The Tablets Center (WI3-4)
Lake Willoughby State Park
Westmore, Vermont
From our roadside parking
The Tablets Center approach
Looking back at Geoff
Aaahh!
GoPro
I'm loving my Eddie Bauer First Ascent
The rest of the gang
Geoff & I at the 3rd belay station
Route 5A
Back at the base of the climb and cleaning things up
Beautiful sunset over Mt. Hor
At the Willoughvale Inn & Cottages
Willoughvale Inn & Cottages is just
under 5 miles North from the crag. This was my first stay here. It’s a very
pretty inn but there were several issues
I found to be an inconvenience; they had lost their chef, so no dinner served
at night. Breakfast served at 8:30am but I spoke with the innkeeper and she was
able to get me breakfast 30 minutes earlier. If you have Verizon as your
service provider, forget about texting, emailing and phone. I did, however,
manage to find a spot in the corner of my room where I was able to receive/send
calls, texts and emails. In between the
crag and the inn is the Willoughby Lake Store. It’s owned and run by a couple Jim & Sandy and they have a Blue Shar Pei named “Buddy.” There’s
one gas pump outside and they serve hot/cold sandwiches, pizza and soup. Not to
mention several “Made In Vermont” items. I made sure to purchase some to send
home to my mom in Hawaii.
Ice fishing shantys on Lake Willoughby
Climbing at Lake Willoughby felt like climbing at
Cannon.....its that same expanse, that same exposure.....that same gratifying
feeling of climbing something so much bigger than yourself. I loved it. Also, the weather was beautiful! Warm temps of mid-20's with periods of sun and hardly any wind, we lucked out!!! I hope
to be back again to climb at Lake Willoughby, gotta get my “big ice” stoke on. So long Mt. Pisgah ice!
