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How fast does the rock dry at Index, WA?

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Andrew K · · Seattle, WA · Joined Apr 2019 · Points: 0

Looks like there’s rain the forecast for Friday. Would Mid Wall be dry by Saturday afternoon?

Ben jamin · · Ann Arbor, MI · Joined Oct 2014 · Points: 1,501

Mid Wall will not be dry but a lot of the other stuff will.

Andrew K · · Seattle, WA · Joined Apr 2019 · Points: 0
Ben jamin wrote:

Mid Wall will not be dry but a lot of the other stuff will.

Which walls get dry pretty fast?

Eli Helmuth · · Ciales, PR · Joined Aug 2001 · Points: 3,608

Should be dry by June, maybe July.

Lorenzo de Amicis · · Seattle, WA · Joined Feb 2011 · Points: 15
Andrew K wrote:

Which walls get dry pretty fast?

LTW should be dry after a few hours if there’s a breeze or sun. I’ve seen it dry by 11am/12pm after it rained overnight and it was a cool fall day. We had to be selective until the cracks dried up but it won’t stop you from climbing. 

T Taylor · · Unknown Hometown · Joined Dec 2022 · Points: 151

I don’t know what forecast everyone is looking at, but i only see .05 inches of rain. Often it doesn’t even rain when it’s that low. I would just walk up to lower town wall and if it’s totally dry, then you can probably go do whatever your climbing objective is. If something like princely is wet, then I would still think face climbs would be dry like wham/frank pressley/model worker/ climax control/ cunning stunt. For cracks I think breakfast of champions or whatever that 10b crack on ltw is.

saign charlestein · · Tacoma WA · Joined Apr 2017 · Points: 1,746

Face climbs and aretes dry really fast, cracks can seep for a while depending on how much it rains. I've climbed within an hour or two of hard rain before

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