{"id":12253,"date":"2015-10-13T14:36:24","date_gmt":"2015-10-13T21:36:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/washingt770stg.wpengine.com\/?page_id=12253"},"modified":"2018-01-20T21:58:16","modified_gmt":"2018-01-21T05:58:16","slug":"eastern-washington","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/washingtonclimbers.org\/index.php\/climbingareas\/eastern-washington\/","title":{"rendered":"Eastern Washington"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"fusion-fullwidth fullwidth-box fusion-builder-row-1 hundred-percent-fullwidth non-hundred-percent-height-scrolling\" style=\"--awb-border-radius-top-left:0px;--awb-border-radius-top-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-left:0px;--awb-overflow:visible;--awb-flex-wrap:wrap;\" ><div class=\"fusion-builder-row fusion-row\"><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-0 fusion_builder_column_1_1 1_1 fusion-one-full fusion-column-first fusion-column-last\" style=\"--awb-bg-size:cover;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-flex-column-wrapper-legacy\"><div class=\"fusion-title title fusion-title-1 fusion-title-text fusion-title-size-one\" style=\"--awb-margin-top-small:10px;--awb-margin-right-small:0px;--awb-margin-bottom-small:10px;--awb-margin-left-small:0px;\"><h1 class=\"fusion-title-heading title-heading-left\" style=\"margin:0;\">Eastern Washington<\/h1><span class=\"awb-title-spacer\"><\/span><div class=\"title-sep-container\"><div class=\"title-sep sep-single sep-solid\" style=\"border-color:#e0dede;\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-1 fusion_builder_column_1_1 1_1 fusion-one-full fusion-column-first fusion-column-last\" style=\"--awb-bg-size:cover;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-flex-column-wrapper-legacy\"><div class=\"fusion-title title fusion-title-2 sep-underline sep-solid fusion-title-text fusion-title-size-one\" style=\"--awb-margin-bottom:20px;--awb-margin-top-small:10px;--awb-margin-right-small:0px;--awb-margin-bottom-small:10px;--awb-margin-left-small:0px;\"><h1 class=\"fusion-title-heading title-heading-left\" style=\"margin:0;\">Banks Lake<\/h1><\/div><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-1\"><p>Granite bouldering and domes from 40 feet to 4 pitches. Easy to moderate approaches (with some boat access). 5.7 to 5.12. Face\/slab\/crack.<\/p>\n<\/div><div class=\"fusion-blog-shortcode fusion-blog-shortcode-1 fusion-blog-archive fusion-blog-layout-medium fusion-blog-pagination\"><div class=\"fusion-posts-container fusion-posts-container-pagination fusion-no-meta-info fusion-blog-rollover\" data-pages=\"1\"><article id=\"blog-1-post-12351\" class=\"fusion-post-medium post-12351 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-banks-lake category-climbing-areas category-eastern-washington\">\n\t<style type=\"text\/css\">\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/style>\n\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-flexslider flexslider fusion-flexslider-loading fusion-post-slideshow\" style=\"\">\n\t\t<ul class=\"slides\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li><div  class=\"fusion-image-wrapper fusion-image-size-fixed\" aria-haspopup=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"280\" height=\"202\" data-src=\"https:\/\/washingtonclimbers.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/banks-280x202.jpg\" class=\"attachment-blog-medium size-blog-medium wp-post-image lazyload\" alt=\"Banks Lake\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 280px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 280\/202;\" \/><div class=\"fusion-rollover\">\n\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-content\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-link\" href=\"https:\/\/washingtonclimbers.org\/index.php\/2015\/10\/13\/banks-lake\/\">Banks Lake<\/a>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"fusion-rollover-title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-title-link\" href=\"https:\/\/washingtonclimbers.org\/index.php\/2015\/10\/13\/banks-lake\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tBanks Lake\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/h4>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-categories\"><a href=\"https:\/\/washingtonclimbers.org\/index.php\/category\/climbing-areas\/eastern-washington\/banks-lake\/\" rel=\"tag\">Banks Lake<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/washingtonclimbers.org\/index.php\/category\/climbing-areas\/\" rel=\"tag\">Climbing areas<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/washingtonclimbers.org\/index.php\/category\/climbing-areas\/eastern-washington\/\" rel=\"tag\">Eastern