larrabee beta

[danhelmstadter]

sounds like there are couple short but sweet finger cracks on beach crack wall at larrabee, i went looking for them the other day but couldn't find them, are they accessed from the main LSP parking area where you walk under the tracks to get to the beach?

 

thanks

[JBo6]

I'll dig out my copy of Bellingham rock and tell you later today.

[max]

Crack(s) 1:

 

From the main parking area, go to the water, go south, passing a 30' overhung traverse 15 up off the water, continue to "low tide" traverse ~10 minutes... You'll round several cliffs/points. If it's not low tide, you'll have to go up and over a large broken wall (probably up to the tracks...) Maybe the third or fourth headland has two "cracks" on the climber's left and climber's center. There's a funner 5.2 layback on the far right (south end of "crag"). If you want to toprope them (otherwise highball .10's), bring LONG (10'-20') runners. Best done on a sunny summer evening where a post-climb swim is on option.

 

Once you know where it's at, it's best to approach via the tracks. A few of the headlands/points are tough to get around during higher tides.

 

 

 

Crack 2: From the main parking area by the amphitheater, walk south on the road up towards the park keeper's house. Near the gate dive off the road onto a trail. Work your way down to the tracks. Walk south on the tracks (5-10 min) to a 15' finger crack topped with a 20' hand/finger crack. Decent climbing for Larrabee. small to medium TCU's will do it.

 

I don't think Jason Henry's book does that great of a job describing where either of these are. I haven't looked at it in a while.

[danhelmstadter]

sweet -- thanks guys!

[danhelmstadter]

didn't find the finger cracks but i had fun on a route next to the tracks that starts out with a handcrack with a small chockstone, then gets into laybacky kind of stuff, bueatiful red sunset over the islands/bay yesterday.

[JBo6]

No luck on finding my copy of Bellingham Rock. I have the sneaking suspicion that it got loaned to someone last summer and was returned while I was living out of my car. If it appears I will let you know what it says, but I wouldn't hold my breath on that one.