Climbing resources for the Boston area

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Boston Chapter Mountaineering Committee (BCMC)

This is a committee of the Boston Chapter of the Appalachian Mountain Club (AMC). The Mountaineering Committee also hosts non-climbing social events for climbers and their friends and families.

Tuesday Night North Shore climbing

General information:

• The Tuesday Night schedule for 2010.
• Directions to Tuesday Night climbing crags.
• The TuesdayNightClimbing Blog -- check this blog for discussion of weather, etc.
• Tuesday Night Climbing Ephemeris (out of date).

Weather forecasts for Tuesday Night locations:

• Andover forecast (Den Rock)
• Boston forecast
• Gloucester forecast (Stage Fort Park, Red Rocks)
• Hopkinton forecast (College Rock)
• Quincy forecast
• Waltham forecast (Hammond Pond)

These are links to the forecasts updated every few hours on the National Weather Service Internet Weather Source site.

The MIT Outing Club (MITOC)

Their "Links" pages contain pointers to many other local resources.

Local rock gyms:

• Boston Rock Gym, 78G Olympia Ave., Woburn; 781-935-7325.
• MetroRock, 69 Norman St., Everett; 617-387-ROCK (7625).

These are just the ones that are relatively nearby; for a fuller listing, see the page for Massachusetts at indoorclimbing.com.

Related mailing lists.

Further afield

• Weather for other climbing venues, published by the Weather Underground:
  • Leominster MA (Crow Hill)
  • Rumney NH
  • North Conway (Cathedral, Whitehorse)
  • New Paltz NY (the Shawangunks)
  • Jaffrey NH (Mt. Monadnock)
• http://www.neclimbs.com/, the home of New England Climbing. I'm a fan of Al Hosper's weekly "White Mountain Report" dispatch from North Conway.

Alternative activities

• If climbing proves not to be your thing, you might prefer to be a gekkonaut.