Climbing Roger's Rock Cove Boulders in Rogers Rock Campgroung

 I have been haunting the Cove Boulders at Roger's Rock campground since my first attempt in 1994 to set lines over projects by way of what I now call The Descent Route (V-Easy) on the mothership campground boulder (the descent being from an ascent of the easiest clear line on the north side I knicknamed the Camper Trap (V-Easy) as you'll be amazed how many campers attempt it in cuttoff's and flip-flops). 

I may clean up the MP page to follow a better taxonomy and be right-placed as a sub-area of Roger's Rock, but have removed most of my photos as they do not show named routes (all boulders have at least a single V-Easy line to the summit).

This area is a great place to spend the day or burn it off after the slab or with a change of plans. There is a ton to explore, though there are rumors of a number of named lines in the Adirondack Bouldering guidebook and a lot of recent evidence of activity (although I have not seen a copy of the book myself). 

For the sake of cartography and mapping the blocks other than the mothership, I have always named the blocks alphabetically moving from the cove toward the campground. Over the years I have scrambled each and taken a shot at some of the more obvious difficult lines with some success and try to keep the landings clear. If you are planning an exploration, the photos below should give you a good preview; bring a brush and go for it!

THE COVE BOULDER (AKA The Campground Boulder / House Boulder).

I prefer to call it The Mothership.

ROGER'S ROCK COVE BOULDERS, ALPHA BLOCK, SOUTH AND WEST

ROGER'S ROCK COVE BOULDERS, BRAVO BLOCK

ROGER'S ROCK COVE BOULDERS, CHARLIE BLOCK (this is The Toddler's Block and a favorite top-rop for my 2 and 4 year old daughters although the back side has a really nice crack!)

ROGER'S ROCK COVE BOULDERS, DELTA BLOCK

ROGER'S ROCK COVE BOULDERS, ECHO BLOCK

ROGER'S ROCK COVE BOULDERS, FOXTROT BLOCK

ROGER'S ROCK COVE BOULDERS, GOLF BLOCK

ROGER'S ROCK COVE BOULDERS, HOTEL BLOCK

ROGER'S ROCK COVE BOULDERS, INDIA BLOCK

ROGER'S ROCK COVE BOULDERS, J BLOCKS (BROKEN SISTERS)

ROGER'S ROCK COVE BOULDERS, PAVOLDI'S HOLE (AKA THE P CAVE, don't dare pee in it again please whoever you are... Start in the cave, stem up easily and exit right using high hands on the left)

There are some other easy and moderate lines I have set up in The Cove, on the Greek Wall (Timgor Overlook), and the developer of the top rope lines behand the campsites' trail has had names and grades of what I was calling The Secret Bolt Garden published in Adirondack Rock as the Mohican Wall (I had my wife belay my lead for the first time using these new bolts on a birthday overnight before details were published, I probably would have backed off all of them if I saw the grades first, definitely worth a look!).