also see enormous glacial erratic boulders that offer a convenient spot to sit and rest. These boulders, left in place after the last ice age some 10,000 years ago, are layered in places with a luxurious carpet of emerald mosses that remain cool and moist throughout the day

Anyone done this hike and can confirm or deny the potential here???

Flat Rock mnt info

2008-10-05T14:12:00.002-04:00

Flatrock Mountain is a bouldering area being developed by Neal Knitel. Parking is on NY 28, 1 mile south of the parking area described for Middle Settlement. The parking area is on what looks like the old NY 28.
The boulders are on the south side of NY 28 (same as the parking area), and are scattered over the northwest side of Flatrock Mountain. There are also some very short cliffbands that run parallel to the ridge which have potential for toprope climbs and highball problems. This area has significant potential, as there are countless boulders scattered through the woods.
The first boulder that was climbed is the house-sized boulder split in half 18T 494628 4835056, visible from the road as you approach the parking area from the south. There are 5 established problems here, with potential for more difficult problems on the overhanging side facing the road.
Another boulder just south of the house-sized boulder holds Horn-It, a problem involving a one-handed mantle to a slabby finish. 200 yards to the south is yet another boulder with several problems and projects. One is an overhanging fingercrack, and the other is a rounded arête to a friction finish.

this info was taken from the interwebs.
http://www.adirondackrock.com/newroutes.htm#Atwell_Boulders

So the question is how much potential and to what end? Can anyone make some comments??

hey

2008-10-05T13:56:00.000-04:00

so the idea will be to create a form that people in and around the adk's can post up bouldering areas, single boulders and potential bouldering areas. Pictures, video and descriptions. Share your secrets.
A frapper map will be attached to pin point areas.

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