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All Locations > Washington > Central-W Casca… > Skykomish Valley > Index > Lookout Point Area > Lookout Point > (c) The Apron Area > Cloudbeams (5.7 5a 15 V+ 13 MVS 4b)
At this point*, there is a bolt and a ledge. If you just want a short pitch, stop here ("Fireflies") and walk off along the red dots. (Photo: B. Stirling) *At climber, wearing rock camouflage.
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The crux RFC crack on the first pitch. Nice hand jams, though you can avoid them if you like.
Pitch 3 of Cloudbeams. Easiest option is to bypass the big roof on its left side via ramps. At the bolts marked in green, can either scramble 15 feet (exposed, but has a handline) to top out (nice views!) and walk-off; or make one rappel into walk-off.
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Jon Nelson
Apr 29, 2023
“At this point*, there is a bolt and a ledge. If you just want a short pitch, stop here ("Fireflies") and walk off along the red dots. (Photo: B. Stirling) *At climber, wearing rock camouflage.”  

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At this point*, there is a bolt and a ledge. If you just want a short pitch, stop here ("Fireflies") and walk off along the red dots. (Photo: B. Stirling) *At climber, wearing rock camouflage.
Pitch 3 of Cloudbeams. Easiest option is to bypass the big roof on its left side via ramps. At the bolts marked in green, can either scramble 15 feet (exposed, but has a handline) to top out (nice views!) and walk-off; or make one rappel into walk-off.
Pitch 2 of Cloudbeams
Looking up the last pitch. The rope doesn't follow the best way at the start. Instead, start on the pinkish purple line at far left. (Photo: B. Stirling)
Pitch 1 of Cloudbeams. (An attempt to fit the entirety of P1 in a single frame.) The pitch is long, nearly 60 meters. (A 60 meter rope will arrive at the belay station, but just barely.) Whereas the top of 'All The Fallen Stars' is at ~35 meters up.
Looking up pitch 2. Splitter crack on left, other routes and variations also visible. Person is at the belay anchor, a narrow ledge with bolts. (If this is occupied, another bolted ledge is about 15' to the left and up slightly.)
The upper part of the first pitch, the blocky rib section. "X" marks a belay bolt where you could stop & exit, or conversely, walk up to for a TR setup (red dotted line).
I think this is P2 splitter crack mentioned in route description and the bulge above it. You need to go above the bulge instead of going climber's right to make it 5.7. I didn't realize and went to the right, which feels like a cheat
The first pitch is very nut-friendly.
Pitch 2, top of splitter, about to friction across to go around the bulge. (Photo: B. Stirling)
Looking down from the top of p1, the Jolly Pockets. (At the end, one doesn't come straight up where the rope is, but goes around the shield flake as marked with yellow dashes.)
Starting pitch 1 from the intermediate anchor. (Photo: J. Ranish)
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