Mountain Project: Climbing Pawtuckaway

This is the large scattered bouldering area located on and below the south slope of South Mountain. There are many top quality problems with huge potential for more in a setting away from the crowds.

(This is just a start to get the area listed. If you have info, please add it. I think we will need an overview map and maybe sub areas)

Getting There

See map
www.mountainproject.com/v/new_hampshire/pawtuckaway/10710620>>> Drive in via Reservation Rd, and if the gate is open (otherwise park here), take a left onto Tower Rd (it says Mountain rd on the map)and in a few hundred yards park on the rt at the junction with Mountain Tr. (Look for #5 on park map) Walk in here and instead of breaking left like you were going to the tower, stay straight (bearing rt.) until you are coming down the south slope of S Mountain. Break left off the dirt track as you just start coming into more hemlocks and before you get to a small marsh on your left, and head basically east with S Mountain on your left and the marsh on your rt. You will first go by more scattered boulders, then the boulders get better, bigger and more clustered. It might take you 10 min to get to the turn off and another 10 to get to the main clusters with many boulders along the way. Look both up on the slope and down in the hemlocks. There are some great ones hidden down a bit including the huge Mowgli Boulder.

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By M Sprague
Administrator
From: New England
Jun 13, 2010

I don't think I will be able to get back to doing this section any time soon (too many other projects). If somebody would like to take over, just speak to an administrator to switch it over

By matthewWallace
From: plymouth, nh
Nov 10, 2010

How many routes already exist here? are they documented anywhere else?

By M Sprague
Administrator
From: New England
Nov 10, 2010

I would think at least 50, probably more. Ward and Chris Smith, Dave Quinn and I did some development maybe 6 years ago, then I showed Brett and he, Vasya and others put up more routes, particularly on the huge Mowgli boulder. Unfortunately, I had most of my information in a GPS that died before I downloaded it and I can't remember much of who did what or names. I'll need to head out there to refresh my memory. I only named a few of them. Besides the Mowgli boulder, I remember naming the Walrus, Penguin, Ass Boulder. There were also the Yosemite Boulders (lots of cool cracks), Entrance(Sun?) boulder and a bunch of others.
BDalhaus sent me a map of what he had, that I was going to fill in, but I got into going out to Greens etc., so haven't been back to this area, and I haven't been able to get anything from the other guys yet. Maybe in a few weeks I'll run in there and write stuff down.

By matthewWallace
From: plymouth, nh
Nov 10, 2010

Thanks for the info Mark, Myself and a couple people were thinking of heading there so I was curious.

By M Sprague
Administrator
From: New England
Nov 22, 2010

Did you make it out there?

By matthewWallace
From: plymouth, nh
Apr 17, 2011

I never made it out there last season, but this season is just staring so hopefully :)

By M Sprague
Administrator
From: New England
Apr 18, 2011

I went out there this weekend just to look around. I saw some chalk, but a lot of the routes were getting lost to moss again so will need recleaning. It is amazing how fast stuff grows back here in the NE

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