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Ronca Rock Climbing

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Routes in s. Ronca

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	Break Left TR 5.5 4b 13 IV+ 11 MS 4a C0
	Break Right TR 5.4 4a 12 IV 10 VD 3c C0
	East Edge TR 5.1 2 6 II 7 MD 2a
	Far Left Gully then Slab TR 5.5 4b 13 IV+ 11 MS 4a
	Groove TR 5.7 5a 15 V+ 13 MVS 4b
	Left Wide Gully TR 5.3 3+ 10 III 9 VD 3a
	Slab Center Left TR 5.2 3 8 II 8 D 2c
	Slab Left TR 5.6 4c 14 V 12 S 4b
	SouthWest Ridge TR 5.4 4a 12 IV 10 VD 3c
	West Edge TR 5.1 2 6 II 7 MD 2a
	West Wall: Broken Rib TR 5.10 6b 20 VII- 19 E2 5b
	West Wall: Left of 3 Trees TR 5.7 5a 15 V+ 13 MVS 4b
	West Wall: Low Corner TR 5.9 5c 17 VI 17 HVS 5a
	West Wall: Smaller Notch TR 5.5 4b 13 IV+ 11 MS 4a
	WW Diagonal Crack TR 5.9 5c 17 VI 17 HVS 5a
	WW Farther Left of 3 Trees TR 5.10b 6a+ 19 VII- 19 E2 5b

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Access Issue: Not specifically approved for climbing by NJ Parks, or perhaps outside State Park land. Details

This area has not been specifically approved for climbing by NJ Parks, and perhaps is completely of partly outside the Park, instead on State-owned land managed by the NJ Dept of Environmental Protection. Also there might be a concern of climbers parking disruptively outside the Route 206 Cranberry Lake commuter parking lot on busy days.
We heard a report that an official survey was performed for a point near this cliff sector, and at least this cliff is very close to the boundary -- like perhaps the top might be inside the Park and the bottom (or middle) might be outside. We do not yet know of any general rule of the DEP forbidding climbing, and as of 2018 this area is not posted for any special status or restrictions. There is no general NJ Parks rule forbidding climbing (after submitting a signed waiver of liability form for the current year).

Description

Long slabs and short walls.
Routes 30-60 ft, facing mainly South, some West.

Cool weather days nice in afternoon due to favorable exposure. Much is shaded by mature trees, so not as hot as might expect on hot afternoons.

Top-Roping: Access to set up anchors by bushwhacking from approach trail to sector Benes. Or from the bottom by scrambling up around Right (E) side, but this has a rather slippery and exposed segment.

Name: Mark Ronca pioneered many of the hardest routes in western New Jersey. Then took his rock and ice climbing expertise out to Colorado, and became a climbing ranger at Rocky Mountain National Park.

First Ascents? When we started exploring this rock sector, we discovered lots of previous work (cleaning + cutting) to prepare the rock and cliff top and base and approaches for climbing. So we could focus on just trying different possible routes for climbing. Whoever did that work, please contact us so we can give proper credit for your First Ascents.

warning: Loose rock is still a concern in this sector. Belayer or other members of party should not stand anywhere near underneath the climber or underneath a leader setting up top anchor.

. . . (Lots of vegetation on this rock as of 2018. Be prepared when climbing to navigate around protruding trees and branches, and dealing with holds slippery with grass, lichen, moss, dirt).

Getting There

Because there is serious question about whether this area is legal for climbing, we have moved its map location and GPS latitude longitude to an incorrect and impossible place and removed the instructions for how to get to it. We hope that in the near future it will be opened for climbing, and then we will restore the correct map location.

This sector is to the Right of sector Benes, and the far right routes on Benes intermingle with the far left "West Wall" routes of Ronca. Each route is grouped with the sector where is its logically top.