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rock climbing

USFS, rock climbers team up to stem damage at Methow sites

June 27, 2018 by Methow Valley News

The Methow Valley is one of the fastest-growing rock climbing areas in the state. Its many attractions, including relatively low crowd levels, a wide variety of varied pitches, and easily accessible terrain, have made it a rising star among Washington’s many climbing destinations.

Filed Under: SPORTS Tagged With: Methow Valley Ranger District, rock climbing, trail maintenance

RCO grants will support trail, campground maintenance projects

February 16, 2018 by Methow Valley News

Trail and campground maintenance projects in the Methow Valley Ranger District have received funding through the Washington State Recreation and Conservation Office (RCO) following passage of the …

Filed Under: NEWS, SPORTS Tagged With: Evergreen Mountain Bike Alliance, Methow Valley Ranger District, rock climbing, trail maintenance

Improvements coming for Liberty Bell Mountain climbing trails

February 7, 2018 by Methow Valley News

The Liberty Bell spires at Washington Pass offer some of the most popular and iconic alpine climbing in Washington, attracting more than 2,500 climbers each year. A destination for climbers since the 1940s, the granite spires…

Filed Under: SPORTS Tagged With: Goat's Beard Mountain Supplies, Methow Valley Ranger District, North Cascades Mountain Guides, rock climbing, Trail, trail maintenance, U.S. Forest Service, Washington Pass

Climber dies in Goat Wall fall

June 1, 2017 by Methow Valley News

A 20-year-old man died instantly after falling 600 feet while climbing Goat Wall near Mazama on Monday (May 29).

Shelby Withington of Bellingham, a student at Western Washington University and a member of the school’s climbing team, was climbing …

Filed Under: NEWS Tagged With: rock climbing

Climber dies in fall from Goat Wall near Mazama

May 11, 2016 by Methow Valley News

Climber dies in fall from Goat Wall near Mazama

One of the most popular climbing routes in the Methow Valley claimed the life of a 26-year-old Seattle man, who died last week after falling more than 100 feet while climbing Goat Wall near Mazama.

It appears that the fall on May 3 resulted when a knot tying two climbing ropes together came undone, said Steve Brown …

Filed Under: NEWS Tagged With: rock climbing

CLIMBER DIES IN FALL AT MAZAMA

May 4, 2016 by Methow Valley News

CLIMBER DIES IN FALL AT MAZAMA

A 26-year-old Seattle man died Tuesday (May 3) after falling more than 100 feet while climbing Goat Wall near Mazama, according to the Okanogan County Sheriff’s Office.

It appeared that the fall resulted when a knot tying two climbing ropes together came undone, said Steve Brown, chief criminal deputy with the sheriff’s office.

Filed Under: NEWS Tagged With: rock climbing

Effort underway to repair access trails to popular Liberty Bell climbing area

August 19, 2015 by Methow Valley News

Local climbers enlist help of USFS, National Forest Foundation By Don Nelson The local rock and alpine climbing community is hoping to team up with the U.S. Forest Service, the National Forest Foundation (NFF), The Access Fund and other organizations to restore the chaotic system of access trails to the popular Liberty Bell Mountain and […]

Filed Under: NEWS Tagged With: rock climbing, Trail, U.S. Forest Service

Sports briefs: May 27, 2015

May 27, 2015 by Methow Valley News

Trail work party for climbing area A trail-building party to improve access to the Matrix Climbing Wall near Mazama will take place Saturday (May 30) at the Goat Creek Sno-Park beginning at 9 a.m. Workers will help construct a half-mile trail to the increasingly popular climbing site. Visit www.nff.wildapricot.org/event-1944164 to register or call 996-4057. Twisp River […]

Filed Under: SPORTS Tagged With: Back Country Horsemen, Fishing, rock climbing

Climber injured in fall at Mazama’s Fun Rock area

May 7, 2015 by Methow Valley News

A 25-year-old Seattle area woman sustained severe injuries when she fell while rock climbing near Mazama last Sunday (May 3). Okanogan County Sheriff’s Deputy Ottis Buzzard said the woman was climbing at a popular site called Fun Rock in an upper area known as “A-Wall” when she fell 70 feet to a ledge.

Filed Under: NEWS Tagged With: Aero Methow Rescue Service, Northwest MedStar, Ottis Buzzard, rock climbing

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