Index - Lower Town Wall and The Country

It took me several trips to the area to manage to get a view of the cliff without pouring rain, but here finally comes the first of two planned posters of the legendary Index. Hidden in a narrow Cascades valley, walls of perfect granite suddenly emerge out of the rainforest, offering as good trad climbing as you'll find anywhere. Combined with proximity to Seattle and ridiculously short approaches (at least to the lower cliffs), it is almost a wonder that Index isn't more popular.

 

This poster covers the Lower Town Wall and the Country, along with the smaller Blues Cliff and the Quarry/Orc Tower area.

Route List

1: Pisces, 5.10a, Berman, Weigelt

2: Great Northern Slab, 5.7, Guimarin, Leatherman, 1965

3: Taurus, 5.7+, Anderson, Carlstad, Firey, Heller, 1972

4: Air over Aries, 5.11a, Kerns, Yoder, 1991

5: Aries/The Lizard Route, 5.8+, Burgner, Nephew, 1970

6: Sonic Reducer, 5.12a, Erickson, Nelson, Olsen, 1980s

7: Pretty Vacant, 5.11d, Crammer, Olsen, Schimmel

8: Terminal Preppie, 5.11c, Nelson, Olsen, 1983

9: Strength through Bowling, 5.10d/11a, Nelson, Olsen, Trott, 1983

10: 5.12 Index Ave., 5.12c, Henson

11: Dwarf Tossing, 5.12b, Carlstad, Cummins, Hardinsty/Ramier, Wyland

12: Princely Ambitions, 5.9, Cummins, Metz, 1977

13: Dr. Sniff and the Tuna Boaters, 5.10d, Lien, Olsen, 1983

14: Nobody Tosses a Dwarf, 5.12, Daudistel, Gilkinson

15: Model Worker, 5.11c, Dufford, Lien, Olsen, 1988

16: Tadpole, 5.11c, Anderson, Teasdale/Lien, Olsen

17: Cup and Saucer, 5.11d, Cramer, Nelson, 1985

18: Julie’s Roof, 5.11a, Kemp/Brugger, Hargis, 1983

19: Gogum, 5.11b, McKenna, Olsen, 1984

20: Numbah Ten, 5.12b, Anderson, Heller, 1972/Dufford, Kemp, Olsen, Purdy, 1988

21: Amandla, 5.13b/c, de Klerk, 1992

22: Iron Horse, 5.11d, Hanes, Lagenbach, 1969/Cilley, Leonardi, 1984

23: Sagittarius, 5.11b, Lien, Olsen, 1982

24: Lamar’s Trust, 5.9+, McKenna, Olsen, 1982

25: Beak! Beak! Beak!, 5.9, Nelson, Olsen, 1982

26: Newest Industry, 5.11a, Cramer, Dufford, Olsen, 1986

27: 10% Meteorological Vinculation, 5.11d C1/5.13-, Anderson, Carson, 1973/Cramer, Olsen, 1988

