New Hampshire · Bouldering · Exeter · Near Newburyport

Scratch

One of nine routes catalogued at Impossible Boulder, this climb sits near the lower end of the grade range that spans V0 to V10 at the crag.

Around this trail

Add any of these when you start a trip

Sleep close
Winding Rivers Campground
Campground
Campground · 2.9 mi from the trail
Eat after
Power Play Cafe
Fast food
On your way back · 1 mi
If it rainsDebraHardy, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Folsom Tavern
Museum
On your way back · 1 mi

Also worth it near here
- Tunnel Down From YellowMountain biking · Next door
- Stratham Town LandingBoat launch · ~2 min drive
- Squamscott RiverCanoeing · ~3 min drivePhoto: Unknown author, Public domain (via Wikimedia Commons)
- Spring TrailHiking · ~5 min drivePhoto: jwalsh, CC BY 2.0 (via Flickr)
Best time to visit Scratch
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
  33° / 14°
  10 wet
2. Feb
  35° / 16°
  8 wet
3. Mar
  44° / 24°
  10 wet
4. Apr
  57° / 34°
  11 wet
5. May
  68° / 44°
  11 wet
6. Jun
  76° / 54°
  11 wet
7. Jul
  82° / 59°
  11 wet
8. Aug
  81° / 57°
  9 wet
9. Sep
  73° / 50°
  9 wet
10. Oct
  61° / 38°
  10 wet
11. Nov
  49° / 30°
  10 wet
12. Dec
  38° / 21°
  11 wet
Typical high / low (°F) and days with rain or snow, 1991–2020. Measured at Epping, NH, 6.6 mi away at 160 ft. This station doesn't record snowfall. Source: NOAA NCEI U.S. Climate Normals 1991–2020.