Washington<\/a><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-link-wrapper\" href=\"https:\/\/washingtonclimbers.org\/index.php\/2015\/10\/13\/banks-lake\/\" aria-label=\"Banks Lake\"><\/a>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<div class=\"fusion-post-content post-content\"><h2 class=\"blog-shortcode-post-title entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/washingtonclimbers.org\/index.php\/2015\/10\/13\/banks-lake\/\">Banks Lake<\/a><\/h2><div class=\"fusion-post-content-container\"><p>Located a long way from anywhere (except Electric City), the granite domes and boulders at the north end of Banks Lake have long flown under the radar. Perhaps inevitably, the area is now becoming discovered.\u00a0In 2001, the first guidebook information to the area appeared, documenting nearly 50 routes. Two guides published in 2006 (Rock Climbs in Central Washington, by Rick LaBelle, and Weekend Rock by [...]<\/p><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/article>\n<\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-2 fusion_builder_column_1_1 1_1 fusion-one-full fusion-column-first fusion-column-last\" style=\"--awb-bg-size:cover;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-flex-column-wrapper-legacy\"><div class=\"fusion-title title fusion-title-3 sep-underline sep-solid fusion-title-text fusion-title-size-one\" style=\"--awb-margin-bottom:20px;--awb-margin-top-small:10px;--awb-margin-right-small:0px;--awb-margin-bottom-small:10px;--awb-margin-left-small:0px;\"><h1 class=\"fusion-title-heading title-heading-left\" style=\"margin:0;\">Marcus and China Bend<\/h1><\/div><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-2\"><p>Steep, hard climbing in northeastern Washington. Short approaches. Mostly 5.11 to 5.13, with 5.14 projects. Sport.<\/p>\n<\/div><div class=\"fusion-blog-shortcode fusion-blog-shortcode-2 fusion-blog-archive fusion-blog-layout-medium fusion-blog-pagination\"><div class=\"fusion-posts-container fusion-posts-container-pagination fusion-no-meta-info fusion-blog-rollover\" data-pages=\"1\"><article id=\"blog-2-post-12152\" class=\"fusion-post-medium post-12152 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-climbing-areas category-eastern-washington category-marcus-and-china-bend\">\n\t<style type=\"text\/css\">\n\t\t\t\t\t#blog-2-post-12152 .fusion-post-slideshow {\n\t\t\t\tmax-width: 150px !important;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t#blog-2-post-12152 .fusion-post-slideshow,\n\t\t\t#blog-2-post-12152 .fusion-post-slideshow .fusion-image-wrapper img {\n\t\t\t\tmax-height: 150px !important;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t@media only screen and (max-width: 479px){\n\t\t\t\t#blog-2-post-12152 .fusion-post-slideshow,\n\t\t\t\t#blog-2-post-12152 .fusion-post-slideshow .fusion-image-wrapper img {\n\t\t\t\t\twidth :auto !important;\n\t\t\t\t\theight :auto !important;\n\t\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t<\/style>\n\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-flexslider flexslider fusion-flexslider-loading fusion-post-slideshow\" style=\"\">\n\t\t<ul class=\"slides\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li><div  class=\"fusion-image-wrapper\" aria-haspopup=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"280\" height=\"419\" data-src=\"https:\/\/washingtonclimbers.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/marcus1.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-post-image lazyload\" alt=\"China Bend\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 280px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 280\/419;\" \/><div class=\"fusion-rollover\">\n\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-content\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-link\" href=\"https:\/\/washingtonclimbers.org\/index.php\/2015\/10\/12\/marcus-china-bend\/\">Marcus &#038; China Bend<\/a>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"fusion-rollover-title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-title-link\" href=\"https:\/\/washingtonclimbers.org\/index.php\/2015\/10\/12\/marcus-china-bend\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tMarcus &#038; China Bend\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/h4>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-categories\"><a href=\"https:\/\/washingtonclimbers.org\/index.php\/category\/climbing-areas\/\" rel=\"tag\">Climbing areas<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/washingtonclimbers.org\/index.php\/category\/climbing-areas\/eastern-washington\/\" rel=\"tag\">Eastern