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Sundown Ledge

New Hampshire > WM: Kancamagus (Eastern)

Description

This area encompasses all of Sundown's many separate cliffs: The Main Cliff, Lost Horizon Cliff, The Outback Cliff, The Far Cliff, and Gill's Groove Crag.

Sundown Ledge is really the centerpiece of the Kancamagus climbing area. While probably 90% of the climbing activity is rightly focused on The Main Cliff or Lost Horizon Cliff, climbers who venture off the beaten path will be rewarded by solitude, and in some cases, some of the best climbing the area has to offer.

Getting There

All of the Sundown cliffs can be accessed from the parking lot by the Albany Covered Bridge. This is located where Passaconaway Road (aka Dugway Road) intersects with the Kancamagus Highway.

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Andrew pulls the roof on Romper Room.
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Jeffrey LeCours
New Hampshire
[Hide Comment] Every time I visit here I think "Wow, this place is f'n awesome. Easy parking, casual approach until the talus field and then it's only a few minutes of rock hopping to the cliff band, routes of all variety/difficulty, and some of the best sport climbing I've been on." Plenty of great trad lines as well. I'm always amazed when we have the area to ourselves on a busy weekend. :) Aug 31, 2015
Emmett Moore
[Hide Comment] Anybody know what the bolted line is to the right of confederacy of dunces? I wasn't sure if it was an open project, but I couldn't find any information in the Handren guide or here. May 31, 2016
David Gygi
[Hide Comment] From the parking lot take the boulder loop trail and keep right (low) so as not to end up at the top of the cliffs. Look for a large granite boulder field to your left. The easiest way to cross the boulder field is to find the rough path that angles across a less vegetated section of granite boulders passing a 10-12 ft boulder on your left as you angle up and right towards the main cliff.

Note: a stick clip is a good idea here since many of the first bolts are very high off the ground with unprotected rocky landings. Aug 11, 2020