Frenchtown?
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Reading about Green Pond here brings back some memories of a visit there around 1980, and a route we knew as the King's Swing. |
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I read in Rock Climbing NJ about a crag along the Delaware River near Frenchtown, Buzzard's Butte? |
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Tom, when you say gunks like, do you mean the type of rock, or style of climbing? Buzzards butte is red argillite/shale like stover, about 25-30 feet tall. How tall was the spot you remember? I know of a few cliffs along that stretch! Michael C wrote:I read in Rock Climbing NJ about a crag along the Delaware River near Frenchtown, Buzzard's Butte? I'd be willing to head up there. I love cragging in Jersey. |
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Tom, when you say gunks like, do you mean the type of rock, or style of climbing? Buzzards butte is red argillite/shale like stover, about 25-30 feet tall. How tall was the spot you remember? I know of a few cliffs along that stretch! Michael C wrote:I read in Rock Climbing NJ about a crag along the Delaware River near Frenchtown, Buzzard's Butte? I'd be willing to head up there. I love cragging in Jersey. |
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Hi Joe! |
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I think I know what you're talking about... |
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I know which spot you are referring to now. I've been calling it pinchers point, after a nearby road. I don't know the history of that name, or if it even refers to that point on the ridge. Michael C wrote:I think I know what you're talking about... If you cross into PA at the Regiesville Bridge and drive North on 611 maybe a mile, there's a big face on the Jersey side. There's a general store on 611 and it's kind of right behind it. That's probably the Gap-Gunks rock you're talking about, not that shale stuff at the Narrows and Stover. Always wanted to check that out...looks like it might have a lot of loose rock and vegatation though. I'm sure after a good cleaning it would be decent. It was a pretty big chunk of rock. How's the access issues??? |
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It's right across the river from Mueller's Too. I've been wondering about it, if it was climbable, accessible, etc. I stopped and took some pictures of it across the river a while back. I'll see if i can dig some up and post them here. |
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There were about a half dozen pretty decent one pitch leadable routes there up to 5.10 ( Welcome to Reigelsville). You belayed standing on the road. |
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Here's a few pictures I snapped on my way back from Stover in February 2011: |
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From what I can tell, the land is currently owned by the NJ DEP - njparcels.com/property/2120… |
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Tom; Is this the rock you were talking about? It's right along River Road. Using the telephone poles as a measuring stick, it looks like the outcrop reaches over 100' off the road. |
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Ha Larry, not sure, but I think so? Best view is to look at Google Earth, I think it's Milford-Reigelsville Cliffs. Two lane road, guardrail and the crag is right on the road. The images you guys posted look like there is an upper tier, and I am unaware, but it could be. Yes too I think now we didn't cross at F-town, but at Upper Black Eddy. Hard to imagine there are two cliffs in that situation. Tom Schilder and I also climbed a wee ice flow on that side, which is just south of the crag, and that is how I remember it, and it shows that way on Google Earth. |
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Climbed ice routes at Reigelsville back then too. Does it still ice up in a good cold snap? I do remember all the Philly Gunkies would talk about climbing rock there on occasion if they didn't go to the gunks though |
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Larry S wrote:Here's a few pictures I snapped on my way back from Stover in February 2011:Larry, I was driving River Road/611/32 yesterday and saw this area. This isn't the cliff near Riegelsville I mentioned earlier. This cliff is north of Cafferty Road (road to High Rocks) and South of the bridge to Milford...not sure if it's North or South of the Frenchtown Bridge. I'm always up for exploring! |
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Way to go! If you get an image you can post I'd love to see it. The position of the cliff on Google Earth looks correct in relation to the road, but it looks steeper than I remember. The cliff I am suggesting had reasonable starts, and then several routes had do-able overhangs at the top, and good rock. Fun to ferret out these little gems! |
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Location of the cliffs in the pictures above.
This is where the cliff in the pictures i posted above is. |
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Ha this is fun! When I search that address(138), on Google Earth, I get a small shot of the type of rock that I recall being there, which would you agree is not Argillite? Something better? I think you are onto it! |
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Larry, the map you posted is the original spot I mentioned (near reigelsville, north of the bridge on 611, behind a general store). Above that cliff, in NJ, is farmland and a winery. |
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The rock is very similar to Emmaus, boulders, but weathered and fractured differently, due to the river. It doesn't seem like quartzite. More like a gneiss/metadiabase /anorthocite ish....... |
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Sounds like you found it Joe ! One more person and we can start our own Facebook page....lol! ;^) |