anyone been here before?

[111]

what kind of rock is that WC? weird, yet interesting

[markd]

while this place is not a destination area(obviously), it's certainly worth a stop if your driving across kansas on 70. quite a few sandstone problems on aesthetic boulders.

[Off_White]

pie shop?

 

Echo Lakes?

[111]

we've got a winner! It's called Flagpole Peak above echo lake and there is a nice 3rd class scramble on the left side of the wall. Know of any routes up the face? I've heard of people climbing it just dont know of any personally.

[ols]

Looks like the crag facing northwest from the ridgecrest along the French Creek divide near Detroit. If it is there is at least one known route on it...mixed. We were heading in last Spring but the mosquitoezzz were as big as horses. Let us know later this Spring when you plan to revisit the place and we would like to join you on the adventure.

[Peter_Puget]

I climbed Flagpole Peak ~25 years ago. Can't remember much about it although Rick Sumner once proclaimed a route on it one of the top five face routes in CA.

 

Just spent 3 days in the Columbia Gorge. No one seems to have "discovered" any of our secret crags. All are on the Washington side of the river. What a great place you can climb in the am, jump on the internet at lunch and head to Trout for some sledding action in the afternoon. Snow is melting fast.