Can anyone help me???

[jakebuell]

My wife and I reciently moved to Auburn WA and would like to find some nearby climbing. Does anyone know of any areas maybe in the Green river gorge or other places an hour or less from Auburn?

 

Thanks

 

Jake

[erik]

here is a good place to start.

 

exit 38

[klenke]

Beware of car prowls in the parking lot of exit 38. There was a thread about this a while ago. Seems the bandits jimmy into cars, steal credit cards (etc.), and then exit the car without disturbing anything. In advice, then, take your bank stuff with you.

[daisy]

jakebuell said:

My wife and I reciently moved to Auburn WA and would like to find some nearby climbing. Does anyone know of any areas maybe in the Green river gorge or other places an hour or less from Auburn?

 

Thanks

 

Jake

 

there is some sweet granite near Renton.

[Dave_Schuldt]

Exit 32, Little Si. The sweet granite in Renton is a joke.

We meat for every Tuseday stay tuned for this weeks location.

Edited February 17, 2003 by Dave_Schuldt

[Thinker]

Dave_Schuldt said:

The sweet granite in Renton is a joke.

 

Yeah, but it sure is fun to look for.

[allison]

Dave_Schuldt said:

We meat for every Tuseday stay tuned for this weeks location.

 

Dave, you are going to catch cold standing around in your Freudian Slip this time of year, now put your coat on!

 

The rest of this motley crue does in fact meEt for beer every Tuesday, and it's generally a more congenial scene than the board might suggest.

[catbirdseat]

Try Fossil Rocks. Take I-5 to the Puyallup/ Mount Rainier exit, Hwy 512. Drive East for 2 mi., take the Parkland exit, Hwy 7. Drive S. for 5 miles to the Roy Y, go right onto Hwy 507. Drive south 12 miles to the town of McKenna. At the first intersection past Stewart's Meat Market, turn left onto Vail Road. at 0.9 mi turn left at a four way stop with a BP gas station on Bald Hill Rd. Follow this road stying left at Lawrence Lake Road Y . At this point there are two locations allowed for Parking...Logging Road 4000 off of Piesner Road or Logging Road 1000 off of Bald Hill Rd 3.3 mi. past Piessner. Approach hike time in both cases, 45 min.

 

Better just buy Marlene Ford and Jim Yoder's Guide. I got my copy at Mountaineers Bookstore.

[jja]

Try Fossil Rocks.

 

Good suggestion catbirdseat. Couple of more points on fossil.

1. It's not as bad as everyone says.

2. Bring a mountain bike for the logging road

3. WC crack is a 5.7 crack just to the right of the prominent cave on the first wall. It's a great first gear lead.

[cman]

Drive a little farther and go to Index, it will make you strong.

[cman]

Is fossil rocks really worth it? or is it worth it like exit 38, somewhere you go when you don't have time to go anywhere good?

[catbirdseat]

The fellow was asking for something close to Auburn. Index is not close to Auburn. Fossil Rocks is supposed to have walls that are dry even in a downpour. This being winter, it sounds like a good bet. I've never actually been there myself. I bought the guide with the intention of going, but never went. I'm out of work, so maybe now's the time.

[jja]

Is fossil rocks really worth it? or is it worth it like exit 38, somewhere you go when you don't have time to go anywhere good?

 

For me it was worth it when I lived at ft. lewis, cause i could just go out the east gate and be on 507. So to answer your question it's worth it if it's the closest climbing area to you, and if it's not you should probably go at least once so that way you can at least rag on it in an informed manner.

 

[whirlwind]

did someone bolt holds to the wall at fosil? at least thats what i heard anyway.. i'd definatly put inthe extra 30 min and go to index though

[jja]

yeah, I think one or two of the hard routes have holds.

[erik]

fossil is a pretty cool place. it certainly is not index.

 

the ottoman empire has almost all bolted on river rock and plastic holds. this wall is about 45 degree. perfect outdoor training. you can have a fire at the base and warm the whole wall.

 

decent boulders in the area as well. and some fun weird sport climbs.

 

great view od rainier.

 

and the are some off limits way that are way cool! and would be awesome to climb on.

 

fossil is very unique and should be respected as such.

 

index is closer to auburn then fossil is.

[cman]

i was actually ragging on exit 38 and just looking for some info about fossil. the descriptions don't sound to enticing but that picture looks good, i just may have to make the trip.

[kakeandjelly]

catbirdseat said:

Try Fossil Rocks. Take I-5 to the Puyallup/ Mount Rainier exit, Hwy 512. Drive East for 2 mi., take the Parkland exit, Hwy 7. Drive S. for 5 miles to the Roy Y, go right onto Hwy 507. Drive south 12 miles to the town of McKenna. At the first intersection past Stewart's Meat Market, turn left onto Vail Road. at 0.9 mi turn left at a four way stop with a BP gas station on Bald Hill Rd. Follow this road stying left at Lawrence Lake Road Y . At this point there are two locations allowed for Parking...Logging Road 4000 off of Piesner Road or Logging Road 1000 off of Bald Hill Rd 3.3 mi. past Piessner. Approach hike time in both cases, 45 min.

 

Better just buy Marlene Ford and Jim Yoder's Guide. I got my copy at Mountaineers Bookstore.

 

 

This guide book... I tried looking for it on the internet... no luck. where is Mountaineer's bookstore?

[jja]

This guide book... I tried looking for it on the internet...

Try BackPackers Supply in Tacoma, Jim Yoder used to work there, and they carry it still (I think). If I remember correctly there's also a little beta in the Smoot rock climbing washington book.