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Darrington

Darrington in Washington has 6 climbing routes across 4 grades, offering sport and trad styles.

6 routes
5.7 – 5.10b
Trad · Sport

Is Darrington open right now?

Closure in the area

There's a closure order in Darrington Ranger District. It doesn't name Darrington, so check the source for the area it covers (3 listed).

As of · Source: USFS · Darrington Ranger District. Agencies don't list every closure — check before you go.

Darrington is a climbing area in the Boulder River Wilderness, part of the Darrington Ranger District of Mt. Baker-Snoqualmie National Forest in Washington. The Forest Service manages the land, and the area sits within designated wilderness. Six climbing routes are listed in the OpenBeta catalog, five of them trad and one sport. The grades run from 5.7 up to 5.10b. Dreamer Direct is the easiest at 5.7, and Over the Rainbow and Urban Bypass are the hardest at 5.10b. The routes make a compact cluster of trad options, with Urban Bypass the lone sport route. The closest neighbors are Copper Creek, a canoeing spot about 0.3 miles away, and the Copper Creek Trail, about 0.5 miles out. Eight-Mile Creek Trail is about 0.9 miles away. Three O'clock Rock, another climbing area, lies about 1.3 miles away.

Routes (6)

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