Trust your feet territory on a big granite dome out in the middle of nowhere. Predominantly 5-6 pitch friction-slabby slab climbs. About 2.5 hours from Seattle to the base of the crag (1.5 hour drive, 1 hour grunt approach). West of the crest, South facing. Dries quickly, if there's sun.
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Directions:
I5
North, go 520 East, 405 North, 522 East toMonroe, Hwy 2 East
until you reach Sultan. Take a left on Sultan Basin Road and drive about
13 miles to Spada Reservoir. Sign in and leave your bodily waste
at the guard
station. Take the right fork then drive down and around a hairpin
turn over a bridge over the South Fork of the Sultan River, then take the
first hard right on a less traveled fork heading South. Follow this
as far as you want to take your vehicle, then start walking the brushy
tank-trapped road. Follow for 20 minutes or so until you come to
a big pipe laid lengthwise
on the road just across a major creek. Climb through the pipe then
follow the well-trodden trail up through the woods on the left. The
trail gains about 1000 feet of elevation through some beautiful old-growth
forest. You'll know when you've reached The Point.
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| guidebooks: Cramer, "Sky Valley Rock", Nelson/Potterfield, "Select Cascade Climbs Vol 2", or Smoot (incorrect approach description) | weather:conditions,
forecast
links: Fuddhat, Fuddhat, Online, Curious Cube |