Climbing Near Vancouver, Washington

This is a long forgotten wall that, while featured in Pajunas & McGown's 1989 book, is all but a footnote in current guidebooks. Tall, solid rock makes it inviting for new new routes to be established and old lines to be resurrected. There is no top rope access from above unlike most Rocky Butte ClimbsFor a 3 minute approach you can access by heading towards the Grotto, but continuing on to 92nd and Skidmore. The start of the trail is easily marked by the concrete dividers that run along the turnabout. Do not park next to these dividers and instead find a spot next to a house along 90th or 92nd. Once you walk straight south about 150 yards, you'll hit the main trail. If you follow this trail East, it will loop back around to the top of the crag where the Mannahouse Church sits. Along the trail, there will be climbers trails where you can walk up to various walls from the bottom, often through brushy, dirty slopes. Walking the trail all the way will mean you'll likely encounter the homeless people that often camp here.Alternatively, from the top you can rappel from Breakfast Cracks to the bottom. You can also descend the eroded cave chute that is between Toothpick Wall and Breakfast Cracks, heading left just as you exit the cave, then continuing along the rock face past, past Breakfast Cracks, then descending into the Easternmost wall that features Chaitanya

Farthest north of the normally climbed walls. A few bolted anchors, but mostly stout trees and some gear backup. Watch out for teenagers and drinkers! Look for the #1 Marker. This is the very first trail you get to as you drive up past the church.

Toothpick Wall is a clean and quiet area with about a dozen climbs. A trio of excellent cracks (Blueberry, Toothpick and Vertical Therapy) garner most of the attention. Very few climbs on the Toothpick Wall have fixed anchors though all are top-ropeable using adjacent trees and/or your own gear. This area also includes "Easy Street" with basically the same top access, which is great for beginners as it has short, easy routes. This area is divided from Mean Street to the south/left by the water drainage and a steep incline, and from Breakfast Cracks by another steep hillside which includes up-down access via the cave scramble. Look for the #2 marker. The most common way to access the Toothpick Wall is to build an anchor atop Blueberry Jam and rappel in. Alternately, you can come down the 'Emotional Rescue' scramble from the SE or drop down the cave descent from the NW. If neither of these approaches sound familiar you'll do well to just walk the base of the cliff from the far SE end (Silver Bullet Bluff area).