New Hampshire is home to some of the best climbing in the country. The amount of climbing and the proximity of world-class climbing areas to each other, makes it the ideal place to spend a long weekend rock climbing.

Cannon Cliff contains the only real big wall climbing on the east coast. With spectacular routes that can take up to two days, most can be done in a half day and even alot of one or two pitch climbs. This area is extensive with lots of unexplored rock on both sides of the valley and some of the United States oldest rock climbs.

Cathedral is New Hampshire’s best trad climbing destinations. Here you can enjoy a wide variety of climbing.

The cliffs of Cathedral Ledge, Whitehorse Ledge, Cannon Cliff, and numerous others are home to hundreds of moderate routes that will thrill climbers of any experience level. Come join us on this New Hampshire Climbing Weekend!

Equipment/Misc. Items

All technical climbing equipment will be provided, including harnesses, shoes, and helmets.

Travel Information:

The closest town to our climbing areas is North Conway NH. If you are flying, Manchester NH is the airport that you should fly in to. Depending on where you are traveling from, carpooling may be available with guides and/or other clients.

Itinerary:

Thursday:

• Meet at 10:00am in North Conway

Friday:

• Climbing at Cathedral Ledge

Saturday:

• Multipitch guided climbs at Cannon Cliff

Sunday:

• Climbing at Whitehorse Ledge, Trip ending at approximately 5:00PM

For a climbing packing list, see the Forms and Resources section of our website.

To sign up for the trip, or for more information, please fill out the following form:

The Mount Washington Winter Ascent was a huge success this year (Check out the pictures on our website’s photo page, Flickr Page, Videos on our YouTube Page, and more pictures on our Facebook Page). We had 6 people attend the trip, which was the biggest group we have had so far! Upon arriving in North Conway, the group instantly clicked and I could tell that they were going to have an amazing time together. The feeling was correct! The entire trip, they encouraged each other, motivated each other, and helped each other accomplish the goals set before them of climbing and summitting Mount Washington.

We began the approach to Mount Washington at Pinkham Notch  early Friday morning, at 6:00am. Apparently, it was the coldest and windiest day they had all year on the Mountain. -5 Farenheit, with 80 MPH gusts at the summit. It made it about a -40 degree windchill! We broke trail that day…no one else was in front of us. After a few hours of hiking and climbing, we passed tree line, where the wind slammed us and made conditions almost impassable. The group was actively checking in on each other, making sure that everyone was feeling ok and staying warm. We had an emergency and had to go back down, and most likely wouldn’t have made the summit that day anyways due to the forecast calling for worse weather later in the day. When we returned to Pinkham Notch Lodge, we saw the weather report for Saturday was for partly cloudy skies and slightly warmer weather.

Saturday morning we woke up at 4:00am and headed out to Mount Washington. What a beautiful day! According to the weather observatory, it was “an unusually glorious day” on Mount Washington. Here is a picture so you can see what I mean: