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Sehome Arboretum Climbing

Climbing Area Map

Areas in Sehome Arboretum

* Sehome Arboretum Bouldering 0 / 0 / 0 / 32 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 32

Dirty Left 1 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 1

Jam Crack 2 / 0 / 0 / 2 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 4

Main Area 5 / 2 / 13 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 14

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Elevation:	548 ft	167 m
GPS:	48.73536, -122.47994 Google Map · Climbing Area Map
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Shared By:	Jefferson Ashby on Oct 9, 2023
Admins:	Jon Nelson, Micah Klesick, Zachary Winters, Mitchell McAuslan Page Updates (admin only)

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Description

It's the Sehome Arboretum. It sees a fair amount of traffic from WWU students to and from campus as well from runners and hikers. Additional information can be found on the city's website. Due to the long history of students climbing here, most first ascents are best left as unknown.

The sandstone here, just like the rest of the Chuckanuts, is very fragile when wet. Please don't climb unless the rock is completely dry. If the ground is wet, it's too wet to climb. During the winter it may take over a week without rain for the rock to dry completely.

The Sehome page was originally set up by michael faith in 2012, but completely reorganized and updated to this one in 2023.

Getting There

The entrance to Sehome Hill Arboretum is located on Bill McDonald Parkway at 25th Street near the South end of Western Washington University's campus in the Sehome Neighborhood. There are lots of boulders and cliff bands scattered throughout the forest.

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Classic Climbing Routes at Sehome Arboretum

Mountain Project's determination of the classic, most popular, highest rated climbing routes in this area.

V1 5 8 ● Boulder Up Boulder Sehome Arboret… > Main Area Bouldering
V2 5+ 11 ● Boulder Lip Traverse Boulder Sehome Arboret… > Main Area Bouldering
V3 6A 5 ● Dr. Google Eyes Boulder Sehome Arboret… > Summit Area
V4 6B 9 ● The Classic Direct Boulder Sehome Arboret… > Main Area Bouldering
V6- 7A 13 ● Sehome Traverse Boulder Sehome Arboret… > Main Area Bouldering
5.2 3 8 II 8 D 2c 7 ● The Stairway TR Main Area > Main Area (right)
5.6 4c 14 V 12 S 4b 4 ● Jam Crack Trad Jam Crack
5.8 5b 16 VI- 15 HVS 4c 11 ● The Classic Sport, TR Main Area > Main Area (left)
5.9 5c 17 VI 17 HVS 5a 22 ● Center Face Sport, TR Main Area > Main Area (right)
5.10a 6a 18 VI+ 18 E1 5a 11 ● Bolt Ladder 2 TR Main Area > Main Area (right)
5.10b 6a+ 19 VII- 19 E2 5b 5 ● Unnamed TR Main Area > Main Area (right)