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.

Mark Landreville on Lost Charms
David Whitelaw on The Pillar (Matt Perkins pic from cc.com)

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.
 

recommended      FUDDHAT/KDR10b       SHOCK TREATMENT10c       LOST CHARMS 9       ONLINE10b
 guidebooks: Cramer, "Sky Valley Rock",  Nelson/Potterfield,  "Select Cascade Climbs Vol 2",  or    Smoot (incorrect approach description) weather:conditionsforecast
links: Fuddhat, Fuddhat, Online, Curious Cube

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