BryanE wrote: Smith Rock is a really cool place except it might still be really hot?
Will be very hot in August. Plan a trip there at a time with more civilized temperatures.
BryanE wrote: Vantage
Again, stupid hot in August. The climbing is only OK in quality; I wouldn't travel a long distance for it.
BryanE wrote: Leavenworth
Still pretty hot. Not much sport climbing. The trad cragging is OK, but nowhere near a good as...
BryanE wrote: Squamish
Go there! Nice summer weather, beautiful scenery, massive amounts of good climbing. Squamish is a pretty unique area in that every discipline of climbing is available at every difficulty level. Easy sport, hard sport. Easy trad, hard trad. Tons of bouldering. All of it is packed into a condensed area, with a nice campground. Squamish is most famous for the trad climbing, but the sport climbing is also excellent and abundant. A number of new sport crags, with lots of moderate routes, have been developed in recent years.
BryanE wrote:I guess hiring a guide and having them take us up some trad climbs/multipitch isn't out of the question and would actually be a pretty cool experience.
Squamish, again, would be a good place for this. Lots of really nice moderate multipitch routes. There are a number of well established guide services there.
BryanE wrote: Tahoe
Tahoe is great too, but the sport climbing is more limited in quantity and less densely concentrated than in Squamish.