Adirondack Rock

Routes

Number of routes and variations in the book
3,146
Number of projects
51
Number of topropes
177
Number of variations
399
Number of variations that are topropes
30
Number of routes mentioned in running text
41
Number of lead routes (no variations, mentions, topropes, or projects)
2,556
Number of cliffs
334
Number of multi-pitch routes
613
Total number of pitches
4,104
Number of 1-pitch routes
2,383
Number of 2-pitch routes
357
Number of 3-pitch routes
134
Number of 4-pitch routes
77
Number of 5-pitch routes
23
Number of 6-pitch routes
11
Number of 7-pitch routes
7
Number of 8-pitch routes
3
Number of 9-pitch routes
1
Maximum number of pitches on a route
9
Number of no star routes
1,277 (41%)
Number of 1-star routes
439 (14%)
Number of 2-star routes
526 (17%)
Number of 3-star routes
543 (17%)
Number of 4-star routes
275 (9%)
Number of 5-star routes
86 (3%)
Total combined length of all pitches (not counting variations)
66.25 miles
Number of aid routes
61

Top 10 Areas with Most Routes

Number of known routes.

1. Poke-O Moonshine
365
2. Crane Mountain
316
3. Silver Lake
159
4. Beer Walls
129
5. Shelving Rock
81
6. The Lost Crags
69
7. Huckleberry Mountain
61
8. Pitchoff Chimney Cliff
54
9. Wallface
54
10. Shanty Cliff
51

Top 10 Areas with Most Pitches

Number of combined pitches of all known routes.

1. Poke-O Moonshine
557
2. Crane Mountain
396
3. Silver Lake
222
4. Wallface
169
5. Beer Walls
143
6. Shelving Rock
81
7. Rogers Rock
79
8. Huckleberry Mountain
76
9. Pitchoff Chimney Cliff
74
10. The Lost Crags
73

Top 10 Areas with Highest Quality Routes

Number of routes with 3 or more stars.

1. Poke-O Moonshine
135
2. Silver Lake
76
3. Crane Mountain
49
4. Beer Walls
35
5. Shelving Rock
34
6. The Lost Crags
26
7. Eagle Falls
19
8. Pitchoff Chimney Cliff
18
9. Spider's Web
18
10. Rogers Rock
17

First Ascents by Year

Number of new routes by year.

1850
1
1896
1
1933
3
1935
1
1938
3
1941
1
1949
5
1950
3
1951
1
1953
2
1955
1
1957
9
1958
6
1959
4
1960
4
1961
1
1962
1
1963
1
1964
1
1965
5
1966
4
1967
1
1968
15
1970
5
1971
2
1972
3
1973
3
1974
20
1975
23
1976
31
1977
48
1978
28
1979
17
1980
19
1981
30
1982
55
1983
53
1984
81
1985
62
1986
45
1987
75
1988
134
1989
78
1990
58
1991
73
1992
56
1993
67
1994
55
1995
57
1996
68
1997
47
1998
17
1999
52
2000
29
2001
23
2002
45
2003
42
2004
30
2005
28
2006
72
2007
187
2008
178
2009
158
2010
197
2011
145
2012
155
2013
119

Top 10 FAers

Number of first ascent lines in which name appears.

1. Jay Harrison
349
2. Jim Lawyer
213
3. Patrick Purcell
203
4. Don Mellor
163
5. Tad Welch
161
6. Ken Nichols
127
7. Tom Rosecrans
122
8. Tom Lane
100
9. Dick Tucker
100
10. Patrick Munn
77

Top 10 FAers (by pitch count)

Who's responsible for the most pitches?

1. Jay Harrison
438
2. Patrick Purcell
259
3. Don Mellor
259
4. Jim Lawyer
248
5. Tad Welch
223
6. Tom Rosecrans
164
7. Ken Nichols
149
8. Patrick Munn
138
9. Dick Tucker
132
10. Geoff Smith
117

Top 10 First-Listed FAers

Number of first ascent lines in which name appears first on the FA line.

1. Jay Harrison
253
2. Patrick Purcell
165
3. Jim Lawyer
140
4. Don Mellor
115
5. Tad Welch
107
6. Ken Nichols
100
7. Tom Rosecrans
92
8. Dick Tucker
73
9. Tom DuBois
71
10. Craig Vollkommer
62

Top 10 FAers of Quality Routes.

Number of first ascents of quality routes (3 stars or above).

1. Jim Lawyer
140
2. Don Mellor
74
3. Patrick Purcell
70
4. Jay Harrison
63
5. Tad Welch
61
6. Patrick Munn
56
7. Craig Vollkommer
50
8. Mark Meschinelli
39
9. Ed Palen
38
10. Tom Rosecrans
37

Top 10 FAers of Low-Quality Routes.

Number of first ascents of routes with 1 or fewer stars.

1. Jay Harrison
211
2. Patrick Purcell
100
3. Dick Tucker
82
4. Tad Welch
69
5. Ken Nichols
68
6. Don Mellor
59
7. Tom DuBois
59
8. Tom Rosecrans
48
9. Tom Lane
38
10. Jim Lawyer
37

Top 10 Most Cliffs Visited for New Routes

The number of cliffs visited by individuals for new routes.

1. Jim Lawyer
71
2. Jay Harrison
54
3. Don Mellor
52
4. Patrick Purcell
50
5. Tad Welch
44
6. Tom DuBois
30
7. Dick Tucker
27
8. Bill Widrig
26
9. Bill Dodd
25
10. Neal Knitel
24

Top 10 FAers with the Most Partners

These FAers had the most partners for their ascents.

1. Don Mellor
69
2. Jim Lawyer
53
3. Patrick Purcell
45
4. Tom Rosecrans
44
5. Jay Harrison
37
6. Neal Knitel
29
7. Ken Nichols
28
8. Tad Welch
27
9. Ed Palen
26
10. Colin Loher
24

Top 10 Solo FAers

Number of ascents done solo.

1. Jay Harrison
66
2. Tad Welch
19
3. Dick Tucker
6
4. Dave Aldous
3
5. Jim Lawyer
2
6. Patrick Purcell
2
7. Don Mellor
1
8. Neal Knitel
1
9. Ken Nichols
1
10. Ed Palen
1