It's so hard to decide what to do, or what you CAN do outside this time of year. The shoulder seasons can really be hit-or miss. Sometimes you can grab a beautiful day on warm rock on a mid-December or even late March afternoon, or a pitch or two of reasonable ice in early November or mid-April. But it's always a crap-shoot. Having a Plan-B in mind is always a good thing.
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Hanging Garden Area -
various grades
This area has a variety of routes that cover the gamut of hard vertical ice to overhanging to full-on mixed climbing. Definitely a place to get a pump. Many of these climbs are toproped, but try not to beat them to death, there ARE folks who can lead these things!
Instead of sport climbing I go bouldering. It's pure, and basically impossible to cheat. Bolts can't be used to manipulate the experience. Sure, I sometimes take a thicker crash pad but I still have to take the fall.
—Johnny Blitz
I don't know what other folks will do, but this was my last ice climb of the 2018/2019 season.
Parasol Gully, Dixville Notch
Selected Ice Conditions effective April 11, 2019
I'm done updating this. There may be some ice scattered here & there, but I'm not documenting it. I'm looking for warm dry rock folks and you should too...
Huntington Ravine
maybe
Repentance
OUT
Standard Route
OUT
Dracula
OUT
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