Rock and Ice Climbing

 

*Excel First Ascent/ACB List (75)

 

BOQUET RIVER CRAGS

• Shark Fin Cliff

  • Talus About the Crack (5.6) FA: Kevin MacKenzie, Hunter Lombardi, 2015 May 9

  • Mama's Boquet (5.7) FA: Hunter Lombardi, Kevin MacKenzie, 2015 May 9

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BIG SLIDE

• Free Soul (5.9 X) Kevin MacKenzie, Adam Crofoot, Alan Wechsler, 2018 Sept 15

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COLDEN

• Wine Bottle Slide (5.7) As Climbed By: Kevin MacKenzie, Matt Dobbs, NP 2015 June 7

 

GRACE PEAK

• Grace's Nose (5.6-5.8ish)  This is not a destination area, but it was a fun exploration with Dan Kent. 2019 Oct 26

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GOTHICS

• East Face - Ice Climbing

  • Four Rings of Saturn (NEI 4) FA: Matt Dobbs, Kevin MacKenzie, 2015 March 7 VIDEO

  • Gothic Revival (NEI 2) FA: Kevin MacKenzie, Anthony Seidita, 2013 Feb 23

• Gothics South Face: TaKillya Sunrise (5.7) FA: Kevin MacKenzie, Jaryn DeShane 2017 July 22 

 

DEVIL'S WASHDISH (Pharaoh Lake Wilderness)

• Dishin' it Out (5.10b) FA: Adam Crofoot, Kevin MacKenzie, Allison Rooney, 2016 October 9

  • Stout climb up an overhanging dihedral/crack-Adam's route though I was lucky enough to be present for the FA.

 

PANTHER GORGE

• Tour de Gorge - Bushwhacking the lesser known areas with a nighttime exit over Marcy. 2015 Nov 21. VIDEO

• Video of Bushwhacking (great talus footage)

 

Overview of Panther Den, Feline, Agharta and Huge Scoop

 

Mt. Marcy ~ Panther Den

• Anorthosite Overcast (5.11a) FA Adam Crofoot, Kevin MacKenzie, 2020 June 19

• Belshazzar's Fate (5.8) FA Adam Crofoot, Kevin MacKenzie, Alan Wechsler, 2016 May 28

• By Tooth and Claw (WI4) FA Bill Schneider, Kevin MacKenzie, Devin Farkas, 2016 Jan 31 ...on NEice.com - VIDEO

• Castle Column (5.9) FA Kevin MacKenzie, Ken Hebb 2018 June 17

• Cat on a Wet Tin Roof (5.8) FA Bill Schneider, Kevin MacKenzie, 2015

• Climb After Slime (5.8) & You Moss Be Kidding Me! (5.7) FA Alan Wechsler, Kevin MacKenzie, 2016 Aug 6

• Had the Radish (5.8) FA Kevin Mudrat MacKenzie, Loren Swears 2020 July 26 

• Nothing But the Rain (5.9+) FA Kevin Mudrat MacKenzie, Loren Swears 2020 July 26 

• One for Me'Llord (WI5-/M5+) FA Kevin MudRat MacKenzie, Edek Falkowski  2021 Dec 25

• One for the Boys (5.9) FA Allison Rooney, Kevin MacKenzie, Bill Schneider, Adam Crofoot 2016 June 24

• Practically Roadside (5.9) FA Kevin MacKenzie, Loren Swears 2020 June 26

• Promised Land (5.8) FA Kevin MacKenzie, Dan Plumley, 2015 September 19 VIDEO

• Waking Cerberus (WI5/M4) FA Kevin MacKenzie, Brent Elliott, Laura Duncan 2020 Dec 28

 

Mt. Marcy ~ Feline Wall

• Chimaera (WI3-) FA Matt Dobbs, Kevin MacKenzie, Jace Mullen 2017 Feb 18

• Galaxy of Tears (5.9) FA Dustin Ulrich, Kevin MacKenzie, 2016 June 17

• Kitten's Got Claws (5.7+) FA Kevin MacKenzie, Justin Thalheimer, 2015 Aug 1

 

