Massachusetts · Rock climbing · Melrose

Curving Crack

5.2
grade
Top Rope
style
Apr–Oct
best months

One of five routes catalogued at Crag 3, this climb sits in the lower-middle range of the grade span found here. Unlike most climbs at the crag, this line is established as a toprope with no lead protection recorded.

  • Nearby · C Wall (aka C Face) · D Wall (aka D & E Faces) · E Wall (aka F & part of G Faces)
  • Best time to go · Apr–Oct

    Best time to visit Curving Crack

    Best months: April–October. Best months have typical highs of 55–85 °F, lows of 30 °F or warmer (32 °F where the station doesn't record snow), at most one snowy day and no more than 12 wet days.

    1. Jan

      37° / 19°

    2. Feb

      40° / 21°

    3. Mar

      47° / 28°

    4. Apr

      59° / 38°

    5. May

      69° / 48°

    6. Jun

      79° / 58°

    7. Jul

      85° / 64°

    8. Aug

      83° / 63°

    9. Sep

      75° / 55°

    10. Oct

      64° / 43°

    11. Nov

      53° / 34°

    12. Dec

      42° / 26°

    Typical high / low (°F) and days with rain or snow, 1991–2020. Measured at Jamaica Plain, MA, 4.8 mi away at 95 ft. This station doesn't record snowfall. Source: NOAA NCEI U.S. Climate Normals 1991–2020.

Photo of the crag

Crag 3 — the crag this route is on
Crag 3, Massachusetts — this photo shows the crag, not this individual route.Photo: Karlunun, CC BY-SA 4.0 (via Wikimedia Commons)

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