Varied terrain. First ascent in winter. Ice-covered rock. Left side of the lower wall.

Fuzzy Edge

Frosted Fluke

Mossy Flake

The Hanging Garden

Not a Crack

Frosted Flake

The West End

Short But Sweet

The Shark's Fin

Almost Alpine

Ramp It Up

The Green Dike

Frosted Flake Direct

Easy climb on moderately good rock.  Run out in places.  Typical Gunpowder rock climbing.  A bit flaky.  But fun.

 Start at the middle of the face beneath the obvious ramp leading up and left.  Zig right to the bottom of the ramp before zagging left to the top.  Finish on the final section of The Green Dike.

 Pro is OK.  One large cam as you zag right near the bottom.  Run out to the next placement--a bomber tree.  Then a pretty good hex (#8?) in an uneven slot.  Next you'll find another bomber tree.  Or you can bypass this and drop a large hex behind a solid but uneven flake near the top.

Begin at the obvious flake. Good cam placement as you move to the top of the flake.  Climb up and left, following the grungy chute.  It will seem that no pro is possible here.  But look to the face on the right and you'll find a small fissure that bottoms out.  Almost a pocket.  It might seem worthless.  But no.  Place a black Tricam and haul up your car.  Tricams to the rescue, again.

Begin on the lower face in the right-facing slot/corner.  Move up and left to the summit.

Climb the face to the left of Mossy Flake.  Adequate feet and hands down low.  Pretty blank in the middle. About two-thirds of the way up is a horizontal feature that looks like a crack. It’s not a crack.

Start at the obvious flake in the middle of the face. Lieback the flake and pull onto the left-leaning ramp (Ramp It Up).  Move up and left.  Finish to the right of the the bomber flake near the summit.  

Scramble up the lower end of the Overlook, placing a couple of Tricams.  Ascend the left side of the notch on flakes. Find a good nut placement on your way to the summit. 

This climb begins on the short upper wall where the gully at the base of the wall flattens out.

Lieback the crack to start.  Place a good cam and then a Tricam. Follow the fingerlocks to the top. Another good Tricam or cam placement before topping out. Anchor of a bomber tree directly above the crack. 

Follow the dorsal fin from the bottom of the crag, close to the trail.  Variation is a bit harder—the crux.  It overhangs and protection at your feet.

Straight up the center of the middle wall. End at the tree above the bomber flake.  

  Named after, and tongue-in-cheek, the Black Dike on Cannon Cliff in NH (an ice climb).   The face was coated in ice on the February 10, 2018 first ascent.

Undercling the obvious flake in the middle of the face.  Reach high for an edge.  Pull up onto the ramp.  Go straight to the top.  Overhanging sharp edges. 

Located on the south bank of the Gunpowder River, The Overlook offers nearby adventure climbing. Easy to moderate top rope and trad. The main wall was faces north and overlooks the river.  Beautiful.

Also referred to as "Meru", ironically, after the heinous Himalayan peak featured in the 2015 Jimmy Chin documentary of the same name.  Finally climbed by Conrad Anker, Jimmy Chin, and Renan Ozturk in 2011, Mount Meru punished the three men and pushed them to their limit. Not so in the Gunpowder.  Enjoy.

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Routes in The Overlook