Mt. Hedgehog - East Ledges

One of the first ledges to be climbed in the forest by the A.M.C in 1928. The ledge faces the contours of Mt Passaconway and has some view further east. The rock is granite like. Left to center facing the cliff at the base are cracks to climb higher up. These are made from very big blocks leaning next to each other. Further up second pitch at trees, above are two separate groove cracks that go a long distance to the top. There used to be anchors at the top to top rope these. The central to right side, I have not done enough to describe it well. The route I did, we encountered short annoying pine to get way from and haphazard blocks to cross over as we diagonally came up the right side and were forced by pine to go left. The work had no merit but this side has several climbs up it now. Some are reached by rappel. I assumed the cracks above the base on the left side are some of the older routes. My friend put up a hammock at the base below the cracked wall starts.

Climbs are listed "Climber's" LEFT to RIGHT, i.e. as a climber would see them from the mid-height tree ledge or the bottom of the cliff.

On a nice summer's day, expect a reasonable amount of hiker traffic over the tops of the slabs as the views are excellent, and the hike is a moderate one. The rock slabs are quite solid and accidental rockfall is not particularly a problem, but climbers below should always take precautions.