Washington<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/washingtonclimbers.org\/index.php\/category\/climbing-areas\/eastern-washington\/marcus-and-china-bend\/\" rel=\"tag\">Marcus and China Bend<\/a><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-link-wrapper\" href=\"https:\/\/washingtonclimbers.org\/index.php\/2015\/10\/12\/marcus-china-bend\/\" aria-label=\"Marcus &#038; China Bend\"><\/a>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<div class=\"fusion-post-content post-content\"><h2 class=\"blog-shortcode-post-title entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/washingtonclimbers.org\/index.php\/2015\/10\/12\/marcus-china-bend\/\">Marcus &#038; China Bend<\/a><\/h2><div class=\"fusion-post-content-container\"><p>Developed by Spokane climbers beginning in the mid-1990s, Marcus and China Bend were the first limestone crags to see significant climbing attention in Washington. The Marcus crag is on the east side of Lake Roosevelt (a.k.a. the Columbia River), about 10 miles north of Kettle Falls and above the small town of Marcus. The cliff's consistently overhanging with a sizable cave. It's a high-end sport area: of the 30 routes listed in a 2001 guide (Inland Northwest Rockclimbs, by Marty Bland), one is 5.8, one is 5.10, and everything else is 5.11-5.13. A number of even harder projects are waiting to be redpointed. The cliff faces west and stays in the shade until early afternoon. China Bend is across the river, about 10 miles north of Marcus as the crow [...]<\/p><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/article>\n<\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-3 fusion_builder_column_1_1 1_1 fusion-one-full fusion-column-first fusion-column-last\" style=\"--awb-bg-size:cover;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-flex-column-wrapper-legacy\"><div class=\"fusion-title title fusion-title-4 sep-underline sep-solid fusion-title-text fusion-title-size-one\" style=\"--awb-margin-bottom:20px;--awb-margin-top-small:10px;--awb-margin-right-small:0px;--awb-margin-bottom-small:10px;--awb-margin-left-small:0px;\"><h1 class=\"fusion-title-heading title-heading-left\" style=\"margin:0;\">Metaline Falls<\/h1><\/div><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-3\"><p>Northeastern Washington limestone. Easy approaches. Sport climbing, 5.10 to 5.13+.<\/p>\n<\/div><div class=\"fusion-blog-shortcode fusion-blog-shortcode-3 fusion-blog-archive fusion-blog-layout-medium fusion-blog-pagination\"><div class=\"fusion-posts-container fusion-posts-container-pagination fusion-no-meta-info fusion-blog-rollover\" data-pages=\"1\"><article id=\"blog-3-post-12355\" class=\"fusion-post-medium post-12355 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-climbing-areas category-eastern-washington category-metaline-falls\">\n\t<style type=\"text\/css\">\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/style>\n\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-flexslider flexslider fusion-flexslider-loading fusion-post-slideshow\" style=\"\">\n\t\t<ul class=\"slides\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li><div  class=\"fusion-image-wrapper fusion-image-size-fixed\" aria-haspopup=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"320\" height=\"202\" data-src=\"https:\/\/washingtonclimbers.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/metaline2-320x202.jpg\" class=\"attachment-blog-medium size-blog-medium wp-post-image lazyload\" alt=\"Metaline Falls\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/washingtonclimbers.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/metaline2-320x202.jpg 320w, https:\/\/washingtonclimbers.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/metaline2-700x441.jpg 700w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 320px) 100vw, 320px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 320px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 320\/202;\" \/><div class=\"fusion-rollover\">\n\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-content\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-link\" href=\"https:\/\/washingtonclimbers.org\/index.php\/2015\/10\/13\/metaline-falls\/\">Metaline Falls<\/a>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"fusion-rollover-title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-title-link\" href=\"https:\/\/washingtonclimbers.org\/index.php\/2015\/10\/13\/metaline-falls\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tMetaline Falls\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/h4>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-categories\"><a href=\"https:\/\/washingtonclimbers.org\/index.php\/category\/climbing-areas\/\" rel=\"tag\">Climbing