While scouting around and taking pics of distance possibilities I decided to take a break and took two toddlers and the wife on bikes up the steep Prospect Mountain / Veterans Memorial Highway in Lake George, NY.
I parked at a cemetery near the closed-for-the-season highway by the work-access point. We still had to carry the bikes and trailers over a closed gate, but it was a short and steep ride (past the pond) to "The Narrows" vista parking lot.
This is a short drive from Saratoga Springs, NY, and there's an essentially unlimited amount of dynamited road-side choss to play on and top-rope / develop.
The summit has some rock, but the best actual boulder is in the Narrows' vista spot located at
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| Lake George Bouldering, "Tango Block" at The Narrows Vista |
We have been calling this the "Tango Block" and have applied a few names to the obvious sections for the sake of clarity when remembering from the couch.
The StreetView image is the Class 4 choss on the road-side, but the back side actually has potential for some easy and interesting moves. I am an old-school (early 90's) trad, rope solo and solo-aid climber so I don't really fixate on bouldering grades. I would go ahead and call these V0 or easier until there's a consensus.
"Redneck Riviera"
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| Redneck Riviera, Bouldering Prospect Mountain Lake George (Jim Pavoldi) |
"I Like Kite"
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| I Like Kite, Bouldering Prospect Mountain Lake George (Jim Pavoldi) |
"Hachi Machi"
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| Hachi Machi, Bouldering Lake George (Jim Pavoldi) |
"Glyfada Girls"
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| Glyfada Girls, Bouldering Lake George (Jim Pavoldi) |
"Whitey's on the Moon"
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| Whitey's On the Moom, Bouldering Lake George (Jim Pavoldi) |
South of the Narrows Vista and Tango Block is a dynamited choss pile with a ton of top-rope opportunity.
The road is closed now and free to hump up by foot or bike. During the tourist season there is a fee for driving to the summit.
Good luck out there, stay healthy!
Jim
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