corvallisclimb Posted May 9, 2005 Share Posted May 9, 2005 any one been there? got any beta to share? also anyone been to razorblade pinnacle? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sk Posted May 10, 2005 Share Posted May 10, 2005 any one been there? got any beta to share? also anyone been to razorblade pinnacle? i have heard of opal creek but had not heard there was climbing there.... that would be awsome Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bunglehead Posted May 10, 2005 Share Posted May 10, 2005 Not that Opal Creek. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MATT_B Posted May 10, 2005 Share Posted May 10, 2005 I have not done any climbing up there but I have spent some time hiking and kayaking in the area. I can’t give you anything too specific but here is what I remember. On the drive up to the trail head, close to the end of the road you get some good views of the canyon. I remember seeing some formations on the across the canyon (south) that looked like some of the formations in the Menagerie. They where much more spread out than the Menagerie and I think access would be much more difficult. I don’t remember seeing anything too large but it was a cloudy day and my memory is a little foggy. Another place that I found was called something like three pools (cant remember the name for sure). About three or four miles before the end of the road to the trailhead there is a sign for the area and a road to the right. Follow this to three pools. If I don’t screw this up, below is a poor picture of a little tower next to the river. I could see some fixed pins and an anchor on top form the river. You will have to cross the river to get to it. I have also heard rumors about the Opal Creek Wall. A friend of a friend of a friend kind of thing so take it for what it is worth. I hear it is 3 or 4 pitches and there is a very big roof. There is some hard free climbing and aid on it. On one of my kayak trips I remember seeing something that may fit that description. I remember I was a mile or two above three pools (or what ever that place was called). I was looking up river and saw a good sized wall on the north side of the canyon quite a ways off the river. If I had to make a guess I would say it was somewhere relatively close to the main trailhead. I would bet if you where to take a day with a few good USGS maps of the area, binoculars and a full tank of gas you could find a couple places worth exploring. If you go I would love to hear a TR. Good Luck http://www.cascadeclimbers.com/plab/uploads/3572/THORS_PLAY_ROOM.JPG Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wayne Posted May 10, 2005 Share Posted May 10, 2005 was my post a victim of the server crash? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ireneo_Funes Posted May 10, 2005 Share Posted May 10, 2005 Looks like it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
corvallisclimb Posted May 10, 2005 Author Share Posted May 10, 2005 yes it was wayne... and i never got to see it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wayne Posted May 17, 2005 Share Posted May 17, 2005 The rock is very compact and offers little pro outside of the main crack systems( of whic there are very few) . The wall is 85-95 degrees steep and is 3-5 pitches tall with a rounding off top. The approach os a grunt and there wont be much in the way of aid lines outside of hooks. It would be a sport paradise though but for the hieght and the approach Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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