Climbs straight up the smooth white face. Moderate climbing up lower angle rock leads to the 3rd bolt and steeper rock. A thin crux through the 4th clip gets you to easier but pumpy climbing on underclings and sidepulls above to a rest at a small ledge (set of anchors here). Continue on from here on mostly good holds to the very top of the cliff.

Mystery Meat

Lust for Life

Covid Haircut

Welcome to Greenwood City

Second Born

Millinocket Wedding

Wet Market

City Link

Phallix Handhold

Spikes & Twine

Super-Spreader

First Born

The Pangolin

Another epic Dike Wall route envisioned and equipped by local legend Pokey Amory! Start up easy ledges for a few clips to get to the business. Multiple boulder problems with less-than-ideal rest stances get's you to the half-way mark at a juggy, undercling flake. From here the climb eases off a fair amount but plan on encountering a few more thin sections including the final moves to the anchors. 

Hard undercling moves leftwards gets you into a shallow, left facing corner. More tricky moves lead to a ledge and anchors. 6 bolts.

Fun climbing on a variety of interesting features with a very distinct thin crux a third of the way up. 9 bolts to anchors.

This is the premier route at Bald Bluff and should be on every New England climber's tick list. Fantastic climbing through wild square cut basalt blocks sticking out of the wall. As the blocks dwindle the route gets harder. Rest when you can because the top is thin and pumpy! 14 bolts to an anchor. There's also a two bolt rap station at the 6th clip for those foolish enough to bring a rope shorter than 60 meters or for those looking to just do the 5.9 section through the first 5 bolts. . 

Fun crimping up thin edges from bottom to top. 5 bolts to anchors.

Climb out the center of the arch into some thin crimping. Grab a rest at a jug then head up into the big white patch for a second thin crux into slightly more moderate terrain to the top. Save a little something for the finishing moves which have a little punch!

Fun blocky holds out of the dike and onto the upper brown wall. Thin climbing leads to the anchors. Shares the first two clips with the Pangolin.

This is a link-up of "Spikes & Twine" and "Welcome to Greenwood City". Climb the first 12 bolts of "Spikes" then move right into the last 2 bolts of "Welcome" avoiding the thin crux of "Spikes". 

good warm up pitch for the neighboring climbs, really wish it kept on going. we'll see...5.8 climbing up until the last 3 bolts then it turns on a bit

An epic journey up the left end of the Dike Wall! Tricky climbing up to and through the overhang onto the face above. Fun moves through some basalt blocks leads to endless pulls through smaller and smaller holds to a heartbreaker finish through unfairly thin crimps. 14 bolts to anchors.

A thin bouldery start right off the ground brings you to a ledge and much easier climbing to the anchors. 5 bolts to anchors.

An epic journey out of the dike and up to the top of the wall! Shares the first two clips with Wet Market. Climb out of the dike on fun blocky holds traversing up and right quite a bit to the ledge at the top of the dike. Rest here then make a committing move to a jug and head into the tricky crux sequence. Keep some gas in the tank for the top! 

This is the premier wall at Bald Bluff. 100+ feet tall and 300 feet long this wall is a stunner. Vertical to gently overhung, this wall has fantastic climbing from 5.10 to 5.12. The Dike Wall has some of the most interesting features to climb in Western Maine. Large and small chunks of basalt were left sticking out of the wall as the dike eroded leaving some truly amazing square-cut holds to grab. "Welcome to Greenwood City" and "Spikes & Twine" are the best ways to climb these features. 

 

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