Lantern Hill Route Guide

Routes
The cliffs are about 30 to 70 feet in height. The white quartzite offers clean, juggy, vertical to slightly overhanging routes. Most of the climbing is concentrated on the cliffs on the southwest side of the hill. Most of the route information was obtained from Ken Nichols and Chris Czapla. What route history is known is detailed at the end of the guide below.
Protection
Bring extra long webbing or a static rope to set up top rope anchors. There are a few routes that can be led with decent pro. Everything else is pretty run-out.
Access
This is on private land owned by the Mashantucket Pequot Tribal Nation. You climb there due to their good will. Please be respectful of that.

Main Cliff (southwest side of hill)

Red - Starting Point 5.3, Green - Sharper Image 5.6, Orange - Blackbeard 5.7, Blue - Jolly Roger 5.8, Red - unnamed 5.10

Orange -Swan Dive, 5.9, Green - unnamed 5.10, Yellow- Zen Master, 5.10, Blue - Indian Wrestler, 5.10+, Red - Porcelain Arête, 5.9-


Red - Porcelain Arête, 5.9-, Yellow - Alabaster, 5.9+, Orange - Milky Way, 5.10+

Blue - Milky Way, 5.10, Red - Black Jack Crack, 5.9, Yellow - Skunk Dog, 5.8

Upper West Side

Green - unnamed 5.11, Red - unnamed 5.10+, Yellow - Hard Wall, 5.10, Blue - unnamed 5.11, Red - unnamed, 5.9+

Commitment, 5.8

Lower West Side


Yellow - Hunch, 5.8, Red - Guess What, 5.10-

North West Side

Green - unnamed 5.9, Orange - unnamed 5.8, Blue - Spider Veins 5.9, Yellow- unnamed - 5.4


Red - Cam-a-lot 5.6, Yellow - South Wind 5.9, Blue - Air Pockets 5.8, Green - unnamed 5.5

Red - unnamed, 5.5, Yellow - unnamed, 5.8

Yellow - First Child, 5.4, Orange - Foxbite, 5.11+, Blue - Vulpes, 5.12-, Green - Borderline, 5.10-

East Side

Yellow - Black Vulture, 5.10-, Red - Stinger, 5.11-, Blue - Dyno-Might, 5.10+

Known Route History

Main Cliff
Zen Master, 5.10, FA (TR): Christopher Czapla 1992 or 93,. FA (lead): Christopher Czapla, 1994

Lower West Side
Hunch, 5.8, FA (TR): Brian Phillips, Dec 2009
Guess What, 5.10-, FA (TR): Ken Nichols, Apr 2010

Upper West Side
Commitment, 5.8, FA: Brian Phillips, Jen Reed, Jun 2006

North West Side
Air Pockets, 5.8, FA Ken Nichols, date unknown
Borderline, 5.10-, FA Ken Nichols, Glenn Gello, May 2009
Cam-a-lot, 5.6, FA Brian Phillips, Jen Reed, Jun 2006
Foxbite, 5.11-, FA (TR): Glenn Gello, August 2008. FA (lead): Ken Nichols, May 2009
South Wind, 5.9, FA Ken Nichols, date unknown
Spider Veins, 5.9, FA Ken Nichols, date unknown
Vulpes, 5.12- FA (TR): Ken Nichols, May 2009

East Side
Black Vulture, 5.10-, FA (TR): Brian Phillips, Oct 2009
Dyno-Might, 5.10+, FA (TR): Brian Phillips, Oct 2009
Stinger, 5.11-, FA (TR): Ken Nichols, Oct 2009