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Jan 30, 2026 Central-E Casca… > … 1 > Lower Snow Cree… > Goat Dome > Lower Goat Dome > Sunrise Crack (5.10d 6b+ 21 VII+ 21 E3 5b) The upper splitter and there more of it below the bulge! ● Still to this day I don’t know how it’s slipped under the radar for so long! It’s my personal fav 5.10 in t… View Comment
Jan 29, 2026 Central-E Casca… > … 1 > Lower Snow Cree… > Goat Dome > Lower Goat Dome > Unknown Entity (5.9 5c 17 VI 17 HVS 5a) An Unknown Entity ● I assume it was done similar time as Sunrise Crack from the super old 1/4” smc’s I removed! Could be Tobin… View Comment
Jan 14, 2026 Central-E Casca… > Leavenworth > Icicle Creek > Madsen's Buttress Area Madsen's Buttress ● They’re on private property and I would imagine the land owner requested them to be taken down. People need… View Comment
Jan 9, 2026 Central-E Casca… > … > Icicle Creek > Lower Snow Cree… > Goat Dome > Lower Goat Dome Sunrise Crack 5.10d ● It’s not a bad ideas to pre inspect the crack if you believe you’re the first one up there of the season to… View Comment
Dec 21, 2025 Central-E Casca… > Leavenworth > Icicle Creek > * Bouldering in… > Washout December 13, 2025 ● There’s my foot steps in the mud ha View Comment
Dec 4, 2025 Central-E Casca… > … > Icicle Creek > Purina & Careno… > Guillotine > Sheltered Kids (5.12+ 7c 28 IX 27 E6 6b) Photo by Jess Campbell, per her caption this was the send go, and per the date she posted it to FB I guess it was put up in 2010? ● This is awesome to see! Thanks Max View Comment
Nov 10, 2025 Central-E Casca… > Leavenworth > Icicle Creek > Bridge Creek Area > Helm The Skipper 5.12a ● Cleaned this guy up again and now it’s climbing really good View Comment
Nov 7, 2025 Central-E Casca… > Leavenworth > Icicle Creek > Purina & Careno… > Careno Crag Bale/Kramar route 5.10b ● I’ve done both the walk off and rap route multiple times and prefer the rap mostly so I don’t have to carry… View Comment
Oct 15, 2025 Central-E Casca… > … > Icicle Creek > * Bouldering in… > Straightaway Bo… > Icehouse The Icehouse V4 ● For a little more value start on the detached looking block below the regular start. View Comment
May 24, 2025 Central-E Casca… > Leavenworth > Icicle Creek > Purina & Careno… > Guillotine Sheltered Kids 5.12+ ● After a solid effort wire brushing this is now one of the better pitches in the canyon imo! View Comment
Apr 17, 2025 Central-E Casca… > Leavenworth > Icicle Creek > Purina & Careno… > Guillotine Guillotine 5.11d ● After wire brushing and installing a new anchor this is now a top notch pitch for the canyon and gets reall… View Comment
Nov 24, 2024 Central-E Casca… > Leavenworth > Icicle Creek > * Bouldering in… > Twisted Tree Twisted Tree is now Twisted Stump. Big RIP. ● No wayyyy View Comment
Aug 28, 2024 Central-E Casca… > Leavenworth > Icicle Creek > Condor Buttress Solitary Man 5.10b ● Crux is definitely harder than C.A. and is really well protected there. The route over all is definitely no… View Comment
Aug 25, 2024 Central-E Casca… > Leavenworth > Icicle Creek > Purina & Careno… > Careno Crag A Swingin' Affair 5.10b ● Talked to Dave he said he would be stoked to see it get cleaned up. Adding the bolt would be cool he said i… View Comment
Jun 3, 2024 Central-E Casca… > Leavenworth > Icicle Creek > Bathtub Dome Shower Stall 5.10a ● Just finished cleaning this route over last weekend. Get it while it’s fresh this thing is good! View Comment
May 27, 2024 Central-E Casca… > Leavenworth > Icicle Creek > Bathtub Dome Shower Stall 5.10a ● Pulled the old pin and button heads and replace with new SS Petlz bolts. With permission one bolt was added… View Comment
May 27, 2024 Central-E Casca… > Leavenworth > Icicle Creek > Bathtub Dome The Drain 5.9 ● Removed the last old remaining bolt and replaced with a new stainless petzl bolt. The route is still a bit… View Comment
May 26, 2024 Central-E Casca… > Leavenworth > Icicle Creek > Bathtub Dome Just Ducky 5.8+ ● Watch out for the death block on the left side of the roof. The direct variation completely avoids the bloc… View Comment
