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Cougar Mountain Climbing

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Routes in Cougar Mountain

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	Bolted Left S,TR M4+
	Bolted Right S,TR M4+
	Trad Left T,TR M4+
	Trad Right (variant) T,TR M4+

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Elevation:	463 ft	141 m
GPS:	47.51331, -122.07823 Google Map · Climbing Area Map
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Description

A small, crumbly sandstone wall, sometimes used to practice drytooling. A very good place to wear a helmet.
Two of the routes have toprope anchors that can be reached via a loose, silty bench. There is serious death fall potential from those anchors, so be wise.
There are two bolted routes and two trad routes, each, with chain anchors. At least one of the anchors is bolted in suspect rock.
A few bolts toward the left side of the wall appear to have been placed just for practice.

Getting There

From I-90, take exit 15 and head south on 17th about 3 miles. There's a small pullout with room for 5 cars. Take the climbers trail that forks left right after the gate. a 2 minute walk will get you to the wall.

To set up top rope anchors, walk a little farther from the gate and follow a climber's trail that heads straight uphill. From the top of the crag, you can anchor on a tree and belay someone down to set up anchors. (You could also just scramble down to the anchors, but there's no good reason — a fall would probably be fatal.)