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// Rock climbing · Massachusetts

Climbing at Bow Ridge Area

90 routes and boulders on 27 walls, V0–V7 · routes 5.5–5.12c. In Massachusetts. When the rock grips hour by hour, topos and people to climb with, in the app.

Routes and boulders
90
Walls
27
Grades
V0–V7 · routes 5.5–5.12c
Rock
Granite
Style
Bouldering
Best season (estimated)
April–June · September–October
// The grades

What grades are there?

Routes by grade

From 5.5 to 5.12c. Half are between 5.7 and 5.10a.

Boulders by grade

From V0 to V7. Half are between V1 and V4.

Each climb counts at its grade; ungraded ones are left out. In the app you can switch to French, UIAA, British or Font grades.

// The walls

Sun and shade

Walls face several ways: pick the sector for sun or shade at any hour.

North3 sectorsNortheast4 sectorsEast1 sectorSoutheast2 sectorsSouth0 sectorsSouthwest6 sectorsWest1 sectorNorthwest1 sector

Estimated best season: April–June · September–October. Worked out from each wall's aspect and the latitude; the app fine-tunes it with what climbers log.

Friction ScoreHow the rock grips, hour by hour and wall by wall. In the app, for every crag on the map. See it in the app →ILLUSTRATIVE EXAMPLE

// Walls

The 27 walls

ASPECT · GRADES · ROUTES
01The Tomb Raider CragSW · 208° · V1–V414 boulders
02Back Door BouldersNE · 23° · V1–V68 boulders
03Jeep BouldersNE · 59° · V2–V78 boulders
04Townhouse BoulderNE · 26° · V0–V66 boulders
05Water Tower BoulderNW · 309° · V0–V46 boulders
06Beaver Pond Boulder 1V1–V45 boulders
07Alpha BlocksSW · 218° · V1–V24 boulders
08The NavelSW · 223° · 5.9–5.12c · boulders V24 routes and boulders
09Turtle Head BoulderV14 boulders
10DihedralSW · 205° · 5.5–5.10a3 routes
11Pizza & Beer QuarrySE · 119° · 5.7–5.10c3 routes
12Trailside BoulderV13 boulders
13The Black Wall2 routes
14Mitten BoulderE · 69° · V12 boulders
15The Nipple BoulderW · 285° · V32 boulders
16Serpent BoulderV32 boulders
17Slug WallSE · 136° · V2–V32 boulders
18Space Cake BoulderV22 boulders
19White Gold BoulderN · 352°2 routes
20Beaver Pond Boulder 2V31 boulder
21Bow Ridge 59N · 345° · V21 boulder
22Crooked Tooth BoulderSW · 230°1 route
23Hillside BoulderNE · 35° · V31 boulder
24Lost Boulder1 route
25Pirate Boulder1 route
26Queen Bee BoulderSW · 237° · V0+1 boulder
27The Starting BlockN · 15° · V11 boulder

Route names, topos and approaches are in the app.

// Where it is

On the map

// Nearby

Crags nearby

// The Friction Score for every crag

Climb more. Guess less.

When the rock grips, hour by hour and wall by wall; topos, your logbook and people to climb with. In your units (°F or °C) and your grades (YDS or French). The social side is free, always.

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