In the shadow of the elders at Castle Rock
Historical crags and bolt-tamed buttresses. Scattered granite craglets of various sizes. Multipitch and single pitch areas, many big enough to keep you busy all day. About 2.5 hours +/- 15 minutes depending on the crag. Approaches vary; 3-90 minutes. East side of the crest, so has more dependable weather than the West.
Directions: From the Space Needle, take Mercer Way to I5 North (not the express lanes), 520 East, 405 North, 522 East to Monroe, hwy 2 east. Castle Rock is on the north side of the road about 2.5 miles from the east entrance of Tumwater canyon (if you get to Leavenworth ,then you've gone too far.) For the Icicle Creek climbs take the first right onto Icicle Road (at the Heidleburger on left and miniature golf course on right). Drive south on the main road which will eventually curve right into the Icicle Creek valley. The Snow Creek Trail parking lot is on the left at about 4.2 miles from mini-golf. Icicle Buttress (kenison) spills onto the road from the right at around 6.4 miles.
Recommended:
Castle Rock: cc.com
Damnation-Midway Direct Direct (9R), Catapult-Bone
(9), Brass Balls (10b), Old Gray Mare-Crack of Doom (8-10a), Saints (8), S Face Jello Tower (8R),
Midway (6) perkins
Careno Crag:
Regular Route (10a-b) stanton,
BK Route (10b)
Snow Creek Wall:
Outer Space (9-10b) me,
nicolaisen
, Orbit (8) cc.com,
burdick
Duty Dome:
Off Duty (10a)
, 300 Motivational Tapes (10a) me,
Jazzy Document (9)
Icicle Buttress:
Cocaine Crack (10a),
Bob's Sixth Crack (9)
Bathtub Dome:
The Drain (9), Shower Stall (9)
Guidebooks: Kramar "Leavenworth Rock" was for sale at the Chevron with the big souvenir mart or the USFS office both further on in L'worth on the N side of HWY 2 last time I was there. You could also get by with your copy of Smoot