Massachusetts

Must-have guidebooks:

If you live in Massachusetts:

  • Buy BOSTON ROCKS by the MIT Outing Club at EMS.com, by the MIT Outing Club.

If you live in Central/Eastern MA:

  • Buy RUMNEY by Ward Smith at EMS.com, by Ward Smith. Everything you need to know about sport climbing and bouldering in Rumney, NY. World-class sport routes no more than 2.5 hours away!!!

If you live anywhere in New England:

  • There’s this behemoth: Buy ROCK CLIMBING NEW ENGLAND by Stewart Green at EMS.com This might be one of the few guidebooks in existence that has info on Crow Hill, a quick 20-minute drive north from Worcester, containing some of the area’s only quality trad! The EMS page will give you the other areas it covers.
  • And last, but most certainly not least, Buy NEW ENGLAND BOULDERING by Tim Kemple at EMS.com, by Tim Kemple. This book is a beautiful account of the info you need if you’re into bouldering.