Rock Climbing

Iconic granite walls above the Skykomish River. The Lower Town Wall and Upper Town Wall offer world-class trad and sport climbing. City Park and the Inner Walls are beginner-friendly.

Massive granite climbing area. Castle Rock, Peshastin Pinnacles, and Icicle Canyon offer everything from beginner slab to expert crack and sport routes.

Closest sport climbing to Seattle. Well-bolted routes on good rock. Great for after-work cragging. Can be wet in winter.

Basalt columns in the desert. Sunshine Wall, Feathers, and Air Guitar offer incredible sport and trad. Best spring/fall climbing in WA when the west side is raining.

Scenic diorite climbing near Anacortes with views of the San Juan Islands. Year-round climbing with excellent trad and some sport.

Massive volcanic plug in the Columbia Gorge. Long, sustained sport routes on excellent basalt. South-facing and dry when everywhere else is wet.

Volcanic rock walls along the Tieton River. Royal Columns is world-class. Dry when westside is wet. Great moderate sport climbing.

Birthplace of American sport climbing. World-class welded tuff with thousands of routes. Chain Reaction, Just Do It, and Aggro Monkey are iconic. Best spring/fall.

World-class granite in BC. The Chief, Murrin Park, and the Smoke Bluffs offer everything from beginner to expert. Bouldering in the Grand Wall forest is legendary.

Roadside sport climbing near North Bend. Little Si boulders and the Far Side Wall. Close to Seattle.

World-class sandstone. The Bastille, Redgarden Wall, and Wind Tower offer legendary trad climbing. South-facing and climbable year-round.

Premier CO sport climbing on pocketed limestone. The Bank, Dark Side, Cactus Cliff. Dry when the mountains are snowy.

World-class steep limestone sport climbing. The Bauhaus Wall and Wicked Cave are legendary. Test piece routes from 5.12 to 5.15.

Roadside granite and gneiss cragging. Blob Rock, Castle Rock, Animal World. Close to Boulder.

Sport and trad on schist and gneiss near Golden. Wall of the '90s, New River Wall. Year-round south-facing crags.

The birthplace of big wall climbing. El Capitan, Half Dome, Cathedral Rocks. World-class granite from single pitch to 3,000-ft walls.

Desert wonderland with thousands of routes on quartz monzonite. Amazing crack climbing, bouldering, and face routes. Best in cooler months.

World-class bouldering at the Buttermilks, Happys, and Sads. Volcanic sport at Owens River Gorge. Sierra alpine above town.