OrganDonor Posted September 22, 2006 Share Posted September 22, 2006 I was at REI and a worker there said there was bolted routes off SR-900 near Issaquah. I cant find any imformation on it though. Does anyone know if this is true? If so, do you know how many routes there are, and is it a hard place to find? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DPS Posted September 22, 2006 Share Posted September 22, 2006 It is true, there are 3-4 routes established and it is easy to find. The area is about 1/2 mile north of the Wilderness Creek trailhead on the west side of the road. About 10 years ago Alex and I bouldered there and found some old 1/4 bolts. Last year I suggested to Alex that it might make a nice dry tool area so we did some toproping. Alex equipped a couple of routes with lead bolts and there are top rope anchors for a couple others. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex Posted September 22, 2006 Share Posted September 22, 2006 That said, the crag itself is a bit of a hag...lower angle, pretty chossy, vegetated...making for poorer quality climbing if your game is rock climbing with rock shoes and a set of draws. Not recommended for that kind of thing. The old 1/4 inchers are gone now, though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OrganDonor Posted September 23, 2006 Author Share Posted September 23, 2006 Yeah, I went and checked it out today. Since I'm fairly new to climbing outdoors, I didn't mind it. There were 2 bolted routes, both probably 5.8 or 5.7 I would think. Then there were two sets of chains you could top rope but no bolts. Looks like they were set up for trad climbing. Did see alot of what looked like dry tooling marks. It was a fun day though, and the 50 yard hike to the wall was appealing. Thanks for the info Dan, Alex. Appreciated. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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