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Lookout Point Area Rock Climbing
| Elevation: | 1,181 ft |
| GPS: | 47.825, -121.559 Google Map · Climbing Area Map |
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| Shared By: | Jon Nelson on May 3, 2013 |
| Admins: | Scott Coldiron, Jon Nelson, Micah Klesick |
Access Issue: Seasonal Raptor Closure
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Each year, Washington Climbers Coalition partners with WA State Parks and WA DFW to monitor the Index Town Walls for nesting raptors. When hiking or climbing outside this closure buffer, avoid disturbance, keep noise to a minimum, and use your best judgment to gauge and mitigate your impact.
Description
These are the walls closest to town, essentially in front view when driving across the bridge into town, but all involve at least 20-min of hiking. The rock quality and type are similar to that at the Lower Town Wall and Lower Lump, but the area has a greater fraction of moderate routes.
Here, you can find steep cracks and corners, steep face, as well as low-angle crack and slabs.
The rock sections and walls are separated by forest, and thus offer opportunities for shade on a sunny day. Go here for nice cracks, corners, thin faces, slabs, and knobs. The top of Lookout Point is an excellent picnic spot with views to Gunn, Baring, Index, and Persis.
Here, you can find steep cracks and corners, steep face, as well as low-angle crack and slabs.
The rock sections and walls are separated by forest, and thus offer opportunities for shade on a sunny day. Go here for nice cracks, corners, thin faces, slabs, and knobs. The top of Lookout Point is an excellent picnic spot with views to Gunn, Baring, Index, and Persis.
Getting There
Park in town. Hike down the railroad tracks from town, heading towards the Upper Town Walls. About 200 yards down, on the right and in the middle of the curve, take the footbridge on the right. Hike up the trail and past the large boulder (roughly half-way point). At the T-junction, go left for Rattletale and right for the other walls. If you go right, the next turnoff on the right goes to Private Idaho and Hag Crag. For other crags, continue up and left to the headwall of the gully. At this point, go up and right for Lookout Point, and left for Duck Wall. At a moderate pace, it takes about 20-25 min to reach most of these walls.
To get to the top of Lookout Point, take one of the trails to the right side of either Private Idaho or Lookout Point, then follow the steep trail up the gully.
To get to the top of Lookout Point, take one of the trails to the right side of either Private Idaho or Lookout Point, then follow the steep trail up the gully.
Classic Climbing Routes at Lookout Point Area
Mountain Project's determination of the classic, most popular, highest rated climbing routes in this area.
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Seattle, WA
Redmond, WA
Or, do Steel Pulse to the end, traverse left to the base of "A Hatch". Belay near the v-thread anchor, and go up and right on a 5.9 face-to crack pitch. This last pitch is that on "Lookout Point Direct" (LPD), which hasn't been posted yet.
Others have done Strange Boar -> Frenchwoman -> Black Rock -> last pitch of LPD as above. You can skip the first two by doing Law and Order instead.
Another link-up would be Below Lissen to Hitaga. At the top of Hitaga, traverse off left, and scramble up to the belay for the last pitch of Solitude. Finish on Solitude. Jun 28, 2015
Seattle, WA