Chimney Rock Climber's Log
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| Jakester | Standard Route  Date Climbed: Jul 9, 2011 | |
| Tons of snow this season made this July hike a 99% snow slog. Camped on the ridge just below Roothaan. Scrambled up Roothaan in the morning then hiked the rest of the way to Chimney Rock. Always a fun climb. | |
| Posted Jul 18, 2011 4:40 pm | ||
| Jakester | Standard Route Date Climbed: Jun 13, 2010 | |
| Couldn't drive all the way to the trail head because of too much snow. The entire approach was a snow slog, boot ski adventure. I had never been up there with so much snow. Very memorable. We were the first entries of the year in the summit log book. | |
| Posted Jun 14, 2010 1:44 pm | ||
| Shano | ? Date Climbed: Jul 20, 2009 | |
| not sure about the date... sometime in July.?.?... Did the E.Priest approach. Wasn't feeling the love there. The worst mosquito tornados I have ever experienced. But the rock was great. Climbed just W.Face then bailed. Would like to go back for another go | |
| Posted Aug 23, 2009 10:18 pm | ||
| Jakester | Rappel Chimney Date Climbed: Aug 9, 2009 | |
| Climbed a weird variation of the Rappel Chimney route. Super fun day trip, although very crowded. Left a #9 BD Nut. | |
| Posted Aug 11, 2009 3:33 pm | ||
| lloyd | Fun | |
| A fun place in Spokane's backyard! | |
| Posted Oct 30, 2008 10:53 pm | ||
| Jakester | West Face - Standard Route Date Climbed: Aug 3, 2008 | |
| Backpacked in from the Pack River (East) side with three other friends. Bivy'd just below the West Face under clear skies. Climbed the next day in perfect weather and had a great time. We had the rock to our selves all day. | |
| Posted Aug 4, 2008 1:22 pm | ||
| Spungdeeper | West Face Standard Date Climbed: Sep 5, 2006 | |
| Climbed the west face route. I lead the first two pitches and Ryan Kelly led the last 4th class pitch. There was some disagreement in the group about the ratings, but I feel that it isn't really harder than 5.3. With three of us there and a little hesitation on the 2nd pitch (Ryan took a while to be sure that he wasn't going to lead the pitch) it took us longer than it would had there only been two of us. It was my first multi-pitch trad in two years, but I felt confident and didn't succomb to some of the exposure dread that my rope mates did. I can't wait to get back there and the silver dollars and harrison peak. | |
| Posted Sep 9, 2006 9:21 pm | ||
| spotly | Standard West Side Route Date Climbed: Aug 12, 2006 | |
| Climbed early. 5.3? Sure. Nice rock on all 3 pitches with plenty of pro but a few goofy feeling moves. Bootied a brand new red tricam. Didn't stay long due to dark clouds. Hail hit us real hard as we climbed into the truck - perfect timing! | |
| Posted Aug 18, 2006 4:20 am | ||
| willow | It Ain't Hay Date Climbed: Jul 22, 2006 | |
| Awesome route! Climb in morning to stay out of sun. Had some trouble finding car on the way out since we went to the East Priest Lake Road / Indian Creek State Park "trailhead". The flagging is no longer present. I think I prefer the trail to the bushwacking, although the road was nicer to our car. | |
| Posted Aug 3, 2006 11:25 pm | ||
| vertx | West Face | |
| Another beautiful day on Chimney Rock. This was my third trip in and it never gets old. | |
| Posted Jul 10, 2006 3:07 pm | ||
| Martin Cash | Route Climbed: It Ain't Hay to Fun Roof, Cooper Hiser Date Climbed: July 24, 2004 | |
| Chris and I started out in the shade in the morning on the west face, on It Ain't Hay. Chris lead the first pitch (5.9) which consisted of some really nice flake liebacking and jamming, to our sweet belay on top of a large detached flake. I lead the short second pitch (5.8) to the base of the Fun Roof. Chris lead the strenuous Fun Roof (10b) which was an amazing pitch! We went completely sideways under the huge roof. In the afternoon the shade moved over to the east face. We headed over there and climbed the classic Cooper Hiser. This route has two very long pitches with some challenging climbing, then several possible third pitches. We exited via the South Nose route to the summit (5.9). A great day! | |
| Posted Jul 25, 2004 6:28 pm | ||
| Martin Cash | Route Climbed: Free Friends (1st Pitch), and Rappel Chimney Date Climbed: July 10, 2004 | |
| Free Friends was very nice. Must come back to do the rest of the route. Rappel Chimney was fun, moderate climbing. What an amazing place! Probably the best granite anywhere in Washington or Idaho. Really stunning Yosemite quality crack climbing. I will be back, soon! | |
| Posted Jul 12, 2004 11:54 am | ||
| ghoulwe | Route Climbed: Standard West Face Route Date Climbed: July 3, 2004 | |
| Beautiful, fun route! Nice hike in with a couple of small snowfields left under the Roothan col. Summited in building weather and opted not to do a 2nd route - good choice, as it dumped on us on the way out. Tagged Roothan, in pelting hail on the hike back. - Eric Barrett and Eddie Whittemore | ||
| Posted Jul 6, 2004 8:21 am | ||
| willow | Route Climbed: West Route Regular & Descent Chimney Date Climbed: 19 June 2004 | |
| Although perhaps not recomended, we did drive a honda prelude up to the trail head - carefully. Lots of snow on approach, beautiful weather, summited twice on Sat with Marc. | |
| Posted Jun 23, 2004 12:51 pm | ||
| Moni | Route Climbed: West face Date Climbed: 1977 | |
| Have climbed this several times with Fred. Hey, what are belay slaves for? | |
| Posted Nov 17, 2003 8:36 am | ||
| vertx | Route Climbed: Chimney Rappel/West Face/It aint Hay Date Climbed: August 2003 | |
| Camped just below the summit of Roothan and started in at 5:45am to get an early start. Did 3 routes in one day then all the way back the car. The walk out sucked after a long day of climbing, but not having another soul climbing on the rock that day made it worth it. Next time I am going to try something on the east side. | |
| Posted Sep 28, 2003 9:17 pm | ||
| Sharon | Route Climbed: West Face / Standard Route II, 5.3 Date Climbed: 1989-2001 | |
| Multiple ascents as noted below. Can't stay away. Did my first full-pitch lead here on 13 Sept. 1989. 3 September 1989; 13 Sept 1989; 20 Sept 1989; 3 Sept 1990; 4 July 1991; July 2001(?)- losing count! | |
| Posted Aug 31, 2003 11:30 pm | ||
| Fred Spicker | Route Climbed: West Face & Rappel Chimney Date Climbed: Numerous | |
| Summited 10 plus times between 1977 and 1996 with various friends and family. A great day trip from Spokane. | |
| Posted Aug 20, 2003 11:31 am | ||
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