AlpineMonkey

If you perfer not to call, send them an email (or do both). enforcement-web@dfw.wa.gov

Just a reminder to what’s happening. For those of you who do care, please take action. The facts are that bikers, for at least the past four weekends have been riding around on the coulee floor, south of sunshine wall and it is a big deal. I walked across the floor last weekend and their tracks criss-cross the entire coulee. The damage from these past few weeks will take many years to heal. I'm not a green hippie environmentalist, but it is an issue. Signs are clearly posted saying "No Vehicles Allowed." Those signs are there for a reason, it is indeed a wildlife area. There are areas set aside for dirt bikers to ride not far from here, but Frenchman Coulee is not one of them. The lock on the gate has been cut and the fence on the other side of the road which gives access to the north coulee has been cut and striped down. If you climb at the coulee, please do call the fish and wildlife, either on the weekend and leave a message or on the week day to speak to someone. It to bad that this is happening.

Sobo, we did a rap in from the top, but I later learned, once I was down there that you can traverse down to the shore on the right of the climb and do about a 10 foot class 4 traverse above the water to access the climb, probably much easier then what we did. Its on the W. Side of the rocks as you suspected.

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Trip: Goose Egg Mountain - Commando Pillar - Grade III - 5.11B Date: 3/12/2008 Trip Report: Once again, I have found goods other than Vantage. An entertaining, sustained multipitch route up the North Side of Goose Egg Mountain, The Commando Pillar – Grade III, 5.11B. As usual the highlights included not one other person, beautiful scenery, and engaging climbing. A critique might say, STFU Craig, for these places have been relatively unknown and only explored by a select few. Perhaps this very post will inspire hoards of people to Goose Egg and one will have to stand in line to climb the Commando Pillar and the walls other fine routes. But I assure those critiques that there is plenty of rock out there and plenty of places to explore. I’m just trying to throw some things out there to loosen the load on some of the more popular crags. If you’re looking for a little early season alpine adventure, I suggest checking out the east wall on Goose Egg. Gear Notes: Approximatly 15 quickdraws, Gear to 3 inches

After getting disapointed with the crowds at Frenchman Coulee recently, decided to go check some other stuff out. I was impressed, no people, very scenic, solid granite, lots of fun.

For sale, got them for my fiance and they are still to big for her hand. They are brand new, still in the package, as you would find them in a store shelf. They are regular 75 dollars, I'll go for around 60 dollars and pay shipping. Or if you happen to find a better deal somewhere else on the internet or something, let me know, Ill sell them for a few dollars under whatever you find. http://www.bdel.com/gear/punisher.php

Did you hear me honk in the middle of the night? I appologize Ade. My imature side struck me.

I've climbed it. I just remeber it being a pile of choss. As for approach, we went up past snow lake and jumped on it up there. We descended the normal walk up route and came back down past chair lake. I did it 4 yrs ago or so and don't remember all the details. Only brought 30 meters of rope.

I got fed up with ice climbing, sold my ice tools for the season, and decided to enjoy some beautiful sunny weather rock climbing in vantage, so spring like today.

Last Sunday my fiance (I got enjaged last week) got sick, so I wen't to Vantage alone where I ran into Jeff Street and Partner. I roped up with them and climbed Fuggs Falls. Afterwords we went over to check out Frenchman Falls, where Jeff and Partner (Anita (sp?)) started up. I had climbed Frenchman twice before, so instead went over and soloed a distinct line, when viewed from face on which I highlighted in red. At first I thought what I climbed was Red Rain, but there was a distinct hanging curtain further to the left which might be red rain, not in your picture but I highlighted the area in blue. It's not a solo I am particularly proud of, as it was pushing my limit a little to far for unroped climbing. Now I know it goes, but at the time I was fully commited and happened to find one key rock hand hold at the top to keep me from breaking every bone in my body. Aproximatly 60 feet, WI3 or 4, 5.8.

Do any of you old timers or anyone else (Alex? Jens?) who have climbed around Vantage know where exactly the ice climb Red Rain is located. Today I climbed an ice/mixed line to the climbers left of Frenchman Falls, but there was also a large hangning pillar, about 5 feet to go before touching down to the left of my climb that might be Red Rain. Just trying to figure out if I did indeed climb Red Rain or a new route. Jeff S. if you read this will you post a picture of the area/or climb that I am wondering about?

Andrew, thanks for the post, i ended up going out and ran into some climbers who let me on their ropes.

Champagne was wet in the middle. My partner got sick today. If anyone would want to climb with me or need a partner, please give me a call today. I live in quincy and can get to banks in 1 hour 10 min or so. I can get to Frenchma coulee in 10 minutes.

Was able to climb champagne today out near Lake Lenore today. Did anyone else find anything further up the road. I wasen't able to drive up there. Craig

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Update 1/24 Frenchman is in, Fuggs is in, Red Acid somthing, somthing looks climbable

Trip: Rambles Center - Date: 1/24/2008 Trip Report: Met some WA state climbers who forgot there camera. Here are pictures as promised. If you want the full images, email me and ill send em to you. There were good conditions up there over the last three day weekend.

I did that today. The last 10 feet on that climb are a tease, I thought it would be over by then but it was incredibly pumpy for me, steeper then it looked from the ground.

Drove past the punch bowl today and saw 8 people below the route.

I thought I could climb up some of the little crap with brushy topouts lower in the canyon last week. As said, some of the big stuff keeps forming, but hasen't really come in.

My girlfriend and I and one other self belay soloist were the only ones out at Banks today. We found perfect conditions. Climbed Devils Punch Bowl and Trotsky's Revenge. There was a bunch of other climbable stuff as well. Saturday we climbed Fuggs Falls, but I doubt its still climbable. If anyone else got out around the state I would appreciate hearing about it. Thanks in advance. Trotsky's Revenge (Left), Devil Punch Bowl (Right)

Has anyone seen the trailer on the homepage to the american alpine club? It starts off with old footage of some guy drilling a bolt in the background to me it looks like Three Muskateers Ridge in the Alpine Lakes. Am I correct?

From this weekend and last. 12/17 Strobach - Not in, lots of ice but still needs time Frenchman Coulee - Frenchman Falls possibly in a couple of weeks, fugs and running gear are dry Palisades / Moses Coulee - all wet Leaveworth - Was able to lead 2 routes at Millenium Wall WI 3 - or +, possibly the only climbable ice in L-worth now? Quincy - Nothing in Banks - Climbs are forming

It's also pretty standard that when anyone posts an FA in L-town that all the locals feel threatened and raise hell and bitch about it. Publish or perish. (P.D. hasen't touched or done anything on Wedge)