Community Resources

Tips for Mixed Climbing at Cathedral Ledge

Few things get me as psyched up as a winter day spent ice and mixed climbing at Cathedral Ledge! But over the last couple decades, damage from picks and crampons has become very visible on the granite.

Revisiting Frankenstein's South Face

Frankenstein Cliff’s South Face is a wonderland of dangling daggers, icy cracks, and imposing roofs. Over the past two decades, many of these features have been pieced together into exciting, modern mixed climbs....

Bolting Best Practices

During the past few years, bolt-related topics have been hotly debated in the North Conway climbing community. Recent uproar over bolting in a pristine crack climbing zone at Cathedral Ledge was the catalyst for a meeting to discuss differing opinions...