areas<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/washingtonclimbers.org\/index.php\/category\/climbing-areas\/eastern-washington\/\" rel=\"tag\">Eastern Washington<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/washingtonclimbers.org\/index.php\/category\/climbing-areas\/eastern-washington\/metaline-falls\/\" rel=\"tag\">Metaline Falls<\/a><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-link-wrapper\" href=\"https:\/\/washingtonclimbers.org\/index.php\/2015\/10\/13\/metaline-falls\/\" aria-label=\"Metaline Falls\"><\/a>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<div class=\"fusion-post-content post-content\"><h2 class=\"blog-shortcode-post-title entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/washingtonclimbers.org\/index.php\/2015\/10\/13\/metaline-falls\/\">Metaline Falls<\/a><\/h2><div class=\"fusion-post-content-container\"><p> Tucked away in the extreme northeast corner of Washington, the Metaline Falls area holds a wealth of limestone, only some of which has been explored. Most of the current routes are on a multi-faced cliff called Washington Rock, which is across the Pend Oreille River from the small, eclectic town of Metaline Falls. A second, smaller area known as the Pend Oreille Village Crag [...]<\/p><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/article>\n<\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-4 fusion_builder_column_1_1 1_1 fusion-one-full fusion-column-first fusion-column-last\" style=\"--awb-bg-size:cover;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-flex-column-wrapper-legacy\"><div class=\"fusion-title title fusion-title-5 sep-underline sep-solid fusion-title-text fusion-title-size-one\" style=\"--awb-margin-bottom:20px;--awb-margin-top-small:10px;--awb-margin-right-small:0px;--awb-margin-bottom-small:10px;--awb-margin-left-small:0px;\"><h1 class=\"fusion-title-heading title-heading-left\" style=\"margin:0;\">Spokane<\/h1><\/div><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-4\"><p>A variety of crags in and around Spokane: Minnehaha, Dishman, McLellan, Deep Creek, and Tum Tum. 5.6 to 5.13+. Face\/slab.<\/p>\n<\/div><div class=\"fusion-blog-shortcode fusion-blog-shortcode-4 fusion-blog-archive fusion-blog-layout-medium fusion-blog-pagination\"><div class=\"fusion-posts-container fusion-posts-container-pagination fusion-no-meta-info fusion-blog-rollover\" data-pages=\"1\"><article id=\"blog-4-post-12372\" class=\"fusion-post-medium post-12372 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-climbing-areas category-eastern-washington category-spokane\">\n\t<style type=\"text\/css\">\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/style>\n\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-flexslider flexslider fusion-flexslider-loading fusion-post-slideshow\" style=\"\">\n\t\t<ul class=\"slides\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li><div  class=\"fusion-image-wrapper fusion-image-size-fixed\" aria-haspopup=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"280\" height=\"202\" data-src=\"https:\/\/washingtonclimbers.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/tumtum-280x202.jpg\" class=\"attachment-blog-medium size-blog-medium wp-post-image lazyload\" alt=\"Tum Tum\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 280px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 280\/202;\" \/><div class=\"fusion-rollover\">\n\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-content\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-link\" href=\"https:\/\/washingtonclimbers.org\/index.php\/2015\/10\/13\/tum-tum\/\">Tum Tum<\/a>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"fusion-rollover-title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-title-link\" href=\"https:\/\/washingtonclimbers.org\/index.php\/2015\/10\/13\/tum-tum\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tTum Tum\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/h4>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-categories\"><a href=\"https:\/\/washingtonclimbers.org\/index.php\/category\/climbing-areas\/\" rel=\"tag\">Climbing areas<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/washingtonclimbers.org\/index.php\/category\/climbing-areas\/eastern-washington\/\" rel=\"tag\">Eastern Washington<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/washingtonclimbers.org\/index.php\/category\/climbing-areas\/eastern-washington\/spokane\/\" rel=\"tag\">Spokane<\/a><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-link-wrapper\" href=\"https:\/\/washingtonclimbers.org\/index.php\/2015\/10\/13\/tum-tum\/\" aria-label=\"Tum Tum\"><\/a>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<div class=\"fusion-post-content post-content\"><h2 class=\"blog-shortcode-post-title entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/washingtonclimbers.org\/index.php\/2015\/10\/13\/tum-tum\/\">Tum Tum<\/a><\/h2><div class=\"fusion-post-content-container\"><p>The Tum Tum cliffs are a collection of slabby domes and boulders approximately 30 miles west of Spokane, in a rural setting on the north side of the Spokane River. The roped climbing generally follows slabby cracks and faces in the 5.8-5.10 range. A number of pitches are over 100 feet long and one climb is reported to be Spokane's only two-pitch route. Although the first recorded route at Tum Tum was done in 1970, [...]