The White Mountains of northern New Hampshire, the highest mountain range in New England, offer some of the best climbing adventures in the eastern United States. Numerous cliffs, composed of ancient granite and metamorphic rock, scatter across the region. Cathedral Ledge and Whitehorse Ledge, pasted on the mountainside west of North Conway, yield excellent crack and face routes on perfect granite. Farther afield are the sweeping slabs of Mount Willard, the intimate crags along the Kancamagus River, Cannon Cliff looming over Franconia Notch, and the hard sport routes at Rumney. For climbing information consult the comprehensive guide Rock Climbing New England.
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- Eric Hörst Reads The Book of SolemnityThe Book of Solemnity, one of Cathedral's classic routes, offers great climbing on perfect granite.
- David Graham Surfs Big Stone at WaimeaWaimea offers not only New Hampshire's hardest routes, but also some of the toughest in the USA.
- Smearing Up a Sea of HolesSea of Holes was first climbed by Ed Webster and Alain Comea in 1985.
- Jammin' Jimmy Dunn on NutcrackerIn 1973 Jim Dunn became the first person to solo a new route on El Capitan in Yosemite Valley.
- Lisa Hörst Closes the Book
- Matt Meets the Milky WayMt Willard towers over Crawford Notch in the heart of the White Mountains.
- Joe Jams NutcrackerNutcracker, a popular top-rope, is easily accessed from the road atop Cathedral Ledge.
- Reaching Up Dikenstein
- Ed and Henry Meeting Women in Love
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