Cloudsplitter Mountain Guides

Halfway up Still in Saigon on Cathedral Ledge

 If you or anyone you know has a teenager interested in climbing, then check out the great climbing camp run by the White Mountain School in Bethlehem, NH.  I spent last week as instructor for this program, and not only was it a fun week of climbing but I met a great group of students and co-instructors. 

Still in Saigon, P2

 White Mountain Climbing Camp offers a safe and wonderful climbing experience for beginner to advanced climbers. Taught by American Mountain Guides Association (AMGA) trained White Mountain School climbing faculty, this camp delivers the finest climbing in New Hampshire and allows students to engage in a skills progression tailored specifically to their goals. 

P1 of Funhouse, Cathedral Ledge

The long to rappel back to the ground, Cathedral Ledge

 -Emilie

Last weekend Robert joined Cloudsplitter for a big day of adventure in the High Peaks. Gothics is one of the Adirondacks most aesthetic mountains, with large, clean slabs on every aspect- all a long way from any trailhead. We've climbed the North face together in winter- which is the preferred season for climbing and skiing in this cirque- but a more recent slide path on the southern edge still makes for a reasonable summer route. The South Face is better known in the summer for a few high quality rock climbs on the clean slabs. It's a long way in no matter how you slice it- so Robert figured we might as well go big and do them both in a long day. He got in the first of several 'adventure climbs' he wants to do this summer- and I got in a full day of training before I head out West to Rainier and the North Cascades. While there was plenty of lichen to contend with in places- we wanted adventure and commitment in a wild setting- and we got it! -JW