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Submitted By: Ron Olsen on Feb 26, 2006
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Latitude: 41.9677  Longitude: -74.4434 
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The 5.7+ third pitch of Cascading Crystal Kaleidos...


Description 

This is a new area for MP.com; please feel free to contribute!

Anyone who can write a good overview of climbing in New York, please post a comment; I will incorporate it in this description.


Getting There 

tbd


The Classics

Mountain Project's determination of some of the classic, most popular, highest rated routes for New York:
Gelsa   5.4     Trad, 3 pitches, 195 feet   The Gunks : The Near Trapps
Horseman   5.5     Trad, 1 pitch, 120 feet   The Gunks : The Trapps
High Exposure   5.6     Trad, 2 pitches, 250 feet   The Gunks : The Trapps
Madame Grunnebaum's Wulst   5.6     Trad, 3 pitches, 210 feet   The Gunks : The Trapps
Disneyland   5.6     Trad, 2 pitches, 155 feet   The Gunks : The Near Trapps
Shockley's Ceiling   5.6     Trad, 3 pitches, 275 feet   The Gunks : The Trapps
Frog's Head   5.6     Trad, 2 pitches, 160 feet   The Gunks : The Trapps
Yellow Ridge   5.7     Trad, 2 pitches, 200 feet   The Gunks : The Near Trapps
Limelight   5.7     Trad, 2 pitches, 180 feet   The Gunks : The Trapps
Son of Easy O   5.8     Trad, 2 pitches, 170 feet   The Gunks : The Trapps
Arrow   5.8     Trad, 2 pitches, 200 feet   The Gunks : The Trapps
Cascading Crystal Kaleidoscope (CCK)   5.8 PG13     Trad, 3 pitches, 250 feet   The Gunks : The Trapps
Modern Times   5.8+     Trad, 2 pitches, 250 feet   The Gunks : The Trapps
Ants' Line   5.9     Trad, 1 pitch, 80 feet   The Gunks : The Trapps
MF   5.9     Trad, 2 pitches, 180 feet   The Gunks : The Trapps
Directissima   5.9     Trad, 2 pitches, 120 feet   The Gunks : The Trapps
Bonnie's Roof   5.9     Trad, 2 pitches, 250 feet   The Gunks : The Trapps
Directississima   5.10b     Trad, 1 pitch, 200 feet   The Gunks : The Trapps
Carbs and Caffeine   5.11a     Trad, 2 pitches, 140 feet   The Gunks : The Trapps
The Yellow Wall   5.11c PG13     Trad, 2 pitches, 125 feet   The Gunks : The Trapps
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Featured Route For New York
Tricia Fusco approaching the P1 crux of Bonnie's Roof (5.9)<br /><br />Cropped version of a photo by Denis O'Connor.

Bonnie's Roof 5.9  NY : The Gunks : The Trapps
In 1937 Bonnie Prudden shattered her pelvis in a skiing accident. A doctor told her, "You will always limp; no more skiing, climbing, dancing. And no children." Nothing like a promise like that to stir a climber to great things: fifteen years later she made the historic first ascent of Bonnie's Roof, after the legendary Hans Kraus backed down and handed her the sharp end.Bonnie's Roof is a really enjoyable climb that launches up the m...[more]   Browse More Classics in NY


Photos of New York Slideshow Add Photo
J Mo belaying Dan on the FA of Killer Pillar... somewhere in the western outskirts of NY state. (Photo: Brian Aitken)

J Mo belaying Dan on the FA of Killer Pillar... so...

returning from the Gunks

returning from the Gunks


Comments on New York Add Comment
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By Jeremy Schlick
From: Flagstaff, AZ
Aug 17, 2006

When ya'll gonna post some Spiders Web stuff???

By trumpeterfrodo
Apr 27, 2007

Someone should post some topos on McKenzie Pond Bouldering in Saranac Lake. I recently moved from the area, but it was my bouldering home. Anyone who has been there knows what a treasure it is! The Dacks are the BEST!

By RobHudson
From: Boulder
May 17, 2007

True True, McKenzie Pond is a hidden treasure when its dry!!

By Mike O
Jul 6, 2007

I like the adirondack's secrets. ;)

By AdamB
From: Sacramento, CA
Aug 14, 2008

I'll 3rd that McKenzie comment

By Eric Thomson
Jul 29, 2009

There used to be a online guidebook for McKenzie Ponds but I can't find it anymore unfortunately.

By AdamB
From: Sacramento, CA
Aug 16, 2009

http://www.newenglandbouldering.com/media/mckensie.htm

there ya go.