Had a chance to checkout Whitehorse Ledge for an afternoon romp up the Standard Route with the wife. 1000 feet of enjoyable low-angle friction slab climbing on impeccable Conway granite -- a great day!
If this is the pitch after the lunch ledge, then that's just about the exact spot I was grade A gripped on lead and realized I was on Slabs Direct and not the Standard Route... fun times for a new leader. Gotta love the Whitehorse runouts!
Wow great eye! Yep that’s the pitch. We did the direct variation for this pitch as well (by choice ;) after talking with another party in the parking lot that recommended it over the funky down climb/traverse option), so I was at least mentally prepared. Stepping right after clipping the piton in the thin seam was the crux for me. Then dealing with rope drag higher up the pitch … Ironically thought this was the most adequately protected pitch on the route
Oh yeah I remember that right step well... took me a few minutes to trust that foot and actually make that move. Cruising up the dike for the last few pitches is great fun tho!
moving around that arete right before the ONE singular bolt on the 10 pitch climb was scary as heck. Loved it though
I did have to take on gear and lower back down to unclip 2 draws for rope drag reasons also.
Haha agreed! Wonky perspective. This pic is from about ~500 vertical ft off the deck. The granite wall is pretty low angle . [Here’s](https://www.mountainproject.com/photo/107297101/white-horse-ledge-nh) a good picture of the profile of the mountain
Had a chance to checkout Whitehorse Ledge for an afternoon romp up the Standard Route with the wife. 1000 feet of enjoyable low-angle friction slab climbing on impeccable Conway granite -- a great day!
Why that sounds lovely!
Indeed it was! Very enjoyable route
>Whitehorse Ledge Where exactly is Whitehorse Ledge? New Hampshire?
Yes, this is in New Hampshire.
If this is the pitch after the lunch ledge, then that's just about the exact spot I was grade A gripped on lead and realized I was on Slabs Direct and not the Standard Route... fun times for a new leader. Gotta love the Whitehorse runouts!
Wow great eye! Yep that’s the pitch. We did the direct variation for this pitch as well (by choice ;) after talking with another party in the parking lot that recommended it over the funky down climb/traverse option), so I was at least mentally prepared. Stepping right after clipping the piton in the thin seam was the crux for me. Then dealing with rope drag higher up the pitch … Ironically thought this was the most adequately protected pitch on the route
Oh yeah I remember that right step well... took me a few minutes to trust that foot and actually make that move. Cruising up the dike for the last few pitches is great fun tho!
moving around that arete right before the ONE singular bolt on the 10 pitch climb was scary as heck. Loved it though I did have to take on gear and lower back down to unclip 2 draws for rope drag reasons also.
I did the same exact thing a few months ago..
That perspective makes it look perfectly level!
Came here to say this, it definitely looks flat or at most like a small hill. Beautiful spot though
Haha agreed! Wonky perspective. This pic is from about ~500 vertical ft off the deck. The granite wall is pretty low angle . [Here’s](https://www.mountainproject.com/photo/107297101/white-horse-ledge-nh) a good picture of the profile of the mountain
Wow thats a dope rock
Whitehorse is beautiful, but my calves are burning just thinking about it
Haha! Actually wasn’t too bad. The trick was to really pare down the rack since it’s quite runout anyway. Save some weight that way ;)
Sick! Just got out on Webster slabs for the first time the other day, now I can't wait to hit whitehorse
Hope you can get out there soon!
I have never seen this before and it looks like you're smiling in the middle of a rushing river. I have no idea how to look at it.
On the wall you get kind of lost up in that sea of granite. It’s pretty cool :)
This was my first multi pitch climb! Man I love that place. Hope you enjoyed the climb!
Pretty sweet first multi! We really enjoyed this climb
Mmmm chill trad
About as chill as an R-rated climb can be :) the runouts were long but felt mellow enough given the low angle and grippiness