bouldering on the oregon coast

[skyclimb]

Good rock, and set of rocks and cliffs near seal rock, and extending down to yahats. Good traverses over water tunnels, 100 foot cliffs, good exposure, rock varies, some is very trustworthy, other is shit, and some is SHARP. Very much like gym climbing. Overhanging, with tons of holds. You make it what you want.

[Peter_Puget]

I lived just south of the Oregon border in the late 70's early 80's and loved the bouldering. Only down side is the rock in that area can be a bit crumbly. Do you have any pics? Bouldering on the beach is an easy way to sneak climbing in to a family vacation. By the way there are some awesome cracks along the coast not many but there are some. I remember aiding up to a RURP once that just fell apart it was solid rust.

 

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[schnitzem]

I put-up a two pitch route on Kissing Rock outside of Gold Beach, Oregon about 6 years ago. The route follows the north west rib up the path of least resistance. I had to place a few bolts and pitons on the ascent because the gear was non-existant and the cracks were way to crumbly. Overall the route was really fun and never over 5.7.....of course when I got on top I found two '60s era bolts on the north side (this face looks really sweet and is probably 5.9). The south west side has a lot of very steep boulder problems on it as well.

 

Further down the coast at Pistol River a bunch of good boulders litter the beach with fun problems all over them...I also found more '60s era bolts on some of these boulders as well.

 

 

[ryland_moore]

Please post the exact locations of these areas if possible. It would be good to go check out. Also, Lost Rocks on the N. Cali coast is a pretty awesome boulder area to hang out at.