Washington · Rock climbing · Quincy

Clearview Crag

Clearview Crag in Washington has 12 climbing routes across 8 difficulty grades, featuring mixed, sport, and trad styles.

12 routes
5.4 – 5.11a/b
Sport · Trad · Mixed

Best time to visit Clearview Crag

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, 15.2 mi away at 1,286 ft. This station doesn't record snowfall. Source: NOAA NCEI U.S. Climate Normals 1991–2020.

Clearview Crag is a climbing area in the Quincy Lakes unit of Washington, managed by State Fish and Wildlife. Several other climbing areas sit within about a tenth of a mile, including Left, River View Point West Alcove, Centre and Sunset Park. The climbing here is sport-oriented, with 9 of the 12 routes falling into that style, and the grades run from 5.4 up to 5.11a/b. The hardest route is Portrait of a Jigsaw Burger at 5.11a/b. The trad route Don't Bolt Cracks and Don't Crack Bolts is a 5.10a, and the mixed route DaKine is 5.7. 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 only a few wet days in each of those months. Summer is hot, with July and August highs averaging 87°F.

Routes (12)

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