Located almost over the water, with enjoyable big moves between big holds. Start low on a massive jug rail, set your feet and throw up and right to a large side pull, then progress leftward on jugs topping out almost over the water. This route is one of the best in the area, and its exciting setting is not to be missed. 

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Hydroelectric

Rubbish

Hydrocrag

Man Hands

The Virgin

Slippery when wet

Fracking Crack

Pilot

Organic Contaminants

98% Biodegradable

Almost Compost

Start with your hands on two less than great sloping holds, lift your feet off the ground and campus to a massive jug rail on the right (which can be reached from the ground so the route is kind of contrived but I'm too weak to do the full sit start which is probably harder than V6, someone get after it). Throw a heel over the lip and rock over.

Relatively easy climb but fun warm up. Far right side of main boulder in gorge. Large holds with an amazing juggy ledge at the top left. Stay left of crack and fern in picture.

Start with the glorious underhold at waist level amd reach up to the two jugs about 2 feet up from the start. Work your way to the crack, but this is not a crack line so use the crack as a left hand hold only. There is an obvious foothold to the left of the crack. From there, reach up to the jug thats about 6 feet up (this is the crux move), and hop your foot to the wall. Theres a small divot where you can smear while you reach up to the upper jug. The amount of handholds at the top make the finish rather easy.

Nice easy ladder to warm up on. Nothing too fancy.

Fun short easily repeatable climb. Only accessible when the water is low. Down on riverbed, back side of main boulder. Bomber hands starting on big shelf with feet to the left, under shelf almost in water. Move left hand to crack, match right foot to shelf by hand. Bump up crack, and mantle with left hand on shelf. Top out with slopers.

Sit start awkwardly with your hands matched jamming in the crack and your feet anywhere they fit. Stem and jam upward to an easy exit. This is probably a good route to learn how to jam on as the crack is irregularly sized, and finding the perfect jams can prove to be challenging.

Start sideways on the edge with two jands on the edge, smear the adjacent wall to get your left foot up. Ride the edge u til you near the top. Theres a fingerhold on the upper left where two edges meet and theres a sweet jug on the upper right. They are about a wingspans width from each other. Use these to pry yourself up, then grab the top handhold. Your left foot will use the prior left fingerhold as the final step in the route.

Start standing and get your hand into a very flared jam, set high feet and continue up the incipient crack in the slab to the top. Don't fall!

Start low and left on two decent sized holds with your feet wherever they're comfortable, toss out right and continue to traverse in that direction using a slew of tricky footwork, including and illusive toe-hook. At the end of the traverse, head straight up the face with a set of technical high steps off of decent holds. Take it to the top, and take care on the committing top out. Pulling on the small tree to the right is definitely cheating.

This problem is the finish to 98% Biodegradable, by skipping the tricky traverse the grade is more manageable and the climbing is still enjoyable.   Start with your right hand on a good in-cut crimp, and your left on a side pull. Climb up the face using committing high steps and small holds. Finish as per 98% Biodegradable.

A pleasant, low-key, bouldering area located by a small waterfall on the Isinglass River in Gonic NH. Problems currently range from V0 to V5, with low and highball problems. There is potential for harder lines if some aggressive cleaning was implemented. This is certainly not a new bouldering mecca, but it does have a couple select lines that are not to be missed. 

  Cool problem here: 

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