Bamforth Ridge Climbing

Overview

The Bamforth Ridge is a long, semi-remote ridge extending from the Winooski River near Honey Hollow and the Bog Wall upwards a few thousand vertical feet to Camel's Hump. There's a ton of unexplored rock of all aspects and styles that appears to be of decent quality near the Long Trail atop the ridge, and the possibilities for development are near-endless if you do some poking around further off the beaten path ;). Expect bushwacking and long approaches with the potential reward of discovering some beautiful schist in an even more beautiful location. Keep any climbing low-impact as this is a beautiful, fragile area that benefits from its wilderness feel. No climbing in the Camel's Hump summit area or the WMAs. 

**NOTE** 

I spent a weekend in this area scoping possible routes and unfortunately didn't get to climb much as it took most of the day to find the proper approach (which will be added to this page). We put up just one route (Pen Jab Slab 5.3), but I thought I'd add all the beta I was able to gather for anyone looking to get out there and do some exploring of their own without going through the bushwack hell we had to. Feel free to add to this page as you get after it/ if you've done any exploring in the area in the past! -Luke

The Beta

Most of the potential climbing on the Ridge is located east of the Long Trail near the Bamforth Ridge Shelter. Cliffs vary in aspect and elevations range from ~1600 to over 2000 feet. There is also some potential climbing further towards Bolton on the ridge near the Duxbury Window and Thieves Wall (currently listed under Bamforth Slabs on MP).