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Rough Cut Wall Rock Climbing

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Routes in Rough Cut Wall

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	Baby Rattle Phobia S 5.13a 7c+ 29 IX+ 29 E6 6c
	Bergermaster Baiter S 5.12a 7a+ 25 VIII+ 25 E5 6a
	Rough Cut S 5.11 6c+ 23 VIII- 23 E4 5c
	Trobability Pest S 5.13b/c 8a+ 29 X- 30 E7 6c

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Access Issue: Camping for Climbers in Mazama Details

From the MVC:
The Methow Valley Climbers, a chapter of the Washington Climbers Coalition, respectfully asks visiting climbers to NOT camp or sleep in your vehicles anywhere along the paved section of Lost River Road or in the Fun Rock parking lot ... Please use a blue bag when on route and take all of your trash home. We thank you for taking responsibility during your visit to help keep climbers in good relations with the local community. Welcome to the valley and safe climbing.

From the USFS:
When planning your visit to the Methow Valley, please choose an appropriate campsite and use established toilets, or pack it out in areas without toilets. The roadside pullouts below the Goat Wall and Gate Creek are NOT considered sustainable places to camp due to proximity to the Methow River and lack of toilets.
Please see the uploaded map "Camping for Climbers" for campgrounds ($8-12 per night) and low-impact FREE dispersed areas with toilets within a few miles of your favorite crag. Free sites include: Goat Creek and Yellowjacket SnoParks (April-October only), and dispersed sites west of Monument Creek Trailhead.

Description

Rough Cut Wall is the lesser traveled of the two crags at Gate Creek. It's a beautiful wall in an awesome setting, but suffers from a lack of traffic, untapped potential, and a short season.

Because of difficulty crossing the creek, access is easiest mid/late summer through fall. It's quite nice in late fall thanks to full sun for most of the day, while neighboring Fire Wall has a pretty short window of sun mid-afternoon.

Ryan Triplett started this page in 2008, and I took it over in 2017 in hopes that his routes (and the whole crag) will get the traffic they deserve, and start cleaning up a bit.

Getting There

Park past the Goat Wall just before crossing Gate Creek, as for Fire Wall. Take the Fire Wall trail (faint trail ~50m before Gate Creek). When nearly to Fire Wall you will cross the Creek to your left (west). The crossing I prefer is right up against a buttress between Fire Wall and Rough Cut, known as Hydro Power Tower. Two large fir trees mark the crossing. Not much of a trail from here to the base of the wall, but it's short and obvious.