The starting point is a three-minute drive from the WRAC yet the route feels very remote once you’re up high. There is no true trail (only game trails) so the travel is more adventurous, has almost no traffic, and demands...Read More...
Photo: The Neppel Trail is the best spot in Moses Lake to enjoy a car-free ride or run. Moses Lake may be flatter than the Bonneville Salt Flats, and though it may not be a hiking or rock climbing mecca,...Read More...
Attractions. The Horan Natural Area is a tranquil wild area at the confluence of the Wenatchee and Columbia rivers that is only a stone’s throw from the warehouses and train tracks of Wenatchee. If you’re harried and time crunched before...Read More...
Maps. See our map. Skill: 3 (advanced) technically these walls are moderate and harder Fitness: 2 (intermediate) these walls are short. But they’re steep and crimpy FatMan, SkinnyMan, Powerhouse, M and M walls pdf pictures and route info (this takes a...Read More...
Maps. See our map. Skill: 3 (advanced) Fitness: 2 (intermediate) Middle East, Dungeon, Sanctuary pdf: Pictures and route info (this takes awhile to load). Shady summer climbing: Middle East Wall. The Middle East and Sunshine walls are the two great column-bearing...Read More...
Attraction. The Sunshine Wall and the Feathers are two of the most popular places to climb at Vantage/Frenchman Coulee. There are well-protected routes of all difficulty on solid rock. Maps. See our map. Skill: 2 (intermediate) these walls accommodate 5.6 climbers...Read More...
Skill: 3 (advanced) Fitness: 2 (intermediate) Maps. See our map. Corn, Millennium, Hen House areas pdf pictures and route info (this takes a moment to load but is worth the wait). Corn Wall. The Corn Wall / Millennium Wall /...Read More...
Our Selected Climbs of Frenchman Coulee was compiled, photographed, and written in 2006 by Marc A. Dilley, a Wenatchee-based climber well-versed in the area’s routes and natural history. This page, and our affiliated listings about rock climbing at Frenchman Coulee/Vantage,...Read More...
Photo: Looking down Frenchman Coulee from the start of this trip. by Andy Dappen There are times in the late fall, winter, and early spring when the trails of the high Cascades, as well as those throughout and the Wenatchee...Read More...
This trail undulates up and down and around peaklets forming Tronsen Ridge, and gives views of Rainier, Adams and St. Helens to the south as well as Glacier Peak to the North. This is definitely a “highlight” trip or one of...Read More...
