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Joe's Garage at Cochrane Lane

Description 

Considered the highest concentration of quality climbing in the Atlantic Provinces. Trad, sport, ice, aid and top-roping. Quality rock, excellent pro-placement, great views from up high.

The Welsford area located in Southern NB has 5 crags and offers lots of opportunities wether you want to trad climb, sport climb, Toprope, Aid climb and even ice climb! The climbing in Welsford is situated on the southern tip of the Gagetown Military Base. As a result, climbers have an agreement with the military to be able to access the cliffs. If you're not a UNB rock & Ice member, you'll have to drive to camp Petersville 9km North of Welsford to get a day pass. If you're a UNB rock & Ice member, please call in.

Here is a summary of the 5 crags:

Cochrane Lane
By far the biggest crag in New Brunswick. With its 350 routes on beautiful pink Granite, it is by far the most popular area in New Brunswick. The climbing here is mostly trad but there is a fair bit of mix routes and sport routes, especially in the 5.11 range.

Sunnyside
A newly developped cliff, Sunnyside offers climbers a chance to relax and clip some nice shiny bolts. There are about 30 climbs and grades range from 5.7 to 5.12c. You can find jugs, crimps, slopes and a few cracks on these short to medium size diabase routes.

Mount Douglas
Was rediscovered in 2010 by a local climber and since then a bunch of work has been put into it. The''Dalles'' are not to be missed here as they offer high quality moderate challenges on well protected slabs. Also, Idoprofen is one of the few hand jam cracks in NB and is not to be missed by the 5.11 climber.

Bald Peak It offers about 15 toprope routes on high quality granite and gives climbers one of the best view in the Nerepis valley.

Eagle Rock
Rediscovered in 2012 by local climbers who have been putting new traditional routes up. This crag is in Welsford but isn't affected by the Gagetown agreement. Climb at will.


Getting There 

Along Route 7 between Oromocto and Saint John, NB. 45 minutes from Fredericton, 25 minutes from Saint John. See parking and approach details for the specific crags.


The Classics

Mountain Project's determination of some of the classic, most popular, highest rated routes for Welsford:
The True Great Roof   A2+ PG13     Aid, 50 feet   Eagle Rock : The Great Roof Area
Snakepeel   5.7     Trad, 1 pitch, 75 feet   Cochrane Lane Cliffs : Joe's Garage
Stairway to Heaven   5.7     Sport, 90 feet   Sunnyside : Atomic Wall
Pass the Moonshine   5.7     Trad, 1 pitch, 80 feet   Cochrane Lane Cliffs : Pyramid Wall Area
2 Tours   5.7+     Sport, 70 feet   Mount Douglas-East Face : Les Dalles de St-Anselme
About a Rope   5.7+ PG13     Trad, 1 pitch, 100 feet   Cochrane Lane Cliffs : Pyramid Wall Area
Squeeze Whiz   5.8+ PG13     Trad, 70 feet   Eagle Rock : The Hex Wall
Baille-y de la friction   5.9+     Sport, 70 feet   Mount Douglas-East Face : Les Dalles de St-Anselme
Lilly   5.10a     Trad, 40 feet   The Left Side : LingHall Wall
Quantum Theory   5.10b     Sport, 60 feet   Sunnyside : Atomic Wall
Gringo’s Last Stand   5.11-     Trad, 70 feet   The Left Side : From The Ground
Leviathan   5.11b     Sport, 30 feet   Cochrane Lane Cliffs : Cave Area
Idoprofen   5.11     Trad, 70 feet   Mount Douglas-East Face : Main Face
The Central Scrutinizer   5.11d     Trad, Sport, 1 pitch, 90 feet   Cochrane Lane Cliffs : Joe's Garage
Dihelio   5.11d     Sport, 40 feet   Sunnyside : Sunnyside Wall
Tylenul   5.11d     Trad, Sport, 70 feet   Mount Douglas-East Face : Main Face
Cornifluge   5.12b     Trad, Sport, 1 pitch, 50 feet   Mount Douglas-East Face : Main Face
Welcome To Welsford    5.12     Trad, 1 pitch, 70 feet   Eagle Rock : The Hex Wall
RA   5.12c     Sport, 40 feet   Sunnyside : Sunnyside Wall
Serenity   5.13a     Sport, 60 feet   L-Shape : Lower Dawn
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By Ian Lingley
Administrator
Aug 1, 2012

Is there any way to remove the CFB warning on all of Welsford and only apply it to the cliffs/areas that are affected? Eagle rock is private property and I'm also planing on adding bald peak as well and it's not on the base either?

By Peter Spindloe
Administrator
From: North Vancouver, BC
Aug 1, 2012

Ian, the warning could be removed from the overall Welsford area and added to the individual crags it applies to.

By Ian Lingley
Administrator
Aug 2, 2012

That would be great, It applies to the Cochrane Lane Cliffs, sunny side, Mount Douglas-East Face and the bouldering.

By Dom
Administrator
From: New Brunswick Canada
Aug 10, 2012

Hey Ian, Bald Peak is on CFB Gagetown. The parking isn't but the cliff is. Anyways, I'll try to fix all this so that Eagle Rock doesn't get the Access message.