New Hampshire Alpine Bouldering?

any one have some info on alpine bouldering in new hampshire?

In all seriousness - there are some sick boulders in Huntington Ravine.

King Ravine, Gulf of Slides, Carter notch and of course not in NH but Katahdin has TONS of boulders.

I have bouldered quite a bit in King Ravine. There is great bouldering up there including the late Ben Hebb's Bonsai Tamer V11. The Glen Boulder is also quite nice with problems up to V9. Let me know if you need any more info.

Huntington's ravine is awesome, and in hindsight, yes i would carry a bouldering pad up there.

This definately looks tempting. Approach beta? Climbing topos? Any hidden lierature behind recent development by any locals floating around? Let me know what you know, thanks in advance!

It cost some bucks, but I would drive up the road. Get a couple of people together . No topos or beta that I know of.

Not so much alpine but.. Greens' has tons of boulders and only an hour bike ride ( riding with a pad is so much fun)

Also Bear slab off the Kanc and Band M

Green's does have some good, big boulders, but it is much better for it's roped climbing. Owl's Cliff, in the same area, has more developed bouldering and isn't quite so far away. Neither are really alpine, just out away from the crowds.

Shylo wrote: There is great bouldering up there including the late Ben Hebb's Bonsai Tamer V11.

Wow, somehow I had missed the news about Ben. That is really sad. He was such a great guy. Be carefull out there.

RIP Ben Hebb.theres a bolted route in lyme he put up before he died i guess.its a 5.12-5.13.i didnt know him much but he was a awsome guy and climber.will be missed.where is this huntington Ravine?

Patrick Feeney wrote:where is this huntington Ravine?

Mount Washington

Brian wrote: Is "alpine bouldering" an oxymoron? Isn't bouldering in Hungtinton Ravine like going to a whorehouse to masturbate? Do boulderers hike for an hour and a half up 2000 vertical feet with pads strapped on their backs to boulder? Whatever floats your boat I guess. There is lots of stuff down lower with much less effort like the boulder field below Cannon with boulders as close as five feet off the bike path.

Believe it or not Brian people do hike to boulder, not often but they do. I've seen them go as far as hiking 5000' vert to do it before, mostly because they were too afraid to leave the ground on a classic alpine climb though. Probably better than carrying a rack&rope up 5000 vert though, hmmm, maybe they are on to something...

And to tell the truth after doing 1000' of 5 star climbing I was psyched that someone carried pads up there for some fun beer bouldering.

I have been waiting for NH climbers to get started on this kind of bouldering. The rock in Huntington Ravine is very similar to Chaos Canyon and though the area is much smaller, the potential for good problems is certainly there. Please respect the environment!

Peter Beal wrote:Please respect the environment!

That is something to be especially aware of. Clean a route lower down in NE, and if it doesn't get climbed on regularly it goes back to it's natural state pretty quickly. Up high and the impact is there for a loong time.

Brian, I think the reason people will go up in an alpine area to boulder is not only the cool setting and potential rock, but the cooler temps when it has gotten hot and muggy lower down, and to escape the bugs.

And "going to a whorehouse to masturbate". I'm sure there are plenty who do that.

Hey Patrick - Do you know where that bolted line in Lyme is? I live in Lyme, and I'd love to check it out.
-J

M Sprague wrote: And "going to a whorehouse to masturbate". I'm sure there are plenty who do that.

There is no sex in the champagne room.

yea sounds great! I can imagine it.... a awesome day climbing up in huntingtons and down below there are the boulderers screaming and yelling for their buddy whos stuggling and grunting up the v0 highball while theyre all trampling the vegetation and brushing all that "crap" (lichen) off the granite. sounds terrific. yes, i am on a high horse right now but...this aint the gunks.

cms829 wrote:while theyre all trampling the vegetation and brushing all that "crap" (lichen) off the granite. sounds terrific. yes, i am on a high horse right now but...this aint the gunks.

I have mentioned similar concerns but haven't pushed the issue. Even without trying to be a tree-hugger, this can also become a PR issue for climbers. I really hate us to be seen in bad light by the larger and this more powerful hiking community b/c there are chalked up boulders and trampled vegetation all around the presi range.

Given that this is now on MP, the discussion may get more heated than it did over on neclimbs.

BTW, I just noticed that this is an old thread that got resurrected.

boulderbum wrote:Salty, yet feeble trad faggots upset about bouldering..big surpise! Have fun hangdogging your favorite 5.9s and know that what your climbing isnt hard enough to even be a warmup for the guys reefing on the tweakers below you. Helmet? Check. $500 neon arcteryx jacket? Check. Feeling insecure because you are a weak old bitch?? Check and CHECK

http://www.assholeclimbers.com/2012/03/asses-fund.html

You should ask for a sponsorship.

Just defending the boulders is all. A lot of thinly veiled elitism here, which i find funny cause you guys have no choice BUT to keep walking past the boulders. Lets face facts, 90% of you are just TOO WEAK.

TAKE!!!!!!!

Came across this old thread as I was searching for information on good bouldering at higher altitudes and cooler, dryer condition in the summer of New England. Presumably many new problems/areas have been put up since then. Would appreciate any tips!