Saffron Posted August 6, 2008 Share Posted August 6, 2008 Hi all How accessible is the sport or trad climbing around Seattle? Can it be an afternoon outing or a weekend? And the ice routes? Ok, I don't expect these to be 30 mins or so away from the city. Thanks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rad Posted August 6, 2008 Share Posted August 6, 2008 Approximate times to a few trailheads: 45 minutes: Northbend (exit 32 and 38). Mostly sport, some trad. 75 minutes: Index town wall. Mostly trad, some sport. 90 minutes: Nason Ridge. Sport. 120-150 minutes: Darrington, Leavenworth, Erie. Sport and trad. 140-200 minutes: Washington Pass, Vantage, Tieton, numerous alpine backcountry. Mostly trad, some sport. 200-240 minutes: Squamish BC. Sport and trad. Others can comment on ice. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cfire Posted August 6, 2008 Share Posted August 6, 2008 Ice; 600-700 minutes to Banff Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doug T Posted August 6, 2008 Share Posted August 6, 2008 400 Minutes Smith Rocks and Skaha Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TrogdortheBurninator Posted August 6, 2008 Share Posted August 6, 2008 For a few weeks a year you will have ice within 1-4 hrs. For a few months you will have ice within 5-6 hrs. For half the year you will have ice within 10-14 hrs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spencer Posted August 6, 2008 Share Posted August 6, 2008 If you move here I hope you don't limit yourself to just ice, a incredible amount of climbing is aways a short drive from anywhere here in the Olympics or Cascades. It's like asking if you know where you can get a good cup of coffee around here. : ) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greta Posted August 6, 2008 Share Posted August 6, 2008 No climbing here. Keep moving Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlpineK Posted August 6, 2008 Share Posted August 6, 2008 Lots of bc skiing within 1 to X hours from Seattle. Back years ago there was briefly some ice climbing about 30 minutes from Seattle, but I wouldn't count on that reappearing any time soon. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KaskadskyjKozak Posted August 6, 2008 Share Posted August 6, 2008 Nothing to climb here. Move along. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greta Posted August 6, 2008 Share Posted August 6, 2008 Is there an echo in here?...in here?...in here? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hugh Conway Posted August 6, 2008 Share Posted August 6, 2008 yes - because you've nothing upstairs Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greta Posted August 6, 2008 Share Posted August 6, 2008 yes - because you've nothing upstairs Hmmm...and you're the one that missed the :pagetop:top Pot-kettle-black Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spencer Posted August 7, 2008 Share Posted August 7, 2008 you could have at least echoed my "coffee in Seattle" analogy took me 4 hrs to come up with that Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rob Posted August 7, 2008 Share Posted August 7, 2008 SPRAYERS!!!11 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saffron Posted August 7, 2008 Author Share Posted August 7, 2008 Well, my first love is sport climbing so ice and trad are recent acquisitions. It sounds like I won't be short of climbs in the Seattle area...just don't know if I can handle the rain! If you could live anywhere in the US (depending on climbing), where would you? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kevbone Posted August 7, 2008 Share Posted August 7, 2008 If you could live anywhere in the US (depending on climbing), where would you? Flaggstaff, AZ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hugh Conway Posted August 7, 2008 Share Posted August 7, 2008 If you could live anywhere in the US (depending on climbing), where would you? Mobile, AL Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paramagic Posted August 7, 2008 Share Posted August 7, 2008 Bishop Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saffron Posted August 11, 2008 Author Share Posted August 11, 2008 Thanks everyone for the input! I'll give Seattle a shot next year. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shaoleung Posted August 11, 2008 Share Posted August 11, 2008 There really is a lot of cool climbing around here. The self-deprecation is deserved only if you're a wuss about getting out. We don't have a huge selection of big stuff or super hard stuff, but there isn't a city in the country that beats the variety of rock, snow, mountains, water, wilderness, biking, etc etc that we have here. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marc_leclerc Posted August 11, 2008 Share Posted August 11, 2008 B.C is close ... B.C = much bigger than washington = much, much more climbing Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Braydon Posted August 12, 2008 Share Posted August 12, 2008 B.C is close ... B.C = much bigger than washington = much, much more climbing But washington has the volcanoes! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mike1 Posted August 12, 2008 Share Posted August 12, 2008 Climbing too dangerous. Try golf. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buckaroo Posted August 12, 2008 Share Posted August 12, 2008 Hi all ""How accessible is the sport or trad climbing around Seattle? Can it be an afternoon outing or a weekend?"" yes to both ""And the ice routes? Ok, I don't expect these to be 30 mins or so away from the city."" WA ice comes in for a few DAYS per year on average. Lilloett usually comes in, it's 5 hrs away. Banff is 13 hrs away, ice climber paradise The rain is not as bad as they say, it's WORSE. Probably why we were the first to have an indoor climbing gym. actually it's the short winter days combined with overcast skies for sometimes 2 months in a row during winter that can cause S.A.D. (seasonal affective disorder) The sun lamp companies do good business here. but it's a climbing mecca. Rainier is good training for the bigger ranges and we're central to the Canadian rockies and Yosemite. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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