<\/p><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/article>\n<article id=\"blog-4-post-12369\" class=\"fusion-post-medium post-12369 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-climbing-areas category-eastern-washington category-spokane\">\n\t<style type=\"text\/css\">\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/style>\n\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-flexslider flexslider fusion-flexslider-loading fusion-post-slideshow\" style=\"\">\n\t\t<ul class=\"slides\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li><div  class=\"fusion-image-wrapper fusion-image-size-fixed\" aria-haspopup=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"280\" height=\"202\" data-src=\"https:\/\/washingtonclimbers.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/mclellan-280x202.jpg\" class=\"attachment-blog-medium size-blog-medium wp-post-image lazyload\" alt=\"McLellan\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 280px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 280\/202;\" \/><div class=\"fusion-rollover\">\n\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-content\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-link\" href=\"https:\/\/washingtonclimbers.org\/index.php\/2015\/10\/13\/mclellan-rocks\/\">McLellan Rocks<\/a>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"fusion-rollover-title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-title-link\" href=\"https:\/\/washingtonclimbers.org\/index.php\/2015\/10\/13\/mclellan-rocks\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tMcLellan Rocks\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/h4>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-categories\"><a href=\"https:\/\/washingtonclimbers.org\/index.php\/category\/climbing-areas\/\" rel=\"tag\">Climbing areas<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/washingtonclimbers.org\/index.php\/category\/climbing-areas\/eastern-washington\/\" rel=\"tag\">Eastern Washington<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/washingtonclimbers.org\/index.php\/category\/climbing-areas\/eastern-washington\/spokane\/\" rel=\"tag\">Spokane<\/a><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-link-wrapper\" href=\"https:\/\/washingtonclimbers.org\/index.php\/2015\/10\/13\/mclellan-rocks\/\" aria-label=\"McLellan Rocks\"><\/a>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<div class=\"fusion-post-content post-content\"><h2 class=\"blog-shortcode-post-title entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/washingtonclimbers.org\/index.php\/2015\/10\/13\/mclellan-rocks\/\">McLellan Rocks<\/a><\/h2><div class=\"fusion-post-content-container\"><p> McLellan is a relatively newly developed area approximately 30 miles west of Spokane. It is located on undeveloped State Parks land on the south bank of the Spokane River. The climbing is on a series of small (50-foot) granite domes and corridors scattered about in a pleasant, open forest of ponderosa pine. Climbing at McLellan began in earnest in the early 2000s. There are now more than 50 routes from 5.7 to 5.12 (nearly [...]<\/p><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/article>\n<article id=\"blog-4-post-12366\" class=\"fusion-post-medium post-12366 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-climbing-areas category-eastern-washington category-spokane\">\n\t<style type=\"text\/css\">\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/style>\n\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-flexslider flexslider fusion-flexslider-loading fusion-post-slideshow\" style=\"\">\n\t\t<ul class=\"slides\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li><div  class=\"fusion-image-wrapper fusion-image-size-fixed\" aria-haspopup=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"258\" height=\"202\" data-src=\"https:\/\/washingtonclimbers.