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Quartz Mountain Rock Climbing

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Routes in Quartz Mountain

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	Absolute Serenity Now S 5.7 5a 15 V+ 13 MVS 4b
	Delightful Comfort of Obscurity, The T 5.6 4c 14 V 12 S 4b
	Third Pitch Training Day Variation T 5.5 4b 13 IV+ 11 MS 4a

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Elevation:	3,665 ft	1,117 m
GPS:	47.56139, -121.57053 Google Map · Climbing Area Map
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Description

Quartz mountain is a sub-alpine climbing destination in the middle fork that offers a long day out away from crowds. While little technical climbing currently exists in this south facing gully system, a long climb called "Training Day" was finished here in 2011, and other development has followed it's publication in the Snoqualmie Rock Guide by Kurt Hicks. Climbers coming here should expect long adventurous days, with a potential for bushwhacking up a berry filled drainage, dirty slabs, tree grabbing and even slippery water polished granite.

Although the area is generally neglected by the masses, with time and more effort, this area may soon become a wonderful location for longer slab routes close to Washington's population centers.

Getting There

Please follow the GPX trail which has been posted on the Map to keep your approach as bushwhack free as possible.

Drive up the middle fork road for a little over 9.5 miles until a pullout which provides parking for the south entrance of the CCC trail. Walk northeast on the road for aways until you can enter the trail on your left, and start you walk up the trail for just under 1.6 miles until passing a wooden bridge with a "step up". A little further and you will find a small clearing where the climbers trail begins. If you see a large disintegrating log on your left side, you have gone just a bit too far.

Turn left into the forest, and head generally uphill, following a faint climbers trail, pink flagging tape and cairns where visible. Following this trail, ascend the hill upwards for another 1.5 miles generally keeping left of a massive boulder filled gully on climbers left. After this 1.5 miles, granite rocks will stat to appear, and a thin white drainage system will appear at the top of the forest. Enter this drainage system, and continue upwards, scrambling past rocks, and lightly bushwhacking past berry bushes and scrub oak when appropriate. Further up this drainage will be the entrance to training day. For the routes above the Training Day turn off such as Absolute Serenity Now, continue up the gully until the brush opens and you can have a good look at the multiple objectives in the area.

Note: Please respect development in this area that is ongoing. Multiple slabs have Red Ribbon on their first bolts, which means these climbs are not open to the public and are still being worked on. This can either be a safety concern, or just an ongoing project that has not been brought to a conclusion. As a side note, I have heard from climbers having to bail and leave a substantial amount of gear because climbs in this area have very different gear needs.

Please respect the wishes of the developers and keep off their projects until opened.