Cathedral Ledge

Blessed with some of the best rock (granite!) on the eastern half of the continent, in the middle of the surprisingly alpine White Mountains range, minutes away from the cute town of North Conway, and with car access to the summit (be prepared to be on many tourist photos when you top out), Cathedral Ledge offers high quality, very accessible climbing at all grades.

Route List

1: Nomad Crack, 5.10b, Cote, Poorman, 1970/Anderson, Barber, 1972

2: Graverobber, 5.11d, Gill, Ross, 1990

3: Grim Reaper, 5.10d, Anderson, Barber, 1972/Bragg, Wunsch, 1974

4: Homicidal Maniac, 5.11d, Gill, McCausland, 1987

5: Kim Jung Il, 5.12c, Russell, 2006

6: Asylum, 5.11a, Bragg, Pheasant, 1973

7: A Question of Ethics, 5.11a, Dunn, Larson, 1979

8: Lichen It a Lot, 5.10d, Delaney, Pheasant, 1976

9: Lichen Delight, 5.11a, Cilley, Hechtel, 1971/Barber, Rubin, 1972

10: Reconciliation, 5.12a, Beranger, Cilley, 1970

11: Perseus, 5.12d, Bendroth, 2013

12: Medusa, 5.12b, Linden, Webster, 1976

13: Hatful of Hollow, 5.12b, Ross, 1990

14: Retaliation, 5.9, Cilley, Cilley, 1970

15: Youth Challenge, 5.10b, Dunn, Webster, Wilson, 1976

16: Chockline, 5.10d, Cilley, Cilley, 1969/Barber, Bragg, 1973

17: The Arête, 5.11b, Ross, Webster, 1978

18: Black Crack, 5.10d, Cote, Eypper, Stultz, 1970/Barber, Masury, 1971

19: Refusal, 5.11c, Reppy, Streibert, 1963/Cannon, Osius, Walker, 1983

20: Final Gesture, 5.8, Green, Ross, 1974

21: End of Story, 5.11c, Handren, Ross, Young, 1989

22: The Last Gasp, 5.10d, Callaghan, Lewis, 1983

23: Upper Refuse, 5.5, Hall, Merrill, Spofford, 1935

24: Black Lung, 5.8, Barber, Cilley, Dean, 1972

25: The Joke Book, 5.12a, Adair, 1986/DeConto, Parrott, 1986

26: The Book of Solemnity, 5.10a, Arsenault, Cote, 1971

27: Webster’s Unabridged, 5.10d, Johnson, Webster, 1977

28: Fools Gold, 5.10c, Comeau, Smith, Vallee, 1978

29: Bad Dogs, 5.12d, Lutkus, 1991

30: Happy Trails, 5.8, DeConto, Moffat, Winkler, 1981

31: Age Before Beauty, 5.9, Cote, Hurley, Kahn, 2007

32: Bombardment, 5.8, Cilley, 1972

33: Pleasant Street, 5.7, Belanger, Bergman, Wayman, 1972

34: California Girls, 5.11d, Strand, 1985

35: Western Lady, 5.11b, Fleming, Frisch, 1977

36: Cuff Link, 5.11d, Callaghan, Spring, 1988

37: Ventilator, 5.10b, Cote, LaFluer, 1972

38: Hyper-Ventilator, 5.11c, Bouchard, Lentini, Surette, 1985

39: Repo Man, 5.11d, Bouchard, 1985

40: Ego Trip, 5.11c, Cruickshank, White, 1990

41: Starfire, 5.11b, Cote, Hartrich, 1975

42: Once Upon a Climb, 5.11c, Blummet, Lowther, Lynch, 1993

43: Son of a Birch, 5.12a, Niland/Bouchard, 1984

44: Three Birches, 5.8+, May, Reppy, Streibert, 1963

45: Funhouse, 5.7, Cote, Poorman, 1969

46: Pooh, 5.8+, Cote, Offenhartz, Poorman, 1969

47: Orc, 5.8, Merrill, Poorman, 1970/Anderson, Haymond, Radack, 1971

