gapertimmy Posted February 10, 2003 Posted February 10, 2003 (edited) This past weekend (last thursday for me) i took chubfatnook on a stroll up the bridge creek road towards tumalo falls. For those not familiar, its the trail at the end of Skyliners road, west of bend, where Phil's Trail and other fun distractions live. When i first moved here, i heard that there was cragging to be had up on the rox overlooking the bridge creek burn area, so chinook and i went and checked it out. GRID BOLTERS GONE WILD from the road by the creek, i only saw one glistening rap bolt on the crag above but when i got up there, oh man, it was like a little slice of Vantage in my own back yard. i'm not the best at judging grades, but there seemed to be numerious moderate pitches that i could gumby up, and some more scary looking sheat that i would flail on, for what thats worth. there is also an "upper" crag area that boasts some ok looking cracks that would take pro, all in all it looked pretty nice. has anyone cragged around up here before? i'm hoping to get back up there with homey cletus and do some exploring, i'll post some picts soon as well... my favorite is the bolt that is a mere 10'' off the ground looking west towards the crags at the base of em gt Edited February 11, 2003 by gapertimmy Quote
Fejas Posted February 10, 2003 Posted February 10, 2003 Is skyliner road off the main hyway there, in tumalo??? Just curious I'm always interested in places to go wile i'm over in that neck of thewood... Thanks Quote
gapertimmy Posted February 10, 2003 Author Posted February 10, 2003 skyliners road.... the easiest way to get there would be to pretend you are going to bachelor, at the last round a bout on century drive (intersection with washington) aka the SEX circle with the really bad compass art, go north (take a right), the first stop sign you come to is Skyliners road, go left towards the hills, keep driving, the road eventually crosses bridge creek, becomes a dirt road, go left (gate is closed right now), crags are about 1 mile up on the right side, can't miss them. there are some other small bolted sport routes further down the drainage closer to shevlin park. these are a bit more hidden then the aforementioned crags, but if you want to directions pm me. Quote
Fejas Posted February 11, 2003 Posted February 11, 2003 Thanks... I was wondering whos great Idea it was to put up all thoughs round abouts, I feel like i'm in disneyland or something... goin' to check out ur pics.... Quote
wayne Posted February 13, 2003 Posted February 13, 2003 As you might expect , I have cragged there doing the classic 4 pitch 5.10b center route .They are great crags with tons of potential. The prow routes it will yeild are going to be amazing. Wayne Quote
Lambone Posted February 13, 2003 Posted February 13, 2003 just curious wayne...but why should we expect that? Have you climbed everywhere or somethin? Looks like a neat crag... Quote
gapertimmy Posted February 13, 2003 Author Posted February 13, 2003 i got an email from a long time bend folk, i suppose, and the name of the crag is Cougar Bluff, first developed in the mid 70's (gapertimmy had yet to arrive on god's green earth ) and routes range from 5.easy to 5.12c Quote
Luna Posted February 13, 2003 Posted February 13, 2003 I climbed here last fall, quite by accident. We were just going on a hike but had been at Smith so had the stuff in the car. We just picked a few lines that we thought we could get up. The rock is nice, solid. But maybe we were on a few lines that were works in progress(?) because we found only one rap station. We stopped at the climbing shop in Bend (redpoint?) and asked but the guy on duty wasn't much help. Seems like a fun place and no people. I'd say we were on routes that were 8-10a. I'd like to hear if anyone else knows more. Quote
Off_White Posted February 14, 2003 Posted February 14, 2003 just curious wayne...but why should we expect that? Have you climbed everywhere or somethin? Well Lambone, as an avid guidebook reader, I'd have to say that it sort of looks that way where Wayne is concerned. Quote
Dr_Flash_Amazing Posted February 18, 2003 Posted February 18, 2003 gapertimmy said: ... my favorite is the bolt that is a mere 10'' off the ground There's a bunch of those in the Upper Gorge at Smiffy. Apparently some dude had been there rope-soloing a lot of the routes. Probably the same scenario at this crag. Quote
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