Leavenworth, Washington is the state’s most popular bouldering area, featuring over a thousand easily accessible granite boulder problems. Scattered primarily throughout Tumwater and Icicle Canyons, Leavenworth climbing is similar to Little Cottonwood or Joe’s Valley, in that many of the most popular problems are roadside.
Below you’ll find the top ten most popular problems in Leavenworth.
10. The Coffee Cup V9
The Coffee Cup, v9
The Coffee Cup v9, Leavenworth. 80 ascents logged, 4.3/5 rating – Start matched on the obvious sloping rail on the left side of the steep face. Kick your left foot to a high sloping foothold at the end of the rail, stick the crimp above, and move to the lip.
9. The Shield V7
The Shield, v7
The Shield v7, Leavenworth. 99 ascents logged, 4.1/5 rating – Grab two wide sidepulls in the center of the face, paste your feet on, and dyno to an incut right-hand sidepull at the ten foot level. Move slightly left to finish with a small notch on the lip.
8. Pimpsqueak V8
Pimpsqueak, v8
Pimpsqueak v8, Leavenworth. 100 ascents logged, 4.8/5 rating – One of the coolest features around. Start up the clean right arete to a jug at the edge of the cave, then head straight out the horizontal prow, squeezing between the slopey lip and better holds under the roof.
7. Sunny and Steep V2
Sunny and Steep, v2
Sunny and Steep v2, Leavenworth. 198 ascents logged, 4.4/5 rating – Climb the left side of the beautiful featured face on rounded jugs. Feel free to add a grade in the summer heat! – View more climbs and beta videos for Icicle Canyon, Leavenworth on KAYA.
6. Drugstore Cowboy V3
Drugstore Cowboy, v3
Drugstore Cowboy v3, Leavenworth. 164 ascents logged, 4.2/5 rating – Start sitting with two shallow pockets just right of the wild bulge of the Peephole. Climb up and right with a big foot ledge to rough jugs in the crack, finishing up pumpy steep jugs between the boulders.
5. Toto V4
Toto, v4
Toto v4, Leavenworth. 236 ascents logged, 3.7/5 rating – Start matched on a flexing sidepull flake in the small alcove to the left of The Scarecrow. Bust to the lip and top out. Highball! – View more climbs and beta videos for Icicle Canyon, Leavenworth on KAYA.
4. Twisted Tree V4
Twisted Tree, v4
Twisted Tree v4, Leavenworth. 151 ascents logged, 3.8/5 rating – Start sitting matched on the incut jug just left of the tree. Climb the steep corner to a tricky mantle and top out straight up the slab. Short and stout. – View more climbs and beta videos for Icicle Canyon, Leavenworth on KAYA.
3. The Real Thing V4
The Real Thing, v4
The Real Thing v4, Leavenworth. 203 ascents logged, 4.3/5 rating – Climb the vertical face using small edges and a prominent left-facing sidepull, which has unfortunately crumbled slightly in recent years. Great technical face climbing. – View more climbs and beta videos for Icicle Canyon, Leavenworth on KAYA.
2. Fridge Center V4
Fridge Center, v4
Fridge Center v4, Leavenworth. 225 ascents logged, 4.4/5 rating – Start on crisp pinch/crimps in the center of the face. Maneuver to jugs on top of the huge block and top out. – View more climbs and beta videos for Icicle Canyon, Leavenworth on KAYA.
1. Busted V7
Busted, v7
Busted v7, Leavenworth. 197 ascents logged, 4.0/5 rating – Climb directly up the overhanging arete from a sit start matched on the low, flexing flake. Use slopers for your left hand and crimps for your right to set up for a powerful move to the high sloping ledges of Fiend it Like Crack.
Top 10 Leavenworth Boulders:
Top 10 Most Popular Boulder Problems in Leavenworth, Washington
Leavenworth, Washington is considered to be on the best granite bouldering areas in the United States, and is the premier bouldering destination in the Pacific Northwest. With well over 1,000 problems of all grades, many of which are roadside, Leavenworth offers an amazing landscape to accrue volume.
Find these classic problems and more in the Leavenworth Bouldering Guidebook on KAYA.