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/deep-258x202.jpg\" class=\"attachment-blog-medium size-blog-medium wp-post-image lazyload\" alt=\"Deep Creek\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 258px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 258\/202;\" \/><div class=\"fusion-rollover\">\n\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-content\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-link\" href=\"https:\/\/washingtonclimbers.org\/index.php\/2015\/10\/13\/deep-creek\/\">Deep Creek<\/a>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"fusion-rollover-title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-title-link\" href=\"https:\/\/washingtonclimbers.org\/index.php\/2015\/10\/13\/deep-creek\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tDeep Creek\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/h4>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-categories\"><a href=\"https:\/\/washingtonclimbers.org\/index.php\/category\/climbing-areas\/\" rel=\"tag\">Climbing areas<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/washingtonclimbers.org\/index.php\/category\/climbing-areas\/eastern-washington\/\" rel=\"tag\">Eastern Washington<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/washingtonclimbers.org\/index.php\/category\/climbing-areas\/eastern-washington\/spokane\/\" rel=\"tag\">Spokane<\/a><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-link-wrapper\" href=\"https:\/\/washingtonclimbers.org\/index.php\/2015\/10\/13\/deep-creek\/\" aria-label=\"Deep Creek\"><\/a>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<div class=\"fusion-post-content post-content\"><h2 class=\"blog-shortcode-post-title entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/washingtonclimbers.org\/index.php\/2015\/10\/13\/deep-creek\/\">Deep Creek<\/a><\/h2><div class=\"fusion-post-content-container\"><p><\/p><p>     Deep Creek is a steep sport area just west of Spokane in Riverside State Park. Development of the area began in the mid-1990s. Unlike the other primary crags in the region, Deep Creek climbing is on basalt entablature. The climbs are up to 85 feet long and are generally featured, but pumpy. Most of the climbing is in the upper grades, with a high concentration of 5.12 and 5.13 routes. [...]<\/p><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/article>\n<article id=\"blog-4-post-12362\" class=\"fusion-post-medium post-12362 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-climbing-areas category-eastern-washington category-spokane\">\n\t<style type=\"text\/css\">\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/style>\n\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-flexslider flexslider fusion-flexslider-loading fusion-post-slideshow\" style=\"\">\n\t\t<ul class=\"slides\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li><div  class=\"fusion-image-wrapper fusion-image-size-fixed\" aria-haspopup=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"320\" height=\"202\" data-src=\"https:\/\/washingtonclimbers.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/dishman3-320x202.jpg\" class=\"attachment-blog-medium size-blog-medium wp-post-image lazyload\" alt=\"Dishman\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/washingtonclimbers.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/dishman3-320x202.jpg 320w, https:\/\/washingtonclimbers.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/dishman3-700x441.jpg 700w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 320px) 100vw, 320px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 320px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 320\/202;\" \/><div class=\"fusion-rollover\">\n\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-content\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-link\" href=\"https:\/\/washingtonclimbers.org\/index.php\/2015\/10\/13\/dishman\/\">Dishman<\/a>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"fusion-rollover-title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-title-link\" href=\"https:\/\/washingtonclimbers.org\/index.php\/2015\/10\/13\/dishman\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tDishman\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/h4>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-categories\"><a href=\"https:\/\/washingtonclimbers.org\/index.php\/category\/climbing-areas\/\" rel=\"tag\">Climbing areas<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/washingtonclimbers.org\/index.php\/category\/climbing-areas\/eastern-washington\/\" rel=\"tag\">Eastern Washington<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/washingtonclimbers.org\/index.php\/category\/climbing-areas\/eastern-washington\/spokane\/\" rel=\"tag\">Spokane<\/a><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-link-wrapper\" href=\"https:\/\/washingtonclimbers.org\/index.php\/2015\/10\/13\/dishman\/\" aria-label=\"Dishman\"><\/a>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<div