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Elevation: 144 ft
GPS: 41.36622, -72.01403
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A small group of boulderers have spent a good chunk of time establishing problems around Mystic, Connecticut. This group has consisted of a handful of folks from Southeastern and Central Connecticut, Rhode Island, and Massachusetts. The rock around Mystic is a beautiful, usually solid, gneiss with an amazing 12 grit texture. This amazing rock is highly featured with good edges, pockets, crimps, and slopers. The rock tends to be VERY steep in some spots. This is especially true for the Stoddard Hill State Park, the Rift Valley, the Dark Hollow Cave, and the Winding Hollow Areas. These are rocks that rock climbers dream about.

The coastal weather of this region helps in keep conditions good. When the rest of New England is getting snow, the warm Gulf Stream air from the nearby ocean keeps the white stuff away. That same ocean climate keeps things warm and sunny too. During the more temperate times when its hot inland, the sea breeze kicks in and cools things down in the evening. The bouldering areas in Mystic are a great way to get into these amazing mystical forests that surround this historic seaport town.

All the bouldering areas in Mystic are within 15 minutes of one another in various sectors around Mystic, Groton, and Ledyard off of Route 184. The bouldering in Mystic is limited. Access is a REAL concern in some areas here as well. Tread lightly as you can. As most boulderers know carrying a huge pad in public, the bouldering life style is not the most commonly recognized and understood form of recreation here in America. However, we are hopefully making good steps in changing that. Maybe someday bouldering will be considered a more common, accepted, and celebrated sport like in Europe. This site's purpose is to help us as climbers preserve some knowledge of what has been done for the future Mystic climbers. The site contains a few topos and pictures of the local bouldering spots. New areas are being found regularly. Some of these have good access. 

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There are good amounts of bouldering around mystic.

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Classic Climbing Routes at Mystic Areas

Mountain Project's determination of the classic, most popular, highest rated climbing routes in this area.
V3 6A
 9
Boomerang
Boulder
V4 6B R
 4
Broken Sword
Boulder
V5 6C
 17
Hirame
Boulder
V5 6C
 12
The European
Boulder
V5 6C
 9
La Mota A Muerte
Boulder
V6 7A
 5
Bryan's Big Day
Boulder
V7 7A+
 5
Archangel
Boulder
V7 7A+
 15
Immortal Technique
Boulder
V7 7A+
 10
Phil's Crack
Boulder
V7 7A+
 4
Ghost Face Killer
Boulder
V7 7A+
 7
Ghost Face
Boulder
V7-8 7B
 4
Anomaly
Boulder
V8 7B
 8
Full Circle
Boulder
V9-10 7C+
 4
Ghost Face (Low)
Boulder
V10 7C+
 5
Tunnel Snakes Rule!
Boulder
Route Name Location Star Rating Difficulty Date
Boomerang Stoddard Hill SP
 9
V3 6A Boulder
Broken Sword Winding Hollow > Broken Sword Wall
 4
V4 6B R Boulder
Hirame Stoddard Hill SP
 17
V5 6C Boulder
The European Winding Hollow > Immortal Technique Wall
 12
V5 6C Boulder
La Mota A Muerte Ledyard Areas > Ghost Face & Grave Yard
 9
V5 6C Boulder
Bryan's Big Day King & Queen Bo… > King (aka Haley… > Left Side
 5
V6 7A Boulder
Archangel Dark Hollow
 5
V7 7A+ Boulder
Immortal Technique Winding Hollow > Immortal Technique Wall
 15
V7 7A+ Boulder
Phil's Crack Winding Hollow > Immortal Technique Wall
 10
V7 7A+ Boulder
Ghost Face Killer Ledyard Areas > Ghost Face & Grave Yard
 4
V7 7A+ Boulder
Ghost Face Ledyard Areas > Ghost Face & Grave Yard
 7
V7 7A+ Boulder
Anomaly Dark Hollow
 4
V7-8 7B Boulder
Full Circle Stoddard Hill SP
 8
V8 7B Boulder
Ghost Face (Low) Ledyard Areas > Ghost Face & Grave Yard
 4
V9-10 7C+ Boulder
Tunnel Snakes Rule! Winding Hollow > Immortal Technique Wall
 5
V10 7C+ Boulder
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