jibby Posted February 1, 2009 Posted February 1, 2009 If anyone has any info on boulders within 45mins of olympia i would like to know. i found some in Skommunchuck off of Johnson Creek road. There also is a TR at the boulder location. thanks! Also there is one on the Mt. Elanor trail I'm pretty sure. Quote
dberdinka Posted February 2, 2009 Posted February 2, 2009 Almost twenty years ago (!) I remember scrubbing and bouldering around on a mossy boulder in the woods near my girlfriends house. It even had an ancient rusty 1/4"er on top. In retrospect that's the only evidence I can recall that it might be climbable. I can't remember if it's 4' tall or 40'. Good luck. Â Â Â http://maps.google.com/maps/ms?ie=UTF&msa=0&msid= 103657142390340050646.000461f3fc9c999fa1b6b Quote
Frenchy Posted February 3, 2009 Posted February 3, 2009 There is one squamish-like-granite erratic in capital forest about 10 feet tall with an easy slabby something bullet hole mono slopers. Â Yeeehaww! Quote
jibby Posted February 4, 2009 Author Posted February 4, 2009 Thanks everyone, duke where is the boulder in the pic from? Quote
G-spotter Posted February 4, 2009 Posted February 4, 2009 Maybe the last glaciation plucked off some sweet granite blocks from the Renton Batholith and carried erratics south to Olympia. Quote
Off_White Posted February 7, 2009 Posted February 7, 2009 I think that's pretty much the story Dru. There's another one in the parking area of the quarry just south of Tenino on the way out to the freeway. They found it in the alluvial gravel quarry, took their two largest loaders to move it. It's perhaps 12' tall, has maybe a dozen problems on it? I haven't tried climbing on it since that quarry changed hands. Â Jimmy, dollars to donuts says that's out by Fossil... Quote
Drederek Posted February 7, 2009 Posted February 7, 2009 Jimmy, dollars to donuts says that's out by Fossil... Donuts are the playground of the bitch-goddess of Gravity so show me the money! Thats the one a ways up the Ellinor trail, Go get it! Â Quote
Off_White Posted February 10, 2009 Posted February 10, 2009 Next time you come out to Tenino I'll see if I can slow you down with some of these... Â Quote
jibby Posted February 17, 2009 Author Posted February 17, 2009 off is the boulder behind a fence? There also is a boulder by a firestaion on 143rd st. by yelm, doug could you talk to the head fire dude there to see if we can climb on it? i don't get the saying either off Quote
Frenchy Posted February 21, 2009 Posted February 21, 2009 There is one squamish-like-granite erratic in capital forest about 10 feet tall with an easy slabby something bullet hole mono slopers. Â Yeeehaww! Â Â Established...son! Â Â Quote
fallabit Posted February 21, 2009 Posted February 21, 2009 Jimmy, it is behind a fence, in a quarry. As you leave Tenino, south bound, follow old 99 under the railroad bridge, and it starts to head east toward the freeway. (not southbound 507) on the left of the road, I'd say less than a mile from the railroad bridge, is the quarry/gravel pit. Can you tell me where 'kalach beach' is? you feature it on redpointfilm. Quote
fallabit Posted February 21, 2009 Posted February 21, 2009 Duke, how far up Ellinor? 30 mins? hour? Quote
Drederek Posted February 22, 2009 Posted February 22, 2009 summer 10-15 mins, now 2-3 hrs this ones a bit further, most likely much harder and the landing sux! Quote
jibby Posted March 18, 2009 Author Posted March 18, 2009 Kalach is just west of the olympics. Go rockclimbing.com, Washington, Olympic peninsula, and you will find directions to beach 3. Quote
sisu Posted March 18, 2009 Posted March 18, 2009 Jibby, are you talking about Kalaloch? There is indeed some sandstone/conglomerate bouldering there. It's about 3 hours from Oly, though. Quote
Off_White Posted March 19, 2009 Posted March 19, 2009 Yeah, I was just reflecting on what an oxymoron "Olympia Bouldering" is. You might try the sandstone blocks on the old steam plant on Capitol Lake, you'll find the stone familiar. BITD we could even put a top rope on that thing, though I don't know that this more paranoid age would accept that. Quote
fallabit Posted March 23, 2009 Posted March 23, 2009 I'm thinking you'd have to trespass to Climb those Off? Quote
fallabit Posted March 23, 2009 Posted March 23, 2009 Jimmy, have you seen the quarry by Black lake? I'ts the opposite side of Black Lake boulevard from the lake. I haven't stopped the car to look, but it's close to the road, and piqued my interest as I drove by. Quote
Frenchy Posted March 25, 2009 Posted March 25, 2009 a friend and i posed as geology students to hopefully get a look back into that quarry...but got shot down. Â looks like choss death but plenty of trees up top. Quote
Dannible Posted March 25, 2009 Posted March 25, 2009 I've looked at that. Its just choss. I did see ice growing on it once though, could be a fun mixed nightime toprope for about two days a year. Quote
fallabit Posted March 26, 2009 Posted March 26, 2009 Wow Frenchy ...... sneaky ...... I'm impressed Quote
Off_White Posted March 31, 2009 Posted March 31, 2009 Yeah, the Jones Quarry on Black Lake is both choss squared and very active. The old quarry at Skookumchuck Lake is also active and all those old routes are blown up and in someone's yard or bulkhead. Quote
PhöQ Posted April 1, 2009 Posted April 1, 2009 The old quarry at Skookumchuck Lake is also active and all those old routes are blown up and in someone's yard or bulkhead.  A friend and I tried to get there once but apparantly we took the wrong route and ended up on the other side of the Res.  Oh well, I am tempted to head back there and check out the fresh rock, I bet there are alot of Zeolites going to waste! Quote
Jens Posted April 1, 2009 Posted April 1, 2009 Good memories of Skookumchuck Quarry. --------------- If you tromp around the brush and deep backwoods in the Fossil Rock area (not near the areas where everyone climbs these days), you'll see what I'd deem could be some of the better bouldering in Wasington someday- Lots of small features on really steep stone. -although I haven't climbed at fossil for perhaps 15 years now. Â The old growth forest is amazing. Kind of like of prehistory. Quote
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