class=\"fusion-post-content post-content\"><h2 class=\"blog-shortcode-post-title entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/washingtonclimbers.org\/index.php\/2015\/10\/13\/dishman\/\">Dishman<\/a><\/h2><div class=\"fusion-post-content-container\"><p> The Dishman crag is located on the southeast side of Spokane, across the valley from Minnehaha. The 30 or so routes are generally steeper and harder than at Minnehaha, ranging from 5.8 to easy 5.13. Most of the routes are in the 5.11-5.12 range. Bolted face climbing on gently overhanging granite is the norm, along with a few routes featuring mixed protection. Dishman was first explored in the early 1980s. A number of routes [...]<\/p><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/article>\n<article id=\"blog-4-post-12359\" class=\"fusion-post-medium post-12359 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-climbing-areas category-eastern-washington category-spokane\">\n\t<style type=\"text\/css\">\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/style>\n\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-flexslider flexslider fusion-flexslider-loading fusion-post-slideshow\" style=\"\">\n\t\t<ul class=\"slides\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li><div  class=\"fusion-image-wrapper fusion-image-size-fixed\" aria-haspopup=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"280\" height=\"202\" data-src=\"https:\/\/washingtonclimbers.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/minne-280x202.jpg\" class=\"attachment-blog-medium size-blog-medium wp-post-image lazyload\" alt=\"Minnehaha\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 280px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 280\/202;\" \/><div class=\"fusion-rollover\">\n\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-content\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-link\" href=\"https:\/\/washingtonclimbers.org\/index.php\/2015\/10\/13\/minnehaha\/\">Minnehaha<\/a>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"fusion-rollover-title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-title-link\" href=\"https:\/\/washingtonclimbers.org\/index.php\/2015\/10\/13\/minnehaha\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tMinnehaha\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/h4>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-categories\"><a href=\"https:\/\/washingtonclimbers.org\/index.php\/category\/climbing-areas\/\" rel=\"tag\">Climbing areas<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/washingtonclimbers.org\/index.php\/category\/climbing-areas\/eastern-washington\/\" rel=\"tag\">Eastern Washington<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/washingtonclimbers.org\/index.php\/category\/climbing-areas\/eastern-washington\/spokane\/\" rel=\"tag\">Spokane<\/a><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-link-wrapper\" href=\"https:\/\/washingtonclimbers.org\/index.php\/2015\/10\/13\/minnehaha\/\" aria-label=\"Minnehaha\"><\/a>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<div class=\"fusion-post-content post-content\"><h2 class=\"blog-shortcode-post-title entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/washingtonclimbers.org\/index.php\/2015\/10\/13\/minnehaha\/\">Minnehaha<\/a><\/h2><div class=\"fusion-post-content-container\"><p> Minnehaha is Spokane\u2019s oldest and most popular area Located on the northeast edge of the city, the area offers an assortment of short (20\u2019-80\u2019) routes on featured granite generally ranging from 5.4 to easy 5.12, as well as a nice circuit boulder problems. There are relatively few pure crack climbs and few true sport routes. Many routes offer sporadic and sometimes marginal protection. As a result, toproping is popular at Minnehaha. There is a [...]<\/p><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/article>\n<\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-5 fusion_builder_column_1_1 1_1 fusion-one-full fusion-column-first fusion-column-last\" style=\"--awb-bg-size:cover;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-flex-column-wrapper-legacy\"><div class=\"fusion-title title fusion-title-6 sep-underline sep-solid fusion-title-text fusion-title-size-one\" style=\"--awb-margin-bottom:20px;--awb-margin-top-small:10px;--awb-margin-right-small:0px;--awb-margin-bottom-small:10px;--awb-margin-left-small:0px;\"><h1 class=\"fusion-title-heading title-heading-left\" style=\"margin:0;\">Vantage<\/h1><\/div><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-5\"><p>Basalt crags in a desert environment. Easy to moderate approaches. 