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How Long is Your 60m Rope?
Have you ever come up short on a rappel when you remember that you’d managed to make it before? How about tried to toprope a pitch only to find yourself unable to lower a climber to the ground when...
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Cold Weather Crags in Washington, Oregon, and BC
There’s more to winter rock climbing in the northwest than pulling on greasy plastic and sneaky a morning at the front side crags of Smith Rock. Washington and Oregon aren’t cragging destinations this...
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Climb More. Improve More. TR Solo.
Stop going cragging. It’s an inefficient and overly-elaborate process if your primary goal when heading to the cliff is to improve as a climber. Choosing an area that suits both partners, then sorting...
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Top Rope Solo: Where and How in the Pacific Northwest
Toprope soloing is the fastest and easiest way to maximize climbing with limited time at the crag. This week I will focus on standard setups and ideal locations for TR solo climbing, but for an...
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Arcteryx Alpha Comp Hoody & Pants Review by Jenny Abegg
Let me first state the obvious: last year’s winter (2013/2014) in the Pacific Northwest was a bizarre one. In December we had uncharacteristically cold, dry weather, giving all of Seattle’s ice...
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What’s in the Ultimate Cascades Daypack?
Skiing Colchuck Lake – Dragontail Peak behind The Cascades offer an amazing array of options when it comes to different mountain sports. And Spring is the best time of year for multi-sport days. We...
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Arcteryx Alpha FL Pack review by Dave Burdick
It’s not often that a truly category-changing product comes along. Products like single wall tents, Nomic ice tools and LED headlamps were so innovative that they radically changed the landscape of...
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New Forum Software!
If you haven’t checked it out the Cascade Climbers Forums lately, then you definitely should! We replaced the Forum software with a new product, which is *way* easier to use, and lacks all the bugs...
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New Venture by CC.com user “Dannible”
Cascadeclimbers.com user Dannible, whose photography and stories have been published here on cascadeclimbers.com and also in fine climbing and skiing literature including Alpinist and Powder Magazine,...
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