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// Rock climbing · Massachusetts

Climbing at North Side

82 boulders on 34 walls, V0–V7. In Massachusetts. When the rock grips hour by hour, topos and people to climb with, in the app.

Boulders
82
Walls
34
Grades
V0–V7
Rock
Granite
Style
Bouldering
Best season (estimated)
April–June · September–October
// The grades

What grades are there?

Boulders by grade

From V0 to V7. Half are between V3 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

Mostly north-facing: shade for most of the day. A summer crag; cold in winter.

North1 sectorNortheast3 sectorsEast2 sectorsSoutheast1 sectorSouth0 sectorsSouthwest0 sectorsWest1 sectorNorthwest3 sectors

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 34 walls

ASPECT · GRADES · ROUTES
01Beehive BouldersNW · 304° · V4–V611 boulders
02Mount Ann BouldersV3–V67 boulders
03New Wave BoulderNE · 58° · V0–V46 boulders
04Island BouldersV2–V65 boulders
05Water's Edge BoulderW · 254° · V35 boulders
06Sheer BoulderV2–V64 boulders
07Entrance BouldersN · 338° · V33 boulders
08The Freeway BoulderV53 boulders
09System BoulderV33 boulders
10Tidal BoulderV4–V53 boulders
11Android BoulderV4–V72 boulders
12Baldy BoulderNW · 335°2 routes
13Cube Boulder2 routes
14Maximus BoulderV42 boulders
15Sandbar BoulderV32 boulders
16Satellite BoulderNE · 49° · V32 boulders
17Sniper BoulderV42 boulders
18Tree Stand BoulderNE · 46°2 routes
19Atlantis Boulder1 route
20Brook BoulderV31 boulder
21Cave BoulderV31 boulder
22Cylinder BoulderV41 boulder
23Dense PinesV31 boulder
24Disgraced Politician Boulder1 route
25Goldfish BoulderSE · 146°1 route
26Happy Hour BoulderE · 99° · V31 boulder
27Heartbreaker BoulderNW · 301°1 route
28Hidden Boulder1 route
29Lookout Boulder1 route
30Mud Flat Boulder1 route
31No Man's Land Boulder1 route
32Project BoulderE · 112° · V31 boulder
33Silver Boulder1 route
34Wave Boulder1 route

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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