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Cape Ann Bouldering

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Areas in Cape Ann

128 Boulder, The 0 / 0 / 0 / 16 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 16

Arrowhead Cliff 1 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 1

Backshore Boulders 0 / 0 / 0 / 7 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 7

Beaver Boulders 0 / 0 / 0 / 6 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 6

Beverly Commons 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0

Cape Ann Ice and Mixed Climbing 0 / 2 / 0 / 0 / 2 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 2

Cape Ann Quarries 1 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 1

Cavalry Boulder Field aka Gymnasium aka Playground 1 / 0 / 1 / 116 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 116

Dogtown 0 / 0 / 0 / 307 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 307

Dorset Drive Crag (Langsford Pond in Boston Rocks) 6 / 12 / 0 / 2 / 2 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 19

Drive-By Boulder 0 / 0 / 0 / 2 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 2

Dyke's Pond (Gloucester) 3 / 0 / 4 / 268 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 274

Fire Tower 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0

Haskell Pond AKA Redrock West 0 / 0 / 4 / 65 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 65

Hesperus 0 / 0 / 0 / 2 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 2

Manchester Essex Woods 0 / 0 / 1 / 7 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 7

Monoliths, The 0 / 0 / 2 / 77 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 77

Mop Gripping Quarry 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0

Norton Memorial Forest 0 / 0 / 0 / 4 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 4

Pine Street Roadside 0 / 0 / 0 / 1 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 1

Poles Hill (Sunset Hill) 0 / 0 / 0 / 8 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 8

Rafe's Chasm 0 / 0 / 1 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 1

Rafe's Chasm Bouldering 0 / 0 / 0 / 4 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 4

Ravenswood Park 0 / 0 / 0 / 67 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 67

Redrocks and Vicinity 44 / 18 / 75 / 94 / 0 / 1 / 0 / 0 / 178

Rockport South Woods 0 / 0 / 0 / 107 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 107

Salt Marsh Boulder 0 / 0 / 0 / 2 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 2

Singing Beach 0 / 0 / 0 / 10 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 10

Stage Fort Park 2 / 0 / 12 / 20 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 30

Stavros Reservation Buildering, Essex 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0

Stoney Cove 0 / 0 / 0 / 2 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 2

Sunshine Wall 2 / 2 / 3 / 2 / 0 / 1 / 0 / 0 / 5

Tenpound Island 0 / 0 / 0 / 1 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 1

Tompson St. Reservation 7 / 0 / 8 / 93 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 102

Underworld Boulders 0 / 0 / 0 / 4 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 4

Unknown Crag near Gloucester, Massachusetts 0 / 0 / 0 / 1 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 1

Vet Boulders 0 / 0 / 0 / 1 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 1

Wingaersheek Beach 0 / 0 / 0 / 5 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 5

Wyman Hill (AKA Crooked Lane) 0 / 0 / 0 / 12 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 12

Elevation:	47 ft
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Description

Cape Ann is the bulge of land north of Boston on which Gloucester is the largest city and one of the oldest functioning seaports in the New World. This area is studded throughout with a wealth of granite, mainly boulders and short cliffs. Tucked away in the woods of Gloucester, Rockport, Essex, Manchester-by-the-Sea, and Marblehead as well as other towns are few-and-far-between bouldering destinations and cliff bands with high quality routes on exquisite, bulletproof New England granite.

The local ethos of Cape Ann has traditionally been to develop pure lines which are not contrived eliminates and do not detract from established problems or routes. Please respect that spirit and refrain from posting contrived eliminate boulder problems or routes from this area on Mountain Project.

Getting There

Drive north from Boston on I-93 to the junction of I-95 and Route 128. Peabody bouldering exists right at this junction of highways. All destinations in Gloucester and other neighboring towns straddle Route 128 after its divergence from I-95 as it heads toward Gloucester.

Special Note

To avoid difficulty in finding perhaps the best known of the Cape Ann crags, Redrock, this particular crag has been left out separately under the general Massachusetts page, since some climbers, even locals, do not necessarily think first to look under Cape Ann when looking for Redrock.

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Classic Climbing Routes at Cape Ann

Mountain Project's determination of the classic, most popular, highest rated climbing routes in this area.

V4- 6B 6 ● Freshly Squeezed Boulder Rockport S Woods > Megatron Area > Lunch Break Boulder
V4 6B 13 ● 2. Genesis Boulder Dyke's Pond (Gl… > E Side > Shoreline Boulder 3
V4 6B 14 ● Plumb Line Boulder Tompson St Rese… > … > Great Swamp Bou… > Swamp 2 Boulders
V4+ 6B+ 21 ● Total Recall Boulder Dyke's Pond (Gl… > E Side > Trailside Boulder 2
V4-5 6B+ 4 ● Thee Off-width Boulder Tompson St Rese… > Concord St Entr… > Driven Boulder
V6 7A 14 ● Final Judgment Boulder Dyke's Pond (Gl… > N Side > Beehive Boulders
5.5 4b 13 IV+ 11 MS 4a 83 ● Toe Jams Trad, TR Redrocks & Vici… > Red Rock Main Area
5.5 4b 13 IV+ 11 MS 4a 45 ● Roll the Bones Sport, TR Redrocks & Vici… > Red Rock Main Area
5.6 4c 14 V 12 S 4b 198 ● Zipper Trad, TR Redrocks & Vici… > Red Rock Main Area
5.7 5a 15 V+ 13 MVS 4b R 37 ● High Me Trad, TR Redrocks & Vici… > Red Rock Main Area
5.8 5b 16 VI- 15 HVS 4c 69 ● Steps Trad Redrocks & Vici… > Red Rock Main Area
5.8+ 5b 16 VI- 15 HVS 4c PG13 52 ● Zits Sport Redrocks & Vici… > Red Rock Main Area
5.9+ 5c 17 VI 17 E1 5a 54 ● Morning Glory Sport Redrocks & Vici… > Red Rock Main Area
5.10a 6a 18 VI+ 18 E1 5a 46 ● Rip Van Winkle Trad, TR Redrocks & Vici… > Red Rock Main Area
5.11 6c+ 23 VIII- 23 E4 5c V2 5+ 8 ● Doug's Roof Boulder Redrocks & Vici… > Down Under