{"id":12369,"date":"2015-10-13T23:48:22","date_gmt":"2015-10-14T06:48:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/washingt770stg.wpengine.com\/?p=12369"},"modified":"2026-01-14T11:55:09","modified_gmt":"2026-01-14T19:55:09","slug":"mclellan-rocks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/washingtonclimbers.org\/index.php\/2015\/10\/13\/mclellan-rocks\/","title":{"rendered":"McLellan Rocks"},"content":{"rendered":"

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.<\/p>\n

Climbing at McLellan began in earnest in the early 2000s. There are now more than 50 routes from 5.7 to 5.12 (nearly all of them sport routes), plus some bouldering.<\/p>\n

Ownership\/Management:<\/b><\/p>\n

McLellan lies on land managed by Washington State Parks (Riverside State Park) as the Fisk Day Use Area.<\/p>\n

Current status:<\/b>
\nAll crags are open.<\/p>\n

Access considerations:<\/b>
\nNo known access or enviornmental concerns. There is parking at the Fisk Day Use Area lot (on South Banks Road, 13.5 miles from Riverside State Park headquarters), or in pull-offs a little farther up the road (don’t park too far off the road). Car break-ins have been a problem, particularly at the designated lot.<\/p>\n

State Parks Discover Pass needed for parking.<\/p>\n<\/div>

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Rat Run, an improbably steep 5.10b at the Pack Rat Cave, McLellan.
\nPhoto by Dave Stephens.<\/p>\n<\/div>