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.

Tuesday Night North Shore climbing

General information:

• The Tuesday Night schedule for 2011.
• Directions to Tuesday Night climbing crags.
• The TuesdayNightClimbing Blog -- check this blog for discussion of weather, etc.

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 "Sitemap" page contains pointers to other resources.

Local rock gyms:

These are just the ones that are relatively nearby:

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

For a fuller listing, see the page for Massachusetts at indoorclimbing.com.

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"

Alternative activities

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