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.
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RCO grants will support trail, campground maintenance projects
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 …
Improvements coming for Liberty Bell Mountain climbing trails
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…
Climber dies in Goat Wall fall
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 …
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 …
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.
Effort underway to repair access trails to popular Liberty Bell climbing area
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 […]
Sports briefs: May 27, 2015
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 […]
Climber injured in fall at Mazama’s Fun Rock area
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.
