Enter the "Marble Zone"...

 

 

Working on a New Bouldering Area

This gem of an area was not unearthed by me, however the individual responsible for the discovery has been kind enough to offer a personal tour of the zone within the next few weeks.  It has been reported that the new area has some of the best rock quality seen yet in the Adirondack Park and a majority of the potential lines are steep and they actually have holds.  An estimated 30-40 boulder problems have been located.  Can it really be???  An entirely new area within the Adirondack Park with steep walls and on state land (has been verified using County Tax Maps).

This is a significant find and I am really psyched to personally check the area out.  I know how hard, time consuming and frustrating it is looking for new climbable rock in this area.  Time and time again we discover new areas only to be turned away due to lack of rock quality or private property.  Stay tuned and stay psyched...this is LEGIT and I should know much more very soon!!!

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Some New Boulders...

Undisclosed area for the time being, but just wanted to prove to everyone that the crew is on the hunt for new bouldering areas in the Adirondack Park!  This area is on state land, has legit access and will have a few high quality boulder problems.  Deet, daht.  To my knowledge, nobody has ever climbed on these boulders.

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20' tall boulder

 

Same 20' tall boulder, different side

20' tall boulder with cool dihedral feature

12' tall twin arete

Beautiful orange boulder, sharp arete will be hard!

20' tall orange face with ripples and dimples

Short 10' tall overhanging wall

Massive 30' tall boulder.  Anything done here will be very dificult!

This is the gem boulder.  Left arete will be 5 stars!

A better view of the gem arete

And a close up of the actual holds

Nice steep outcrop by the arete boulder

Something currently lives under this boulder (note the trail in the snow leading inside!) 
Once developed, this boulder could have 10 or more boulder problems on it!

Don't think I forgot about these boulders...

Despite the snow accumulation expected for today and tomorrow, I am still very anxious to get back outside to try some of the numerous projects and untouched boulder problems and routes that I left at the end of the fall 2012 season. 

 

Last Fall, we were having an unusually wet season, so I decided to head north to finally explore the expansive talus fields along Route 73 in Keene Valley, NY.  After only a few hours of exploration, the crew had located three main bouldering areas with over 50 boulder problems worth putting the time and effort to clean them for climbing.  I have not been back since that initial visit, but this spring, the boulder fields by Round and Chapel pond will see their fair share of climbing visits.

 

Below are some images that Josh Potter emailed me after he, Murph and the one and only David Buzzelli revisted the talus fields along Route 73 in Keene Valley, NY for a day of devlopment. 

 

Boulders at Nine Corners You've Probably Never Seen...

This past Sunday, I went up to Nine Corners Lake to continue my GPS work for boulder locations and mapping out the boulder field(s) for the Adirondack Bouldering Guidebook which is in the works and will take the remainder of 2013 (at a minimum) to finish.  Jim Lawyer and Jeremy Haas, the co-authors of "Adirondack Rock" have given me their blessing on this project and have offered numerous resources to help move the project along- thanks guys!

While up at Nine Corners, I decided to venture away from the main bouldering sets to head deeper into the woods and revisit some random glacial erratics that I had found and climbed on some 3-4 years ago.  A few fun boulder problems were established when I initially found them but there was no real effort to fully develop the new boulder set back then; mainly because I didn't have the vision that I do now for new boulder problems and potential variations.  From what I saw on Sunday, this "new set" of boulders can have anywhere from 20-30 new boulder problems when the development is all said and done this spring.  Stay tuned for updates!!!

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