48: Energy Crisis, 5.11c, Madara, Webster, 1981

49: Solstice, 5.12d, Surette, 1987

50: Travesty, 5.13a, Kemple, Vintoniv, 1999

51: Invisible Ink, 5.11a, Hardt, Holliman, 2021

52: Brown’s Fist, 5.7+, Barber, 1972

53: Lower Refuse, 5.8, Hall, Merrill, Spofford, 1935

54: Mystery Man, 5.11c, Bouchard, 1985

55: Wild Women, 5.12a, Achey, Webster, 1979

56: Wildebeast, 5.11d A0, Burke, 1983/Cannon, Rose, Surette, 1984

57: 0.6, 5.13c, Cormier, White, 1997/Sharratt, 2003

58: Cerberus, 5.13a, Surette, 1985

59: The Beast 666, 5.11c, Meyers, Ross, 1972/Dunn, 1982

60: Talcum Powder, 5.10b X, Achey, Sonnenfeld, 1977

61: Wild Kingdom (Lower), 5.10b R, Bouchard, Larson, 1984

62: The Beast Flake, 5.9, Meyers, Ross, 1972

63: Recompense, 5.9, Turner, Wilmott, 1959

64: Gypsy, 5.10b, Bragg, Greene, 1973

65: Another Pretty Face, 5.9+, Peer, Stockbridge Peer, 1982

66: Wild Kingdom (Upper), 5.11b, Bouchard, Larson, 1984

67: The Prow, 5.11d, Ross, Thompson, 1972

68: Edge of the World, 5.13c, Franklin, 1987

69: Liquid Sky, 5.13b, Surette, 1986

70: Echoes, 5.11c, Comeau, McCrillis, 2019

71: Northern Hospitality, 5.13c, Conway, 2007

72: Clean Sweep, 5.11b, Callaghan, Strand, 1985

73: Autoclave, 5.12b, Strand, 1988

74: Hippodrome, 5.10c, Onachila, Schneider, 1992

75: Tabu, 5.9, Bragg, Barber, 1973

76: Goofer’s Delight, 5.10a, Barber, O’Connell, 1970/Anderson, Barber, 1972

77: Bamboozled, 5.13a, Kemple, 2001

78: Tourist Treat, 5.12b/c, Pheasant, 1975/Hill, Raffa, 1984

79: Endless Summer, 5.12b, Beal, 1986

80: Camber, 5.11b, Dunn, Pheasant, Sklar, 1978

81: Room with a View, 5.11d, Angelini, Beal, Nonis, 1986

82: The Creation, 5.12b, Burke, Surette, 1985

83: Reach for the Sky, 5.11a, Callaghan, Callaghan, Strand, 1988

84: Stage Fright, 5.12b/c, Eastman, Sargent, 1975

85: Airation, 5.12a, Genereux, 2013

86: Kill your Television, 5.11c, Beal, Hansen, 1986

87: Jessie, 5.10d, Dunn, Morris, 1977

88: Heather, 5.12b, Sargent, Webster, 1976

89: Pine Tree Eliminate, 5.8+, Hartrich, Ruppel, 1973

90: Play Misty, 5.11c, Kane, Webster, 1976/Madara, Shepherd, Smith, Wayman, 1978

91: Rose and Madder, 5.9, Lowther, Pacheco, 1995

92: DMZ, 5.9, Cody, Swain, 1982

93: Dawn Patrol, 5.8, Cody, Swain, 1982

94: Still in Saigon, 5.8+, Cody, Strand, 1982

95: No Man’s Land, 5.6, Peterson, Tibbits, 1970

96: The d’Arcy Route, 5.7, d’Arcy, Hart, Walling, 1956

97: Rapid Transit, 5.10a, Webster, Winkler, 1985

98: Spacewalk, 5.9, Madara, Ross, Ross, 1977

99: Onion Head, 5.11c, Blummet, Lowther, 1993

100: Adventures in 3D, 5.10b, Webster, Winkler, 1985

101: The d’Arcy Traverse, 5.6, d’Arcy, Coffin, 1955

102: Ozone Bypass, 5.11c, Cruickshank, White, 1993

103: Thin Air, 5.6, Merrihue, Turner, 1956

104: Thinner, 5.8, Lawrence, Winkler, 1971

