McLoughlin Canyon (Tonasket)
McLoughlin Canyon (Tonasket) in Washington has 7 climbing routes across 5 difficulty grades.
Photo: BLM Oregon & Washington, Public domain (via Wikimedia Commons)- 7 routes
- 5.8 – 5.10d
- Trad · Sport
Best time to visit McLoughlin Canyon (Tonasket)
Best months: April–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.
Jan
34° / 23°
Feb
42° / 26°
Mar
54° / 31°
Apr
64° / 37°
May
74° / 44°
Jun
79° / 50°
Jul
88° / 55°
Aug
87° / 54°
Sep
77° / 46°
Oct
61° / 37°
Nov
44° / 29°
Dec
34° / 24°
Typical high / low (°F) and days with rain or snow, 1991–2020. Measured at Tonasket 4 Nne, WA, 9.6 mi away at 960 ft. This station doesn't record snowfall. Source: NOAA NCEI U.S. Climate Normals 1991–2020.
McLoughlin Canyon is a climbing area in north-central Washington, about 4.8 miles from Tonasket. It sits on land managed by the Bureau of Land Management within the Spokane Wenatchee Field Office, and it is a compact cluster of crags rather than a single route. Several climbing areas are packed close together here. South Buttress is just 0.1 mile away, and NW End - Honeycomb and Anarchy Walls, Gully Wall and The Mid West - Red-tail Wall are each about 0.2 mile off. That makes it easy to string together a few crags in one visit. The routes here range from trad to sport, with most falling between 5.8 and 5.10d. Among the named options are Wide Spread Panic (5.8, trad), Gates of Delirium (5.10b, sport) and Ides of March (5.10d, trad). Summer is the warmest stretch. Typical averages from a nearby weather station in Tonasket show July highs around 88°F with lows near 55°F, while September cools to highs around 77°F. That station sits about 500 feet lower than the canyon, so temperatures up top run a little cooler.
Routes (7)
Main Wall - Lower Middle (Dihedral area)(1)
West End(2)
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