Lookout Point Area Rock Climbing
Elevation: | 1,166 ft |
GPS: |
47.8251, -121.55868 Google Map · Climbing Area Map |
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Shared By: | Jon Nelson on May 3, 2013 |
Admins: | Jon Nelson, Micah Klesick, Zachary Winters |
Description
These are the walls closest to town, essentially in front view when driving across the bridge into town. The rock quality and type are similar to that at the Lower Town Wall, but the area has a greater fraction of moderate routes.
Here, you can find steep cracks and corners, steep face, as well as low-angle crack and slabs. Approaches vary somewhat, but probably any crag here will involve at least 20-min of hiking.
Plenty of forest, and thus shade on a sunny day. The top of Lookout Point is an excellent picnic spot with views to Gunn, Baring, Index, and Persis as well as to the town below.
Getting There
If there is space, park in town near Dolittle Park. If you don't find parking there, try the Heybrook Ridge lot, just over the bridge. Recently, many have been parking along Crescent St, just below the RR tracks. As I'm not sure that the residents approve, if you do this, please be quiet and respectful. (Definitely don't park right past the railroad crossing on the main road though, as folks driving over the crossing might not see you.) One can also walk from the Lower Town Wall parking areas, along the tracks from the opposite direction as that described below.
Hike down the railroad tracks from town, heading towards the Upper Town Walls. About 200 yards down, on the right and in the middle of the curve, take the footbridge on the right. Hike up the trail. At the first crest, go right (left goes to Zelda boulders), and soon reach Midnite boulder. Just before this boulder is a trail going off right that goes directly to Hag Crag. This is also the best way to reach routes on Lookout Point's & Private Idaho's right (east) side, Planet Index, Halloween, and eventually Zappa.
If you instead stay left going past Midnite boulder, continue up until reaching a T. At the T-junction, go left for Rattletale and right for the Duck and the west side of Lookout Point & Private Idaho as well as Mossquito. Either way will take you towards the Diamond. If you go right, the next turnoff on the right goes to Private Idaho and then Hag Crag. For other crags, continue up and left to the headwall of the gully. At the headwall point, go up and right for Lookout Point, and left for Duck Wall. At a moderate pace, it takes about 20-25 min to reach most of these walls.
To get to the top of Lookout Point, take one of the trails to the right side of either Private Idaho or Lookout Point, then follow the steep trail up the gully.
See the map in one of the photos below.
Classic Climbing Routes at Lookout Point Area
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