Mt. Marcy ~ Agharta Wall

• Agharta (WI4-) Solo on 2022 Feb 1

• CrazyDog's Halo (5.8) FA Adam Crofoot, Kevin MacKenzie, 2014 VIDEO

• Moonraker Runout (5.8+) FA Kevin MacKenzie, Ken Hebb 2018 June 16

• Pioneer Anomaly (5.8) FA Adam Crofoot, Alan Wechsler, Kevin MacKenzie, 2016 May 28

• Tail of Redemption (5.7) FA Bill Schneider, Kevin MacKenzie, John Pickus, 2016 July 30

• Throne to the Lions (5.9+) FA Bill Schneider, Kevin MudRat MacKenzie 2020 Aug 1

• Watery Grave (5.10a Top Rope) FA Adam Crofoot (Kevin belaying), 2014

• Wreck of the Lichen Fitzgerald (5.8+) FA Adam Crofoot, Kevin MacKenzie, 2014 VIDEO

  • Article on Adirondack Almanack, "New Panther Gorge Rock Climbing Route: Wreck of the Lichen Fitzgerald

• Wrecking My Zen (5.9 A0) FA Colin Aldrich, Kevin MudRat MacKenzie 2020 Sept 12

 

Mt. Marcy ~ Huge Scoop

• Predatory Instincts (5.9) FA Bill Schneider, Kevin Mackenzie, Nolan Huther, 2016 June 4

• Pride, The (5.9-) FA Bill Schneider, Adam Crofoot, Kevin MacKenzie, 2015 Aug 30 VIDEO

• Rumours of War (5.9)(Marcy-first route in the Huge Scoop) FA Hunter Lombardi, Kevin MacKenzie, 2015 July 11 VIDEO

• Scylla (WI4) & Charybdis (WI4) FA Brent Elliott, Kevin MacKenzie (Scylla) / Kevin MacKenzie, Laura Duncan, Brent Elliott, 2018 Feb 17

 

Mt. Marcy ~ Chimney Wall

• Apex Predator (WI4-5) FA Aaron Courain, Kevin MacKenzie, Alan Wechsler 2019 Jan 5

• Marcy's Great Chimney (aka Empty Tomb) (5.8) & All Ryled Up (5.7) FA Jaryn DeShane, evin MacKenzie (All Ryled Up), 2017 June 15

• Panther Gorge's Vertical Trapdike ReDeux 2018 August 11

• Panther's Pinnacle (5.9) FA Kevin MacKenzie, Steven St. Pierre, 2017 Sept 16

• Passion and Warfare (WI5/M5) FA Kevin MacKenzie, Emily Schwartz, Harold Sutton, Katie Vannicola 2020 Feb 22

  • Article in Adirondack Explorer 2020​

• Slacker Cracker (5.9) FA Adam Crofoot, Kevin MacKenzie, Jaryn DeShane, 2017 June 3

• Spiritus Draconis (WI4+) FA Kevin MacKenzie, Jaryn DeShane 2018 Feb 1

 

Mt. Marcy ~ East Face & Overhang Slide

• Anorthofright (5.9-) FA Steven St. Pierre, Kevin MacKenzie, 2017

• Margin Slide (5.3) FA Kevin MacKenzie, Greg Kadlecik, 2012

• Pi Day (NEI 3++) On NEICE.com FA Adam Crofoot, Kevin MacKenzie, Anthony Seidita, 2015 Mar 14 VIDEO

• Ranger on the Rock (5.6) FA Anthony Seidita, Kevin MacKenzie, 2013 P1: Kevin MacKenzie, Scott van Laer, 2013 VIDEO

• Revelations (5.8+ X) FA Kevin MacKenzie, Nolan Huther, Loren Swears 2016 Aug 27 VIDEO

 

Mt. Haystack (overview) ~ Pillars & Ramp Wall, No Man's Land, V Wall & South End

• For Whom the Lichen Tolls Mt. Haystack's Pillar (5.9) (North End) FA Adam Crofoot, Kevin MacKenzie, 2014

• All Things Holy (5.7) (V Wall) FA Adam Crofoot, Kevin MacKenzie, 2014 VIDEO

• And Then the Judgment (5.9+) (North End) FA Kevin MacKenzie, Steven St. PIerre 2019 Sept 24

