The Cascades offer an amazing array of options when it comes to different mountain sports. And Spring is the..
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Toprope soloing is the fastest and easiest way to maximize climbing with limited time at the crag. This week I..
Stop going cragging. It’s an inefficient and overly-elaborate process if your primary goal when heading to the cliff is to..
There’s more to winter rock climbing in the northwest than pulling on greasy plastic and sneaky a morning at the..
Have you ever come up short on a rappel when you remember that you’d managed to make it before? How..
As climbers and climbing-gear buyers, we are accustomed to wading through marketing claims, weeding out hearsay, and determining the facts..
Unlike ropes, shoes, and harnesses, our climbing protection will last through years of use and abuse. I still regularly climb..
The northwest climbing community experienced a string of tragic accidents in September of 2014, when three veteran climbers were killed..
November is, without a doubt, the worst month to be a climber, skier, or hiker in the northwest. But November..
While climbing do you often feel irritable, moody, or wracked with pain and uncomfortable pressure in your crotch and lower..
- [TR] Cruiser - S Corner 06/16/2018 June 22, 2018Trip: Cruiser - S Corner Trip Date: 06/16/2018 Trip Report: Nearly nine years ago, in early August, I attempted this route and turned around on the summit of Beta. I've been overdue for a rematch. Just to make things interesting (well, I needed to be in town for Father's Day), I decided to do the […]
- [TR] Salish Peak - Flight of the Falcon 5.10b/c 06/18/2018 June 21, 2018Trip: Darrington - Flight of the Falcon 5.10b/c Trip Date: 06/18/2018 Trip Report: There is plenty of information available about this route, both on this website and in Cascades Rock. Nothing has changed regarding approach details or the route itself. Some of the "dry" creekbeds that are recommended during the approach had running water in […]
- [TR] Wabbit Ears - Standard 06/17/2018 June 20, 2018Trip: Wabbit Ears - Standard Trip Date: 06/17/2018 Trip Report: ah, the elusive rabbit, cloistered in obscurity, dejected down a long ridge from table mountain, frowning upon the furious boil of bonneville dam just below - shrouded in secrecy, protected by a brushy bushwack, you kinda-sorta gotta want it trip the first a disastrous donnybrook […]
- [TR] Boston - Buckner - Horseshoe - Boston - Buckner - Horseshoe 06/17/2018 June 20, 2018Trip: Boston - Buckner - Horseshoe - Boston - Buckner - Horseshoe Trip Date: 06/17/2018 Trip Report: Sean is always bitching at me to write up one of my adventures. So here it is, two day trip to tag Boston, Buckner, and Horseshoe. Happy?? I got a leisurely 930 am start at Eldo TH at […]
- [TR] Lincoln Peak - Standard Route…I guess 06/11/2018 June 20, 2018Trip: Lincoln Peak - Standard Route…I guess Trip Date: 06/11/2018 Trip Report: Trent texted Sunday night wanting to know if I was in for tomorrow. Uh, sure. For what? His partner bailed on his planned Lincoln Peak trip. Did I want to go. I haven't climbed any alpine in month's, out of climbing shape, drank […]