Vantage:Single-pitch
basalt columns in the high desert. Can be crumbly. Climb trad
(cracks) between the columns and sport (bolted aretes) on the edges.
2.5 hours from Seattle, mostly minimal approaches. Best weather bet
when it's wet elsewhere. Probably too hot in the summer.
Directions:
From I5 get on I90 and drive 143 miles East to Silica road exit (the first
exit up the hill past the Columbia river). Turn left, head N make a jog
right then back north through a marsh, then turn left (West). Park at the
obvious parking lot (porta potties) on the S side of the road. Ample signage
directs climbers to the crags.
Recommended
for cold days- Sunshine Wall: Party
in your pants 8, Bob Dylan 10b, Corner Pockets 10c, Split Beaver 9, Throbbing
Gristle 9, Air Guitar 10a, George and Martha 10a, Tangled Up in Blue 9.
for
hot days - Mideast Wall: Disaster
Factor 8, Sex Party 10a, 272 8, The Elders 10a, Theresa's Lingerie 9.
Guidebooks:
Yoder
& Ford, Frenchman Coulee A Rock Climber's Guide, Robins webpage and Smoot
Background photo from Robins page