Washington · Rock climbing · Quincy

Bickerson Cove

Bickerson Cove in Washington has 6 sport climbing routes across 5 grades.

Bickerson CovePhoto: Walter Siegmund (talk), CC BY-SA 3.0 (via Wikimedia Commons)
6 routes
5.5 – 5.10b
Sport

Best time to visit Bickerson Cove

Best months: March–June and September–October. Best months have typical highs of 55–85 °F, lows of 30 °F or warmer (32 °F where the station doesn't record snow), at most one snowy day and no more than 12 wet days.

  1. Jan

    36° / 23°

    7 wet

  2. Feb

    44° / 27°

    5 wet

  3. Mar

    55° / 32°

    5 wet

  4. Apr

    63° / 39°

    5 wet

  5. May

    73° / 47°

    4 wet

  6. Jun

    79° / 53°

    3 wet

  7. Jul

    87° / 59°

    2 wet

  8. Aug

    87° / 58°

    2 wet

  9. Sep

    78° / 50°

    2 wet

  10. Oct

    63° / 39°

    5 wet

  11. Nov

    47° / 29°

    7 wet

  12. Dec

    36° / 23°

    8 wet

Typical high / low (°F) and days with rain or snow, 1991–2020. Measured at Quincy, WA, 15 mi away at 1,286 ft. This station doesn't record snowfall. Source: NOAA NCEI U.S. Climate Normals 1991–2020.

Bickerson Cove is a climbing area in Washington's Columbia Basin Wildlife Area Complex, managed by State Fish and Wildlife. It sits among a cluster of named climbing areas, with Jigsaw Left, Jigsaw Right and the Kotick Memorial Wall all about 0.1 mile away. The climbing here is all sport, and the routes run from 5.5 to 5.10b. Cacaphonous Cadenza is the easiest at 5.5, and Too Many Rules is the hardest at 5.10b. The area's first ascents were made by climbers including Leland Windham, Brandon Kern and Cindy Satamaria. For timing, late spring and early fall are the most comfortable. Typical averages from a nearby weather station in Quincy show May highs around 73°F and September highs around 78°F, with July and August peaking near 87°F. The Ridge Trail is about 5.8 miles away for a hike.

Routes (6)

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