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Western MA Climbing

Climbing Area Map

Areas in Western MA

1,000 Acre Swamp 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0

Amherst College 0 / 0 / 0 / 1 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 1

Battleship Rock 0 / 0 / 0 / 7 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 7

Chapel Ledge 11 / 0 / 14 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 17

Charlemont 0 / 0 / 0 / 29 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 29

Dry Hill 1 / 0 / 1 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 1

Farley Ledges 1 / 0 / 1 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 1

Goat Rock 0 / 0 / 0 / 31 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 31

Hanging Mountain 17 / 35 / 1 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 53

Happy Valley and The Hideaway 0 / 0 / 0 / 55 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 55

Ice Glutch, The 0 / 0 / 1 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 1

Monroe State Forest 1 / 0 / 0 / 6 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 6

Mormon Hollow 17 / 19 / 12 / 1 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 38

Mount Holyoke Range State Park 0 / 0 / 0 / 1 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 1

Mount Sugarloaf State Reservation 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 1 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 1

Mount Tom State Reservation 0 / 0 / 0 / 1 / 2 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 3

Neverland 0 / 0 / 0 / 49 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 49

Puffer's Pond 0 / 0 / 0 / 2 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 2

Race Brook Falls *Lower Falls* 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 2 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 2

Roadside Crag 0 / 2 / 0 / 8 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 10

Rose Ledge 38 / 0 / 41 / 27 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 76

Sanctuary, The 0 / 2 / 2 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 2

Sunbowl 0 / 14 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 14

Wendell State Forest 0 / 0 / 0 / 72 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 72

West Dell 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0

Widow White Boulders 0 / 0 / 0 / 4 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 4

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Description

The western regions of MA have the best climbing in the state both in terms of abundance and quality. Most of it is not widely publicized and routes listed here (especially when it comes to bouldering) only scratch the surface. Newcomers should check out Farley, Mormon Hollow and Rose Ledge for single pitch and areas like Neverland, Happy Valley, and Farley (again) for bouldering.

Getting There

This area comprises the area surrounding the Pioneer Valley and west into the Berkshires. See the individual entries for more specifics.

475 Total Climbs

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Classic Climbing Routes at Western MA

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

V5 6C 16 ● The Sleeping Giant Boulder Happy Valley &… > Happy Valley > Sleeping Giant Boulder
5.6 4c 14 V 12 S 4b 79 ● Beginner's (aka Easy Corner) Trad, TR Rose Ledge > 02 - Main Face
5.8 5b 16 VI- 15 HVS 4c 114 ● Guillotine (aka Double Overhead… Trad, TR Rose Ledge > 02 - Main Face
5.8 5b 16 VI- 15 HVS 4c 43 ● Stone By Stone Sport Hanging Mountain > Cloud Buttress
5.9 5c 17 VI 17 HVS 5a 101 ● Double Helix (aka Rikert's Corner) Trad, TR Rose Ledge > 02 - Main Face
5.9 5c 17 VI 17 HVS 5a 34 ● Cloud Nine Trad Hanging Mountain > Cloud Buttress
5.10a 6a 18 VI+ 18 E1 5a 42 ● Original Sin Trad Mormon Hollow
5.10- 6a 18 VI+ 18 E1 5a 87 ● Tennessee Trad, TR Rose Ledge > 02 - Main Face
5.10- 6a 18 VI+ 18 E1 5a 55 ● Lunge Roof (aka Rhino Dyno, or G… Trad, TR Rose Ledge > 03 - Overhang Buttress
5.10b/c 6b 20 VII 20 E2 5b 49 ● Rising Tide Sport Hanging Mountain > Grotto
5.10c 6b 20 VII 20 E2 5b 67 ● Cardiac Arete (aka route 8) Sport Mormon Hollow
5.10d 6b+ 21 VII+ 21 E3 5b 43 ● Radiant Sky Sport Hanging Mountain > Acorn Face/Squirrel Wall
5.11a 6c 22 VII+ 22 E3 5c 44 ● Transcendentalism Sport Hanging Mountain > Cloud Buttress
5.12a 7a+ 25 VIII+ 25 E5 6a 78 ● Priapism Sport Mormon Hollow
5.12b/c 7b+ 27 IX- 27 E6 6b 14 ● Drawn and Quartered Sport Hanging Mountain > Cloud Buttress