• Haycrack (5.3) (South End) FA Kevin MacKenzie, Anthony Seidita, 2014 VIDEO

• Haystack's Ramp Wall 3 Routes - [All Battered Boyfriends (5.7), Less Than Zero (5.5), Eye for an Eye (5.8)] FA Allison Rooney, Adam Crofoot, Kevin MacKenzie 2015 May 30 VIDEO

• John 3:16 (WI4) & PG-13 (WI4) (V Wall) FA Kevin MacKenzie, Loren Swears 2018 March 24

• Kitty Cake & By Tooth and Claw 2nd Ascent (North End) FA Doug Ferguson, Kevin MacKenzie, Walker Wolf Bockley 2017 Jan 14

• Luceo Non Uro (North End) FA Kevin MacKenzie 2020 June 5 (alone/rope solo)

• Orson's Tower (NEI3+) & Fly By (NEI3) (Haystack-North End) FA Kevin MacKenzie, Nolan Huther, 2016 Mar 5 VIDEO

• Paws Off (5.8) (No Man's Land) FA Kevin MacKenzie, Steven St. Pierre 2018 June 9

• Psalm 23 (5.7) & Windjammer (5.7) (V Wall) FA Kevin MacKenzie, John Pikus, Jaryn DesShane; John Pikus lead for Windjammer.

• Ride the Lightning and Skip the Lightning (WI5- & WI3+) (Ramp Wall) FA Alan Wechsler, Kevin MacKenzie 2017 March 10

• Slab the Impaler (5.9) (No Man's Land) FA Kevin Mudrat MacKenzie, Loren Swears, Katie Vannicola 2020 Aug 22

• Tomcat (5.8+) (No Man's Land) FA Steven St. Pierre, Kevin MacKenzie 2020 June 4

• Trigger Warning (5.10b) (No Man's Land) FA Adam Crofoot, Kevin MudRat MacKenzie, Katie Vannicola 2020 Sept 6

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*Thanks to Jim Lawyer and Adirondack Rock for overlaying the route lines on the photos.

 

SOUTH COLTON CLIFF

• SLU'zers (5.3+)...a nice little warm up climb before the harder routes. ACB: Colin Loher, Kevin MacKenzie

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• 2018-2019 Ice Climbing Season at a Glance

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AVALANCHE PASS

• Avalanche Mountain Gully (WI4-) 2019 Feb 9

• The Matrix (WI5+), Warm Up (4), Adirondike (3+) 2019 Mar 9

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CASCADE PASS

• Cascade Ice Dance (WI4) 2019 Feb 22

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CHAPEL POND PASS

• Beer Walls:

  • Redrum & Sword 2014 Apr 29

• Chapel Pond Gully Cliff: Shipton's Arete: Shipton's Voyage (5.4), No Picnic (5.6)

• Chapel Pond Slab--well...I'm on this every couple weeks to relax.

  • Bob's Knob Regular Route (5.6)

    • Outdoor Research 'Verticulture' Blog 2014

  • Bob's Knob Regular Route & Li'l Sebastian : 2014 Apr 29 on ADK Almanack

  • With Round Mountain Bushwhack 2014 May

    • Article in Adirondack Outdoors, "The Path Less Travelled up Round Mtn."

• Powerplay Area

  • Lillith (WI4), Rhiannon (WI4+), Patey’s Gully Direct (WI3-4) 2018 Dec 26 ​

  • Power Play 2019 Mar 2

 

HIGH PEAK SUMMIT CLIMBS

• Big Slide Mtn.: Freudian Slip (5.9) Photos

• Wallface: Traverse under Shield (fourth class) and pitches 6 & 7 of the Diagonal Route (5.8) with Don Mellor: 2014 June 15 ~ Mosaic

  • Diagonal Route 9/14/14

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POKE-O-MOONSHINE

• Discord (WI4+) 2019 Dec 21

• Positive Thinking (WI5-) 2020 Feb 8​

• Neurosis (WI4-) / Hidden Pique (WI4) 2020 Feb 16

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WILMINGTON NOTCH

• Multiplication Gully (WI3+) (various dates)

• ​Moss Cliff

  • Touch of Class (5.9+) 2018 Aug 5​

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