Sling Shot
- V5-
- grade
- Bouldering Pads
- style
- Jun–Oct
- best months
This is the hardest problem catalogued at Whipple Hill Conservation Area's Pond Boulder sector, representing the upper end of the crag's V2 to V5- range.
Hemlock Pool at Middlesex FellsRock climbing · ~8 min drivePhoto: Karlunun, CC BY-SA 4.0 (via Wikimedia Commons)- Painted BoulderRock climbing · ~8 min drivePhoto: Karlunun, CC BY-SA 4.0 (via Wikimedia Commons)
- The CoveRock climbing · ~8 min drivePhoto: Karlunun, CC BY-SA 4.0 (via Wikimedia Commons)
Crag 3Rock climbing · ~9 min drivePhoto: Karlunun, CC BY-SA 4.0 (via Wikimedia Commons)- Fat ManRock climbing · ~9 min drivePhoto: Karlunun, CC BY-SA 4.0 (via Wikimedia Commons)
- Crag 54Rock climbing · ~9 min drivePhoto: Karlunun, CC BY-SA 4.0 (via Wikimedia Commons)
- Whipple BoulderRock climbing · Next door
- Menotomy Rocks ParkRock climbing · ~4 min drive
- Willard's WoodsRock climbing · ~5 min drive
- Foundation BoulderRock climbing · ~6 min drive
Also worth it near here
Whipple HillSummit · Next doorPhoto: Daderot, CC0 (via Wikimedia Commons)
Lower Vine Brook LoopHiking · ~3 min drivePhoto: Emily Schadler, Conservation Assistant, Town of Lexington Conservation Division, CC BY-SA 3.0 (via Wikimedia Commons)- Minuteman BikewayGravel biking · ~3 min drive
- Spy Pond Boat LaunchBoat launch · ~4 min drive
Best time to visit Sling Shot
Best months: June–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.
Jan
36° / 18°
13 wet · 8 snow
Feb
39° / 19°
11 wet · 7 snow
Mar
47° / 27°
13 wet · 6 snow
Apr
59° / 36°
13 wet · 2 snow
May
70° / 46°
13 wet
Jun
78° / 55°
12 wet
Jul
84° / 61°
11 wet
Aug
82° / 60°
10 wet
Sep
74° / 52°
10 wet
Oct
62° / 40°
11 wet
Nov
51° / 31°
12 wet · 2 snow
Dec
41° / 23°
13 wet · 6 snow
Typical high / low (°F) and days with rain or snow, 1991–2020. Measured at Bedford, MA, 6 mi away at 160 ft. Source: NOAA NCEI U.S. Climate Normals 1991–2020.
