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New bouldering area in Boston area

Hamilton Kibbe · · Somerville, MA · Joined Apr 2010 · Points: 71

From the pictures/post Max posted, it seems like the blue blaze trail is the way to go

Louis Eubank · · Portland, ME · Joined Nov 2008 · Points: 181

tks: Walk on the blue blaze trail. From the parking lot, you'll hit the obvious boulder in the middle of the trail in a few min. It's a fun warm up boulder. There are three different areas I scouted from this boulder. This is also the only true boulder, the rest are ledge outcroppings, so don't look for other boulders.

1st, head uphill from the boulder. There are a few possible lines, two of which look fun, but V-much-harder-than-I-can-climb.

2nd, walk back toward the parking lot 30-ish ft, then head toward the road. There's a fun overhang that you won't find until you're on top of it, visible from the road.

3rd, for the highball section, continue on blue blaze trail. 5-ish min after the boulder, you'll see the first wooden staircase. Stop about 10 ft. before it and look directly right. You see a ledge in profile (couple hundred feet off the trail). Lots of possible lines on it, I started scrubbing it, then life happened. Hoping to get back. There's a couple bolts on top, I'm assuming for boy-scout type TR.

Unfortunately, I'm now up in Maine, not sure when I'll be back down in Boston. Let me know what you find

emonie · · Unknown Hometown · Joined Sep 2014 · Points: 0

so you scouted this new area that the boyscouts already scouted?

tks · · Boston, MA · Joined Aug 2009 · Points: 20
Louis Eubank wrote:tks: Walk on the blue blaze trail. From the parking lot, you'll hit the obvious boulder in the middle of the trail in a few min. It's a fun warm up boulder. There are three different areas I scouted from this boulder. This is also the only true boulder, the rest are ledge outcroppings, so don't look for other boulders. 1st, head uphill from the boulder. There are a few possible lines, two of which look fun, but V-much-harder-than-I-can-climb. 2nd, walk back toward the parking lot 30-ish ft, then head toward the road. There's a fun overhang that you won't find until you're on top of it, visible from the road. 3rd, for the highball section, continue on blue blaze trail. 5-ish min after the boulder, you'll see the first wooden staircase. Stop about 10 ft. before it and look directly right. You see a ledge in profile (couple hundred feet off the trail). Lots of possible lines on it, I started scrubbing it, then life happened. Hoping to get back. There's a couple bolts on top, I'm assuming for boy-scout type TR. Unfortunately, I'm now up in Maine, not sure when I'll be back down in Boston. Let me know what you find
Awesome - I'll take a look this weekend and post some pics
Louis Eubank · · Portland, ME · Joined Nov 2008 · Points: 181

Emonie - pretty much. I found the bolts after my original post.

Tim McGivern · · Medford, ma · Joined Feb 2012 · Points: 12,579

Would love to know if these boulders were cleaned up and sent. Were they logged here on MP?

Jeff Axelrod · · Unknown Hometown · Joined Jun 2017 · Points: 0
Tim McGivern wrote:

Would love to know if these boulders were cleaned up and sent. Were they logged here on MP?

I checked them out today with the sister while hiking the blue trail, and they were pretty green (literally). Very slippery. Still definitely coming back with a crash pad! 

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