105: The Missing Link, 5.10a, Ross, Webster, 1976

106: Windfall, 5.10a, Callaghan, Callaghan, 1987

107: Turner’s Flake, 5.8, Lavallée, Morden, Turner, Ward, 1959

108: Toe Crack, 5.7

109: Repulsion, 5.9, Swain, White, 1986

110: Standard Route, 5.7+, Newton, Pollack, Underhill, 1931

111: Apocalypse, 5.11c, Gipson, Schneider, 1990

112: Armageddon, 5.12a, Madara, Ross, 1975

113: Diagonal, 5.9+, Streibert, Stultz, 1970

114: Free Finale, 5.12a, Gill, McCausland, 1988

115: Grand Finale, 5.12a C3, Heintz, Ross, 1977

116: The Reckoning, 5.11a, Simmons, 2020

117: The Mordor Wall, 5.6 C3/5.12b, Arsenault, Brim, Cote, 1970s/Surette, 1985

118: The Bongo Flake, 5.9 A3, Arsenault, Cote, 1970

119: Crack Between Worlds, 5.11c, Moore, Winkler, 1980

120: The Hobbit, 5.13b/c, Kemple, Vintoniv, 1999

121: Life, the Universe and Everything, 5.14a, Conway, 2018

122: Difficulties be Damned, 5.13d, Conway, 2013

123: Highway 61, 5.13a, Kemple, Kemple, 2003

124: The Mines of Moria, 5.6 C2, Cote, Porter, Ross, 1972

125: Cecile, 5.13d, Conway, 2008

126: Seventh Sojourn, 5.12c, Webster, 1979/Gill, Ross, 1988

127: Pendulum, 5.11d C0, Arsenault, Doyle, 1967/Greene, Webster, 1976

128: Elevator Dance, 5.11b, O’Brien, 2018

129: Divison of Labour, 5.10d, Strand, Weeks, 1987

130: The Bridge of Khazad-Dûm, 5.11c, Delaney, Lentini, 1976

131: Lights in the Forest, 5.11b, Ross, Webster, 1976

132: Option 9A, 5.11a, Blumet, Lortie, Lowther, 1994

133: Cathedral Direct, 5.9 C2, Arey, Cote, Jacobs, 1968

134: Crabnebula, 5.11a/b, Jakub, Magness, Weston, 2011

135: Working Man’s Lament, 5.11c, Jakub, Magness, Weston, 2009

136: Triplet, 5.11d, Jakub, Magness, Weston, 2009

137: Attitude Direct, 5.11c, Rice, 2019

138: Fortitude, 5.12b, Cote, Ellis, 1972/Cannon, Herr, 1984

139: Burning Brush, 5.10b, Rice, 2018

140: Solitude Crack, 5.12b, Arsenault, Beck, 1968

141: Exasperation, 5.11d, Callaghan, Callaghan, 1992

142: Intimidation, 5.10c, Arsenault, Beck, 1968/Merritt, Streibert, 1971

143: Bicycle Route, 5.11b, Patenaude, Webster, 1980

144: Carpenter’s Rant, 5.11b, Rice, 2017

145: Antline, 5.10c, Morris, Proudman, 1968

146: Repentance, 5.10b, Gran, Turner, 1958/Streibert, Stultz, 1970

147: Angel’s Freeway, 5.11d, Jones, Seaver, 1999

148: Angel’s Highway, 5.8 A2, Andrews, Ross, 1972

149: Remission, 5.8, Turner, Wilmott, 1960

150: Warlock, 5.12c, Aughton, Meyers, Ross, 1972/Ewing, Hamilton, 1988

151: Candidus, 5.13b/c, Kemple, 2003

152: Colonial Ambush, 5.11d, Seaver, Wallstrom, 2001

153: Don’t Fire..., 5.10b, Arey, Cote, 1972/Dunn, Webster, 1977

154: Diedre, 5.10a, Arey, Cote, 1968/Cote, Read, 1971

155: Budapest, 5.11d, Dunn, Webster, 1979

156: Lady Lara, 5.11d, Arey, Cote, 1972/Cannon, Larson, 1984

157: Jack the Ripper, 5.11b, Cote, Merrill, 1970/Dunn, Newth, Webster, 1976