5.5 to 5.12. Face\/crack.<\/p>\n<\/div><div class=\"fusion-blog-shortcode fusion-blog-shortcode-5 fusion-blog-archive fusion-blog-layout-medium fusion-blog-pagination\"><div class=\"fusion-posts-container fusion-posts-container-pagination fusion-no-meta-info fusion-blog-rollover\" data-pages=\"1\"><article id=\"blog-5-post-12376\" class=\"fusion-post-medium post-12376 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-climbing-areas category-eastern-washington category-featured category-vantage\">\n\t<style type=\"text\/css\">\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/style>\n\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-flexslider flexslider fusion-flexslider-loading fusion-post-slideshow\" style=\"\">\n\t\t<ul class=\"slides\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li><div  class=\"fusion-image-wrapper fusion-image-size-fixed\" aria-haspopup=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"320\" height=\"202\" data-src=\"https:\/\/washingtonclimbers.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/Frenchman-Coulee-Foster21-320x202.jpg\" class=\"attachment-blog-medium size-blog-medium wp-post-image lazyload\" alt=\"\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/washingtonclimbers.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/Frenchman-Coulee-Foster21-320x202.jpg 320w, https:\/\/washingtonclimbers.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/Frenchman-Coulee-Foster21-700x441.jpg 700w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 320px) 100vw, 320px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 320px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 320\/202;\" \/><div class=\"fusion-rollover\">\n\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-content\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-link\" href=\"https:\/\/washingtonclimbers.org\/index.php\/2015\/10\/13\/vantage\/\">Vantage<\/a>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"fusion-rollover-title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-title-link\" href=\"https:\/\/washingtonclimbers.org\/index.php\/2015\/10\/13\/vantage\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tVantage\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/h4>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-categories\"><a href=\"https:\/\/washingtonclimbers.org\/index.php\/category\/climbing-areas\/\" rel=\"tag\">Climbing areas<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/washingtonclimbers.org\/index.php\/category\/climbing-areas\/eastern-washington\/\" rel=\"tag\">Eastern Washington<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/washingtonclimbers.org\/index.php\/category\/climbing-areas\/featured\/\" rel=\"tag\">Featured Areas<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/washingtonclimbers.org\/index.php\/category\/climbing-areas\/eastern-washington\/vantage\/\" rel=\"tag\">Vantage<\/a><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-link-wrapper\" href=\"https:\/\/washingtonclimbers.org\/index.php\/2015\/10\/13\/vantage\/\" aria-label=\"Vantage\"><\/a>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<div class=\"fusion-post-content post-content\"><h2 class=\"blog-shortcode-post-title entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/washingtonclimbers.org\/index.php\/2015\/10\/13\/vantage\/\">Vantage<\/a><\/h2><div class=\"fusion-post-content-container\"><p>  Frenchman Coulee is also called \"Vantage\" by many climbers. There are now over 600 routes at the area, ranging from 5.2 to 5.13, as well as a small amount of bouldering in the bed of the coulee. While many of the routes at Vantage are mediocre crack climbs (due to poor rock), there are a number of classics that make the area well worth a visit. The crags can be very crowded in spring and fall. Most of the climbing is on two different flows of basalt. The top layer is columnar, usually around 80 feet high. Nearly all the crack routes are on this layer, along with a number of very popular moderate sport routes. The rock tends to fracture in \"dinner plates,\" creating juggy incut holds on the solid routes and loose choss everywhere else.    The climbing and rock on the lower layer is completely different. Most of it is blocky entablature (sometimes gently overhanging) that features sport routes almost exclusively. Most routes are in the 30 to 40-foot range, with a high concentration of 5.10s and 5.11s. A route's quality generally depends on how much effort went into cleaning it. 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