Hammond Pond This is a good beginner area that is 10 minutes from where I work in Boston. It's a good spot to work on getting your finger strength back. It's mostly puddingstone which means the walls are a mix of 2-3 inch pebbles embedded in rock, or the 2-3 inch depressions where the pebbles aren't. Where the pebbles split, you get very positve micro edges. Great for building confidence in your footwork. The narraganset amc teaches their beginner class here. From Providence, take I-95 north to Route-128 North. Continue to Route 9. Take Route 9 East towards Boston. Route 9 is divided so you have to exit to the right as you come up to the mall. You'll go down the ramp taking a right at the bottom. Immediately cross over to make a U-turn and come back up under Route 9. The parking lot and pond will be on your right. Once you enter the parking lot, go left and park between the pond and the road. There's a dirt road into the park the cliffs are straight in on the lef Chestnut Hill MA Route names and ratings based in part on Boston Rocks, 1995, Larry LaForge A neglected wall just to the left of the main wall that is set back around 15 ft. You'll need longer slings to top rope it, but the climbs are thinner than the main wall. If you're late you might end up here when the main wall is full. 5.8 Face Climb on the far left N Face 5.1 Right sloping crack on far left end of wall N Crack 5.6 -- N 5.7 -- N 5.6 -- N 5.6 -- N 5.4 -- N It's a good spot to work on getting your finger strength back. It's mostly puddingstone which means the walls are a mix of 2-3 inch pebbles embedded in rock, or the 2-3 inch depressions where the pebbles aren't. Where the pebbles split, you get very positve micro edges. Great for building confidence in your footwork. The narraganset amc teaches their beginner class here. 5.4 Farthest left end face. N Face 5.8 Face Climb to the left of the first crack N Face 5.2 Too wide to be a called a crack, it's almost a gulley. N Crack 5.4 Take the first real crack on the left and go up, traverse across the horizontal crack a few feet and then follow the crack to the top 30 N Crack 5.6 First face climb on the left, Crack on each side is off route. 30 N Face 5.3 2nd crack from the left 30 N Crack 5.5 Third Crack from the left 30 N Crack 5.4 Crack in center of face, 35 N Crack 5.6 Face just to the right of the center crack, stay well left of the bolt in the middle of the face 35 N Face 5.7 Face climb in the center of the wall, used to have a hanger 2/3 to the top, now just the bolt remains. 35 N Face 5.7 Follow the rightward crack/flake. Under cling the over hanging part 30 N Mixed 5.6 Face Climb to narrow crack 30 N Mixed 5.6 Face climb to the left of the last crack on the right 30 N Face 5.4 LAst crack on the right 30 N Crack 5.7 Follow Horizontal crack across entire face, start either end 20 N Mixed