Chapel Pond Slab
Essex County, New York
Uploaded by Bivy Team
00 :03 hrs
0.1 mi
20 ft
Unknown
Chapel Pond Slab is home to some of the most popular slab climbs in the Northeast. It features several routes, some with decent protection, but some rated X, and all with great friction climbing and views of the cliffs and mountains across the pass. All of the routes begin in the same place, which can lead to some crowding on nice summer weekends. This historic area has attracted climbers for many decades, including the legendary Fritz Wiessner. The most common option for descent is to find a rough trail that leads down the climber's right from the top of Bob's Knob, a rocky cobble on the upper right of the slab that is the end of several routes.
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Chapel Pond Slab | Essex County, New York
Chapel Pond Slab is home to some of the most popular slab climbs in the Northeast. It features several routes, some with decent protection, but some rated X, and all with great friction climbing and views of the cliffs and mountains across the pass. All of the routes begin in the same place, which can lead to some crowding on nice summer weekends. This historic area has attracted climbers for many decades, including the legendary Fritz Wiessner. The most common option for descent is to find a rough trail that leads down the climber's right from the top of Bob's Knob, a rocky cobble on the upper right of the slab that is the end of several routes.