Apr 27, 2024 Central-E Casca… > … > Icicle Creek > * Bouldering in… > 420 Boulders > 420 Sheniqua V5 ● No pad stack for full value View Comment
Nov 30, 2023 Central-E Casca… > Leavenworth > Icicle Creek > Lower Icicle Ca… > Surf City Paydirt 5.7 ● This was my first ever lead as a young kid. Pops handed me a rack of nuts and a couple old school cams. I o… View Comment
Oct 3, 2023 Central-E Casca… > Leavenworth > Icicle Creek > Lower Icicle Ca… > Sam Hill Exhuming MacCarthys 5.8 ● Yup put up two routes on the crag at the beginning of the Covid pandemic been meaning to post them! Both ni… View Comment
Oct 3, 2023 Central-E Casca… > Leavenworth > Icicle Creek > Lower Icicle Ca… > Surf City Surf City 5.10b ● The missing bolt was installed on the FA but actually removed later on by one of the FA guys. IMO it should… View Comment
Jun 20, 2023 Central-E Casca… > Leavenworth > Icicle Creek > Condor Buttress Solitary Man 5.10b ● FA: Dave Bale Named Solitary Man for the long tedious days spent alone establishing the route View Comment
May 16, 2023 Central-E Casca… > Leavenworth > Icicle Creek > * Bouldering in… > Chaos Boulders Approach to Chaos Boulders. The main talus field is just uphill from this mossy boulder. ● Take note that this access is on private property and should be treated with respect. The property owners a… View Comment
May 15, 2023 Central-E Casca… > … > Icicle Creek > * Bouldering in… > Chaos Boulders > Chaos Cave Senile V4 ● Cleaned this problem up last season (2022) and made a flat landing View Comment
May 15, 2023 Central-E Casca… > … > Icicle Creek > * Bouldering in… > Chaos Boulders > Chaos Cave Juggy problem in the big cave. ● Thanks for the info Jeromy. Great warm up problem! View Comment
May 15, 2023 Central-E Casca… > … > Icicle Creek > * Bouldering in… > Chaos Boulders > Chaos Cave Juggy problem in the big cave. ● I cleaned this up last season and called it senile. Not sure if it had been done before but I thought it wa… View Comment
Nov 19, 2022 Central-E Casca… > Leavenworth > Icicle Creek > Memorial Buttress Seven Seconds 5.8+ ● Second pitch was worthwhile and great rock first pitch had one pretty 5.9 feeling move at second bolt other… View Comment
Nov 18, 2022 Central-E Casca… > Leavenworth > Icicle Creek > Purina & Careno… > Purina Crags Staring at the Sun 5.11b ● As of 11/17/22 this route has been cleaned and properly rebolted. Thank you Viktor for supplying the brushe… View Comment
Nov 6, 2022 Central-E Casca… > Leavenworth > Icicle Creek > Clamshell > Upper Clamshell Cave Spanked 5.11 ● Would love to hear some grade consensus. Fun short rig, get on it! View Comment
Nov 3, 2022 Central-E Casca… > Leavenworth > Icicle Creek > Purina & Careno… > Careno Crag MJB Arete 5.11- PG13 ● As of 11/2/22 MJB Arete has its own anchor with lower offs, original hardware replaced and a full scrub dow… View Comment
Jun 4, 2022 Central-E Casca… > … > Icicle Creek > * Bouldering in… > Sword/Underwear… > Sword Boulder You Dog You (aka The Sword) V3 R ● Does anyone remember when there was a pole vaulting pad that temporarily lived at the base well over 15 yea… View Comment
Apr 24, 2022 Central-E Casca… > Leavenworth > Icicle Creek > Fourth of July… > Fourth of July Buttress Return of the Bolt Fairy 5.9+ ● Would of been more fun if it was clean just a bail carabiner on the anchor no chains don’t need any gear we… View Comment
Mar 20, 2022 Central-E Casca… > Leavenworth > Icicle Creek > Lower Icicle Ca… > Ski Tracks Crack Ski Tracks Crack 5.9 ● No bats or hornets in the cracks first day of spring this year View Comment
Jan 13, 2022 Central-E Casca… > … > Icicle Creek > Snow Creek Area > Pearly Gates > Celestial Groove (5.9+ 5c 17 VI 17 E1 5a) Gettin stemmy ● Thank you! View Comment
Jan 5, 2022 Central-E Casca… > … > Icicle Creek > Lower Snow Cree… > Goat Dome > Lower Goat Dome Knobs of Shame 5.10a/b ● Gain the second pitch by either climbing a short dirty 5.8 crack atop the first pitch or scramble directly… View Comment

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