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Spring Fall

5.9+, Trad, 65 ft (20 m),  Avg: 2.3 from 111 votes
FA: Cal Folsom
Washington > Central-W Casca… > Skykomish Valley > Index > Side Walls > K Cliff

Description

Climb the beautiful, splitter finger crack (which ends too soon) and mantle onto the ledge above. Continue left across the ledge, then straight up climbing past a few bulges to a stance below a small bulge separating you from the finishing ramps. Pull the bulge and continue up the ramps above to the chains.

Location

Located right of the obvious dike of Comes in Quartz.

Protection

Gear to 3 inches.

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Spring Fall route from the base, 3 bolt chain anchor up top
[Hide Photo] Spring Fall route from the base, 3 bolt chain anchor up top
Finger crack start, short but tough for 5.9. Kinda felt like diet Folsom Blues. Worth climbing, rest is surprisingly fun but a bit dirty generally.
[Hide Photo] Finger crack start, short but tough for 5.9. Kinda felt like diet Folsom Blues. Worth climbing, rest is surprisingly fun but a bit dirty generally.

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slim

  5.9
[Hide Comment] the rakkup app gives this route 3 stars at 'the best crag in the country'. i am pretty curious as to which north american semi-classics they are comparing this thing. lolz... Jun 6, 2017
RodrigoB
 
[Hide Comment] Thanks to a party earlier this season and a bit of additional work on 30 July, 2017 the vegetation that impeded progress is gone and things have been cleaned up a bit. Some additional protection should also be available due to some cleaning of the cracks. Jul 30, 2017
Devin Bishop
Granite Falls, WA
  5.10a
[Hide Comment] If your fingers don’t fit in .3 Camelots, you’ll find this more like 5.10. May 5, 2019
Patrick Beeson
Portland, OR
  5.9
[Hide Comment] Guidebook says you can use three blue TCUs. While that's probably true, you don't need three. I used one in the finger crack, along with a yellow. You'll find larger gear higher up. May 13, 2019
Karl Eckhardt
[Hide Comment] As of 7/10/22 leftmost bolt on the anchor is loose; finger tightened and should be fine in the short run, but it could definitely use a wrench. If you've got one - bring it! Three bolt anchor will still allow you to climb the route w/o utilizing the loose bolt. Jul 11, 2022
Eric Onnen
Shoreline, WA
 
[Hide Comment] Reminded me of MW Crack at the Mid Walls, similar feet technique. But half as tall Jun 16, 2025