PRINT: Rock Climbing in Mountaineer's and Contractor's Areas, Central-East Cascades, Wenatchee, & Leavenworth

Mountaineer's and Contractor's Areas

Washington > Central-E Casca… > Leavenworth > Icicle Creek

Access Issue: Seasonal Raptor Closures Details

Each year, the USFS monitors for raptor nesting.

A pair of golden eagles regularly nest on Bridge Creek Wall. When in effect, starting January 1, PLEASE DO NOT CLIMB or travel within 1/2 mile of Bridge Creek Wall. As a reference, the climb Condorphamine Addiction is just outside of this 1/2 mile buffer, and is OK to climb still. The closure extends through August 15, but there is active monitoring to determine if the seasonal closure can be lifted earlier.

In 2014, there was an active pair of peregrine falcons at Snow Creek Wall, but no official closure was put in effect due to the location of the falcons. The site will be continually monitored with changes or removal of closures updated as necessary.

Description

A good, but often crowded, beginner area with nice southern exposure. Mountaineer's Dome has 2 tiers with numerous routes up to 5.9. Also accessible from the same trail are the Contractor and Subcontractor areas.

Getting There

About 3.8 miles up Icicle Road on the right. The trail, which starts just upstream of a roadcut, passes under the lower routes and continues the upper tier on the right.

This is the trail start coordinates 47.54632, -120.69724 (different than the red flag start)

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Sign as seen from the road at the noted coordinates

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Warren Clemans
Seattle, Wa

Trail currently starts just downstream of the road cut/construction area--not upstream. Look for orange flagging. Jul 24, 2017

Rodent Bair
Aurora, CO

I parked in the pull off just upstream of the trail. A property owner pulled up and told us that they don't appreciate climbers sleeping at that pull off at night and that they were particularly bothered by all the "fornicating and defecating near the river" that is in direct line of sight from their house. It seems like this might become more of a problem down the road with landowner relations. Sep 11, 2019

Meredith E.
Bainbridge Island, WA

The landowner has escalated to posting his own "No Parking" signs, and leaving threatening notes on vehicles stating that people will be towed (friends got one over the weekend). Access Fund, Mountaineers, and WCC have consulted with the county and the county says it is legal to park there and asked that any confrontations or threats from the owner get reported to the Chelan county sheriff. Aug 5, 2021

Mark Webster
Tacoma

The wide pullout directly below this crag is still marked with at least 3 no trespassing signs. One lists (falsely) the county ordinances pertaining to why you can't park there. According to my old friend and local developer J. P., he has had numerous confrontations with the angry property owner about his mis-informed claims to the parking spot. I, and my friends have been parking at the spot since 1977, and continue to park there today. We were parked there Wednesday. It's county property, *not* private property. Ignore his signs and go climbing! There is a full day of climbing here with everything from well bolted slab to uber fun overhanging 5.9 fist jams. May 14, 2023