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Rock Climbing, Boundering and Ice Climbing in the Gunks, Catskills, Hudson Highlands and Hedleburg Escarpment news, climbing culture and stories here

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REEL Rock Film Fest

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November 15, the REEL Rock Film Festival swings by the Rosendale Theater at the edge of the Gunks. Get ready for climbing’s greatest stories, stars, and sends. In it's 12th year, REEL Rock  premieres four new short films that will deliver heart-thumping action, big laughs, and pure inspiration. Read more

19th Annual New Paltz Climbing Film Festival ​

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  The 19th annual New Patlz Climbing Film Festival will take place 7:30 pm, Saturday, October 7th (Columbus Day Weekend) at SUNY's Studley Theater (next to Old Main Building). read more

No Man's Land Film Festival- New Paltz ​

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The No Man’s Land Film Festival (NMLFF),The All-female Adventure Film Festival, is coming to the Rock and Snow Annex on Saturday, October 21.
Starting at 8pm, in partnership with the Gunks Climbers Coalition,  the NMLFF will show films spotlighting women climbing, mountain biking, running, ski-snowboarding, surfing, and outdoor adventuring.​ Read more

Saturday Night Live- Free Climbing Clinics

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This spring and summer AMGA Certified professionals will hold two-hour clinics on sound climbing fundamentals for climbers of all abilities.
Starting April 22, the Saturday Night Live Free Clinics Read more

Climbing Areas
Mohonk Preserve 
     Trapps
     Near Trapps
Minnewaska
    Peter's Kill 
    Dickie Barre 
​Powerlinz 
​Thatcher Park 
Ice Climbing
Catskills 
​Conditions Forums NEIce 
Resources
Gunks Campground 
Rock and Snow 
​​Furnace Industries 
BC's New Paltz Climbing Gym
Climbing Organizations 
Gunks Climber's Coalition 
American Alpine Club
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The Access Fund
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Thatcher Park Climbing Colalition
Torne Valley Climbers Coalition  
Guide Services
Alpine Endeavors
Alpine Logic
​Alpine Outdoor Adventures 

Eastern Mountain Sports 
HighXposure Adventures
Mountain Skills Climbing 
Vertical Gains
​Vitti Mountain Guides
Guide Books and Apps
Gunks Apps

Peter's Kill Guide Book-Molitoris* Rawdon
Mountain Project 
​Shawangunks Rock Climbs -
Dick Williams

Bouldering in the Shawangunks
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Gunks Campground 

Gunks Apps ​

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 First there was the Trapps App, then came the Nears App and, coming this spring, there will be two new apps- the Peter’s Kill Bouldering App and the Peter’s Kill Climbing App. Read more

Adopt-a-Crag Day with the Gunks Climbers' Coalition ​

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​Bonticou Crag is the northern most outcropping of the Shawangunk Ridge. On  Saturday, April 29, the Gunks Climbers’ Coalition is hosting an Adopt-a-Crag day at Bonticou. read more

Brozone 

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​The Brozone- the female equivalent of the friend-zone, also the newest and hardest climb in the Gunks. read more

REEL ROCK 11
Gravity Vault Poughkeepsie Saturday December, 5 Doors @7:30

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Gravity Vault Comes to Poughkeepsie

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​Indoor climbing in the Hudson Valley is about to get a lot bigger. The Poughkeepsie branch of the Gravity Vault will open in March behind Bounce on Neptune Avenue. Read more

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Gunks Conservation Videos 

Climbing Updates Spring '16

June'16
​The Trapps Cliff Peregrine Falcon Closure on the Mohonk Preserve has been lifted. The Closures for Millbrook and Bonticou SunBowl remain.
Thanks to climbers for helping to protect the endangered Peregrine Falcons by observing route closures.
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Closures, Apps and Guidebooks new this spring.
Read more  

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The Gravity Vault is Open 

2.22.16
The Grand Opening of the Poughkeepsie Gravity Vault  is planned for March 12th but they are open every day  Monday through Friday from noon to 10pm and Saturdays and Sundays from 9am to 8pm.  read more

A Rock Climber's Guide to the Peter's Kill Climbing Area

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A Rock Climber's Guide to the Peter’s Kill Climbing Area, Minnewaska State Park Preserve, the publication of a new guide book by Marty Molitoris and Mike Rawdon of Alpine Endeavors, is on a book rack near you the last week in October. read more 
Advertisement-Rock and Snow has been the Gunks go-to shop for all things climbing, rock or ice, for 46 years. When you're in the neighborhood stop two doors down at the Rock and Snow Annex to sell your old gear or pick up some new-used gear. ​
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Gunks Apps 

First there was the Trapps App, then came the Nears App and, coming this spring, there will be two new apps- the Peter’s Kill Bouldering App and the Peter’s Kill Climbing App. read more

Wounded Warrior Project and Adaptive Climbing at the Gunks with Mountain Skills Climbing Guides

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 Members of the Wounded Warrior Project(WWP) and Adaptive Climbing came out to the Gunks for their first day of outdoor climbing on Saturday May 30. The seven WWP and their families took part in a twice a week,  five week gym to crag program at Brooklyn Boulders in preparation for their outdoor climbing.
 
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The ROCK Project

The ROCK Project came to the Gunks on Sunday and brought eight professional climbers and 75 regular climber folk for a day of stewardship and climbing. read more
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New Fixed Rappel Anchors in Trapps

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There are five new fixed rappel anchors in the Trapps. The tree anchors on the Mohonk Preserve climbs No Picnic, Double Chin, Jackie, Betty and Baby were removed and half inch stainless steel bolted rappel anchors were installed in their place in mid-July. read more

Trapps App

The Trapps App is now available on Android as well as iPhone thanks to the hard work of Christian Fracchia, Tom Chervenak, the app’s designers and authors, and Byron Igoe, who wrote the Android version . read more

Andy Salo Sends Planet Claire 

​5.22.15
Norm Rasmussen ​
​Local climbing is an amazing thing. Recently at the Gunks, there are some sends worth writing home about, and if the weather treats us right, a couple more to write about as well. 
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Adaptive Climbing Group in the Gunks

4-27-15
“There are no holds,” Kat said as she tried for the first moves of Easy Keyhole, a 5.2 in the Gunks. Kat was part of the Adaptive Climbers Group event hosted by Mountain Skills Climbing Guides on Saturday. She and seven other adaptive climbers climbed such routes as Black Fly, Rhododendron, Horseman, No Picnic, Dirty Chimney, and Easy Keyhole with the help of 22 volunteers from NYC, CT, Philly, or NJ and the Gunks. read more
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