PRINT: Rock Climb Online, Central-West Cascades & Seattle

Online

5.10b PG13, Trad, 6 pitches, Grade II,

Avg: 3.6 from 16 votes
FA: Don Brooks and Dave Whitelaw 1983
Washington > Central-W Casca… > Skykomish Valley > Static Point

Description

Update, August 2020. The Online Sector of Static Point has been rebolted, and at the FA team request, Online has been retro-bolted to invite more climbs. Don't worry, there is still plenty of runout - while the 33m 5th pitch is protected by 7 bolts, earlier pitches are up to 48m and only offer a handful of protection points, a mix of bolts and a few gear placements.

Full information including topos can be found here: LINK.

Location

Online is the first route found at the base of Static Point - the first bolt 30' off the ground should get your attention and also set the tone for the rest of the climb.

A new rappel route, with anchors, allows for the use of a single 60m rope. Description in the link above.

Protection

There are 2-7 bolts per pitch with bolted anchors.

A single set of cams #0.3-#2 or 3 and a single set of stoppers #4-10 should cover most gear opportunities on any route in this Sector.

A full topo is available at the link in the Description.

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Looking up pitch one

Working through the crux on pitch 5 of Online- it feels steeper than it looks in the photo.

Looking up from the base of the route. Climbing to the first bolt is runout, but it's not harder than 5.7.

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Top of Pitch 4

Looking from top of climb over at husband/belayer who is at top of p5

Anchor on top of Pitch 5- a historic display of ancient hardware.

#1 Ball Nut- It fits where nothing else will.

Correct line of descent from Tombstone Ledge after climbing Online

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Jon Nelson
Redmond, WA

If I remember right, you use the cams on the 4th pitch. And there might have been a placement on the 1st. Jul 22, 2016

Dirk Rogstad
seattle

Really a great climb. The crux pitch has some well spaced bolts and stiff slab moves, very exciting. Its a shame the road has deteriorated making the hike in a bit tedious. Aug 22, 2016

oretro

5.10a/b

By road, Dirk, do you mean trail? From my recent experience, there wasn't much opportunity to drive in further on the road. It's the trail that has deteriorated. Aug 27, 2016

Jon Nelson
Redmond, WA

The trail in was in good shape in 2015, quite easy to follow. Aug 27, 2016

Chris H
Seattle, Wa

Route described in Select Climbs in the Cascades Vol 2, Jim Nelson, Peter Potterfield Apr 9, 2019

Josh Martinell
Seattle, WA

It looks like there was major progress on the rebolting effort. Currently the anchors for the 1st three pitches have fat modern stainless rap rings. Anchors for P4 and P5 (and probably 6, although we skipped it) have a mix of older 3/8"&1/4" bolts, and button heads but some new holes have already been drilled for new hardware. Some new bolts have been added here and there on some of the bigger runouts on the lower pitches. Currently fixed lines span the entire length of this route and Offline to the right. I used .5-.8 Totems, .5 & .75 BD C4s, #1-3 Trango Ball Nuts, and a handful of draws. I find the Ball Nuts slip under the tiny granite overlaps and thin flakes where nothing else will- they at least provide some psychological fortitude on some of those runouts. Trail was pruned and in good shape as of 9/2019. Sep 8, 2019

Chris S

Online - and the entire Online Sector - has been completely rebolted. In addition, Online was retro bolted at the request of the FA team, who wanted more climbers to visit this area. Don't worry, it's still runout! Just not so much as before. If you want a real runout, you should try the crux pitches of Right Line! Cut and paste this link for more information, including topos: simmonsmountain.works/noteb…. Jan 21, 2021