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Taken for Granite

Washington > Central-W Casca… > Skykomish Valley > Gold Bar Boulders > Serene Area Boulders
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Description

18 foot granite boulder with a slice of the rock that has fallen out at its base.

Getting There

Park as for the Serene Boulder, walk to the Camp Serene Boulder then make your way up the hill, from there walk directly to the far hillside to a small grove of trees left after the clearcut passing a 20 foot Granite boulder of unknown name, you can see Easy As Pie boulder from this other boulder. It's approximately 350 yards from the Camp Serene Boulder.

Routes from Left to Right

V1 5
 3
● Pumpkin Pie
Boulder
V3 6A
 6
● Taken for Granite
Boulder
V2 5+
 2
● You Smell Like Winter
Boulder
Route Name Location Star Rating Difficulty Date
● Pumpkin Pie
 3
V1 5 Boulder
● Taken for Granite
 6
V3 6A Boulder
● You Smell Like Winter
 2
V2 5+ Boulder

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Serene Grove Left Side
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Serene Grove Boulder
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Tristan Gornall
[Hide Comment] So glad you decided to share these I stumbled across them a few weeks ago it was obvious someone had worked very hard to clean them. Although may I suggest you combine all the boulders into one area here on MP. Oct 29, 2020
Princess Puppy Lovr
Rent-n, WA
[Hide Comment] These are great thank you for your hard work Noel. Mar 17, 2021
Noel White
[Hide Comment] Awesome to hear! Apr 27, 2021
Treasury Boulder
[Hide Comment] I found and partially cleaned this guy in March 2020. While it was pretty dirty when I found it, I noticed that it looked like a line had been cleaned at some point starting from where Smells Like Winter begins, but climbing straight up the nose. No idea if that was before or after the big chunk fell out. Glad to see that cleaning off that left slab was worthwhile. I wasn't sure if anything would go through that, but the slopey topout looked like too much fun to pass up. Aug 26, 2021
Noel White
[Hide Comment] Treasury Boulder,
That was me and my brothers first exploration out there was cleaning that strip of the Boulder. Sep 21, 2021