Vermont · Rock climbing · Salisbury · Near Randolph

Main Crag

Main CragPhoto: Boston Public Library, CC BY 2.0 (via Wikimedia Commons)
5 routes
5.3 – 5.8
Trad · Bouldering
Aug–Oct
best months

Is Main Crag open right now?

Closure in the area

There's a closure order in Green Mountain and Finger Lakes National Forests. It doesn't name Main Crag, so check the source for the area it covers (3 listed).

As of · Source: USFS · Green Mountain and Finger Lakes National Forests. Agencies don't list every closure — check before you go.

Main Crag is a climbing area in the Middlebury Ranger District of the Green Mountain and Finger Lakes National Forests in Vermont. It sits within a cluster of outdoor destinations, with Lake Dunmore/Falls of Lana and Rattlesnake Cliff both about 0.1 mile away. The area has five routes, four of which are trad and one a boulder. The trad routes run from 5.3 to 5.8 on the YDS scale, and the boulder is V2. Route 11 is the easiest at 5.3, and Route 4 is the hardest at 5.8. Summer is the most comfortable time to climb. Typical averages from a nearby weather station in Salisbury show July highs around 84°F with lows near 56°F, while winter highs stay in the 30s. Silver Lake Campground is about 0.9 mile away, and Waterhouse's Campground & Marina is about 1.2 miles away. Paddlers can reach the Leicester River, about 1.6 miles off, and the Sucker Brook, about 2.1 miles away.

Around this trail

Add any of these when you start a trip
  • Sleep close

    Falls of Lana picnic area

    Campground

    Campground · < 0.1 mi from the trail
  • Eat after

    Paddlers Pub

    Pub

    On your way back · 1 mi
  • If it rains

    Randolph Historical Society Museum

    Museum

    In town

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Routes (5)