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Anywhere open to boulder?

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elie · · Unknown Hometown · Joined Feb 2015 · Points: 0

I want to drive down into the States from Montreal in a week's time to look for some bouldering.

Are there any areas that aren't completely covered in snow? Are the Gunks open for climbing?

RockinOut · · NY, NY · Joined May 2010 · Points: 100

Anything in the Northeast is going to have snow or be wet. Gunks or Rumney won't be closed to climbing, but expect snow.

James Sweeney · · Roselle Park, NJ · Joined Oct 2013 · Points: 30

elie,

The Gunks are always open.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZtnTls0EtCE

The snow on the ground just makes more cushioning under your pad. Softer landings!

Come on down and talk to the good folks at

Rock and Snow They will steer you to the good stuff.

Jim

Kevin Heckeler · · Las Vegas, NV · Joined Jul 2010 · Points: 1,616

Please don't use a blow torch to warm the rock. :-D

Joe M · · MA and NH · Joined Dec 2008 · Points: 11,725

Shoveling off the tops of boulders has begun at Lincoln Woods though there is still a lot more work to be done...

Gunkiemike · · Unknown Hometown · Joined Jul 2009 · Points: 3,492

Do people really boulder when overnight temps are -20 to -30 C?

It's an honest question.

Tucker Tirey · · BTV · Joined Feb 2015 · Points: 1

Nolan,
You sure Snowy Mountain is a go? According to your link, it's closed, and bouldering is not permitted.

M Sprague · · New England · Joined Nov 2006 · Points: 5,090

I swung by Rumney today to have a look and there is tons of snow. Temps are supposed to get down to -18F tonight. I got out of the car and walked a few hundred feet to check out the new path and said "Fuck it's cold" and got back in the car and contemplated stopping in at Pete's house to take a poop in his nice warm bathroom, but continued on for some coffee. It is not optimal conditions.

Morgan Patterson · · NH · Joined Oct 2009 · Points: 8,945
elie wrote:I want to drive down into the States from Montreal in a week's time to look for some bouldering. Are there any areas that aren't completely covered in snow? Are the Gunks open for climbing?
Go Ski Jay Peak. . . record cold and record snowfall doesn't play nicely with bouldering.
Guideline #1: Don't be a jerk.

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