7. The Slabs  Photos:  Recent | Best | Popular Page Views:  78,211. Good page?    Administrators:  Jay Knower, M Sprague, lee hansche, Tom Erickson Submitted By:  lee hansche on Jan 17, 2007 Make this area a Favorite What's New   Print a Mini-Guide with routes Add Route  Add Photo  Add Comment  Add Event  Sat Sun Mon Tue Wed 48° | 37° 48° | 37° 59° | 37° 75° | 36° 63° | 48°

Looking up the slabs from the base.

Description 

The best pure friction climbing in the Northeast. Often run out and bold but always fun and exciting. Routes like Sliding Board and Standard Route see the crowds, but I've never climbed a bad route in this area....

The slabs are located on the north end of the cliff, very sunny for the first half of the day...You will bake in the sun on a hot summer day... And look out for rain clouds when you are run out 100ft on a seemingly innocent bit of friction, it can get slick....

Some of the most popular routes start from the "launch pad", a platform of rock about a 100ft of the ground located in the middle of the slab... It is an easy walk up to the launch pad, so most folks don't rope up till this point....

There are many other starts along the base of the cliff most routes start with a poorly or unprotected climb up moderate friction to the first anchor.... The starts will be described in the routes description....

Getting There 

From the hotel parking lot trail entrance, walk less than a minute to the HUGE slab in front of you.... Just to your right is the Beginner Route (5.5). Slightly up and left is the launch pad. Further left you will find the other slab climbs like Sea of Holds (5.7) and many more....

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The Cormier-Magness Route 5.6  NH : Whitehorse Ledge : 7. The Slabs

A good deal of variety for the slabs with fun climbing on every pitch.1) scramble to the pine tree at the end of the first pitch of Beginner’s Route.2) “The Wheat Thin Arete” 5.6, 190’. Step right of the tree 10’ and head up toward a bolt. Climb past a horizontal to join a thin flake. Follow the flake to an aręte on the right, passing 2 more bolts to a two bolt anchor.3) “The Cajun Washboard” 5.6, 170’. Straight up off the belay through some bulgy areas passing one bolt to a steeper wall. ...[more]   Browse More Classics in NH

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The Slabs from Echo Lake.	The Slabs from the top of Cathedral.	Starting up the slabs.
Courtney on belay from the beginners route	what a outstanding day in march. this was from beg...	Look even the tree wants to climb it was so nice
Busy day on standard arch we finished before the f...	Echo Lake