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Spouse Wall Rock Climbing

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Routes in Spouse Wall

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	Aspergillus S 5.8 5b 16 VI- 15 HVS 4c
	Fusarium S 5.8- 5b 16 VI- 14 VS 4c
	Kiss of the Wasp S 5.9- 5c 17 VI 16 HVS 4c
	Left Mid Wall S 5.7+ 5a 15 V+ 13 MVS 4b
	NGA S 5.9- 5c 17 VI 16 HVS 4c
	Right Mid Wall S 5.7 5a 15 V+ 13 MVS 4b

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Elevation:	1,453 ft	443 m
GPS:	47.55371, -121.5279 Google Map · Climbing Area Map
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Description

Multi-pitch sport playground with 20 minute approach, great views, and easy walk-off descents.

While often low in angle, the rock is well featured and fun to climb. Sometimes you are friction climbing, sometimes you are crimping, sometimes you are pulling on huecos. Routes bake in the sun so if you're out on a hot day either get an early start or climb fast. As for dry-time, seepage is the enemy so you want a sustained period of dry-ness for the best experience.

I bolted these routes to climb with my wife and it's fun to climb them fast and/or have new climbers follow,, but I recommend the leader be comfortable at the grade. Nothing is dangerous, I just didn't go out of my way to add extra bolts for the new leader.

Getting There

(fyi - there is a nice map in the pics)

Hike up the Garfield Ledges trail for 15 minutes or 0.55 miles. Just after hiking up some nice stairs you will get to the start of a long switchback left. You should be able to see some sizable cliffs in front of you through the trees. This is where you will leave the main Garfield Ledges Trail.

Leave the main trail, heading down hill and skiers left (southeast). Look for a faint path and pink flagging tape. The path will traverse slightly more down hill and over below the cliffs for approximately 0.2 miles. Just beyond the first obvious rock apron above the path heads sharply uphill (hiker's left). Follow this obvious path for all routes *except* “Kiss of the Wasp” (see that climbs description for deets).

If approaching Aspergillus and/or Fusarium follow the path up and right until you can walk out on low angle ledges and look for a belay bolt (they might be a little tricky to find, look carefully). To get to NGA, instead of walking out on the ledges, stay in the forest and hike uphill towards a big stump and the bolts marking the first pitch.

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Classic Climbing Routes at Spouse Wall

Mountain Project's determination of the classic, most popular, highest rated climbing routes in this area.

5.8- 5b 16 VI- 14 VS 4c 31 ● Fusarium Sport 5 pitches
5.8 5b 16 VI- 15 HVS 4c 66 ● Aspergillus Sport 5 pitches
5.9- 5c 17 VI 16 HVS 4c 22 ● NGA Sport 5 pitches
5.9- 5c 17 VI 16 HVS 4c 28 ● Kiss of the Wasp Sport 6 pitches