The Bookstore - Main Area
Bookstore - Main Area, The in Washington has 14 routes across 7 grades, offering mixed, sport, and trad climbing.
- 14 routes
- 5.7 – 5.11b
- Trad · Sport · Mixed
Best time to visit The Bookstore - Main Area
Best months: May–September. 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.
Jan
31° / 16°
11 wet · 8 snow
Feb
38° / 18°
8 wet · 4 snow
Mar
49° / 24°
9 wet · 2 snow
Apr
58° / 29°
9 wet · 1 snow
May
68° / 37°
11 wet
Jun
74° / 42°
10 wet
Jul
84° / 47°
6 wet
Aug
84° / 45°
4 wet
Sep
74° / 38°
5 wet
Oct
57° / 29°
8 wet · 1 snow
Nov
40° / 23°
11 wet · 4 snow
Dec
30° / 16°
12 wet · 9 snow
Typical high / low (°F) and days with rain or snow, 1991–2020. Measured at Republic, WA, 18 mi away at 2,555 ft. Source: NOAA NCEI U.S. Climate Normals 1991–2020.
The Bookstore is a climbing area in northeastern Washington, on Bureau of Land Management land within the Spokane Border Field Office. It sits among a cluster of named climbing areas, including The Bookstore - Grey Slabs and Garden Wall, Kettle Valley (Curlew) and Riverside, all about 0.1 mile away. The area has 14 routes, with 10 of them trad, two mixed and two sport. Grades run from 5.7 to 5.11b, with the hardest route, Romancing The Novel, a mixed climb at 5.11b. The easiest are Crest of a Knave at 5.7 and The Cat's Meow at 5.8. Summer is the most comfortable time to climb. Typical averages from a nearby weather station in Republic show July and August highs around 84°F with only four or six wet days a month, while winter brings highs near 30°F and regular snow days. Nearby, Tonata Creek Wall - Lower Wall and Shangri La are each about 0.6 mile away. The Ferry County Rail Trail is roughly 7.6 miles off, and Curlew Creek offers canoeing about 8 miles away.
Routes (14)
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