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Guiding and instruction

Your goals set the plan.

The venue, the climb and the style of the day are chosen based on what you want to learn. Every program is a mix of climbing and instruction.

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A climber on a steep rock face beneath a large overhang, high in Smugglers' Notch
Rock climbing in Smugglers' Notch, Vermont.

What is offered

Looking down past a climber to a forest in full fall color
Climbing above the leaves, Bolton, Vermont.

Single-pitch rock

Crags with a short approach, for instruction or a day of climbing.

Looking down the rope at a climber on a long granite slab above the trees
Senderista, Bolton Dome, Vermont.

Multipitch rock

We talk through your experience first, and that decides the route.

A climber on a rock ridge high on Cannon Cliff, above Franconia Notch
Whitney-Gilman Ridge, Cannon Cliff, New Hampshire, on a cold fall day.

Alpine

Rock, snow and ice together, planned around your experience.

An ice climber in a blue jacket smiling up from a frozen flow in the woods
Ice at Shelburne Crag, Vermont.

Ice

Ice climbing, in season.

A hiker with a green pack crossing the rocky Knife Edge toward the summit of Mount Katahdin
Hiking across the Knife Edge, Mount Katahdin, Maine.

Guided hiking

Open to everyone, all year, at any fitness level. Often the right choice for a group, or a first day out together.

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Where we climb

  • Vermont: Bolton, Smugglers' Notch and the Northeast Kingdom
  • New Hampshire: Rumney, Cathedral Ledge, Franconia Notch, Mount Washington and Crawford Notch
  • New York: the Adirondacks

Every crag, rock and ice, with its routes and grades, is on Where we climb.

Before the day, Your day covers what to bring and where to meet.

A rope running up a snowy gully toward a frozen waterfall in Huntington Ravine
Huntington Ravine, Mount Washington, New Hampshire.