28: It‘s a Dog’s Life but You Can Picnic with Us, 5.11c, Lien, Nelson, 1983

29: Stiff Kittens, 5.11c, Cramer, Kemp, Olsen, 1987

30: Cheeseburgers on Trial, 5.11c, Cramer, Lien, Olsen, 1984

31: Journey to Pitar, 5.11d, Cramer, Olsen, 1988

32: Japanese Gardens, 5.11c, Anderson, Page, Stoddard, 1968/Lien, Nelson, 1984

33: Stern Farmer, 5.12b, Lien, Michael, 1984

34: Trout Farm Massacre, 5.11c, Lien, Nelson, 1983

35: Klaus van Bulow & the Algorithm of Love, 5.10c, Cramer, Olsen, 1988

36: Bat Skins, 5.12b, Crawford, Timson, 1971/Cramer, Dufford, Masciandaro, 1986

37: Gold Bar Girls, 5.9+, Dufford, Leonardi, 1984

38: Artifice, 5.10 A4, Anderson, Carson, 1972

39: Giant Sized Baby Thing, 5.11c, Cramer, Olsen, 1988

40: City Park, 5.13+, Johnson, Mathies, 1966/Skinner, 1986

41: Slow Children, 5.10d, Carpenter, Lien, McNerthney, Nelson, 1980

42: Tommy’s Sandbox, 5.11a, Henson, Schaefer

43: Godzilla, 5.9+, Harder, Heller, 1972

44: Park Ranger, 5.10-, Ramier, Rankin

45: Deal With It, Ranger, 5.11b PG13, Cilley, Nelson, Olsen, 1984

46: Natural Log Cabin, 5.11d PG13, Cramer, Lien, Masciandaro, 1985

47: Salad Fingers, 5.11c, Coe, Ramier

48: Narrow Arrow Overhang, 5.13a, Donaldson, Mathies, 1968/Cilley, 1984

49: Narrow Arrow Direct, 5.12c, Burgner, Weigelt, 1970/Stoddard, 1979

50: I’d Rather Be Golfing, 5.11b, Kusera, Lien, 1983

51: Death to Zeke, 5.11b, Lien, Nelson, 1984

52: No Man’s Land/Higher Learning, 5.9, Ramier, Wyland

53: Shirley You Can’t Be Serious, 5.12c/d, Tirrell

54: Shirley, 5.11c, Cilley, Nelson, Olsen

55: 24hr Buccaneer, 5.11b R, Lien, Nelson, Olsen, 1985

56: Thin Fingers, 5.11a, Boving, 1976

57: Tatoosh, 5.10b, Burgner, Weigelt, 1970

58: Free at Last, 5.10d, Burgner, Weigelt/Ramier, Rankin

59: Kunselman’s Physics, 5.12b, Thorne, Wyland

60: Bicycle Day, 5.10, Budden, Wyland

61: Shiver Me Timbers, 5.10a C1, Bangs, Wyland

62: Let’s Barbecue, 5.11b, Lien, Nelson, 1984

63: Bob and Doris, 5.11b, Lien, Nelson, 1983

64: Old Man Hubbard, 5.11, Wyland

65: Just Say NO2, 5.12b, Kemp, Yoder, 1988

66: Like Honey, 5.12a, Henson

67: With Apologies to Walter B, 5.11a, Swedin/Lepeska, 1980

68: Mini Air Dangler, 5.8

69: Stamper Holland, 5.9+, Ellerbrook, Wyland

70: Front Line Assignment, 5.11b, Tetzlaff, Wyland

71: Tour of Duty, 5.11b, Clifford, Wyland

72: Jonah Benkert’s World Famous Homemade Humble Pie, 5.11c, Rosser, Wyland

73: Tales from Zahajko, 5.11c, Lignoski, Wyland

74: Constructive Mathematics/Some Bullshit, 5.11c, Lignoski, Wyland

75: Coach’s Fables, 5.11d, Tetzlaff, Wyland/Allen, Wyland

76: Alternative Facts, 5.11c, Eves, Wyland

77: Rufus Tufus, 5.10b, Dom, Wyland

78: Devil May Care, 5.11b, Morison, Wyland

79: Baba Yaga, 5.11c A0, Eves, Wyland

80: Castle Jimmy, 5.10d, Sketchy, Wyland

81: Cheetah Lala, 5.10b, Dom, Wyland

82: Hoohoo Owl, 5.8, Bangs, Wyland

83: Ragnarokkr, 5.12a, Eves, Wyland

84: Big Bad Wolf, 5.10c, Eves, Wyland

85: The Bad Lieutenant, 5.12a, Collum

86: JW Special/Fecophilia, 5.10c, Dom, Wyland

87: Over Orcsposed, 5.12a, Collum, Kerns, Massey

88: 116 Orc Tower Rd., 5.10c, Tetzlaff, Wyland

89: Mandatory Piano Lessons, 5.11d, Rankin, Wyland

90: Cream of the Country, 5.10b, Haugland, Wyland

91: #9, 5.10a, Henson

92: Starfish, 5.9, Henson

93: Accidental Discharge, 5.11b, Collum, Kerns

94: 12 Gauge IQ, 5.12b, Collum, Kerns

95: Black Cat Bone, 5.11c, Feinberg, Folsom, 1990

96: Unicorn Blues, 5.12a, Kallman, Patz, Patz

97: Blue in the Face, 5.12c, Collum, Kerns, 1992

98: Written in Stone, 5.11b, Feinberg, Folsom

99: Etch-a-Sketch, 5.11b, Ashirov, Collum, Kerns

100: Blues Riff, 5.11a, Collum, Collum

101: BB Cling, 5.11d, Catlin, Collum

102: Rhythm and Bolts, 5.11a, Collum, Kerns, 1992

103: The Color of Pain, 5.12a, Kerns, 1992

104: Steel Monkey, 5.12a, Sandahl, 1987

105: Jimmy Who?, 5.11b, Collum

106: Baboon, 5.11b, Yoder, 1988

107: Crowbar, 5.11b, Cramer, Nelson, 1987

108: Ted Nugent in a Basket, 5.11c, Cramer, Dufford, Nelson, Olsen, 1987

109: Patrick’s Flake, 5.10d, Tarrington, Trafton/Kemp, Nelson, 1985

110: Total Seawash Calypso, 5.11d, Cramer, Kemp, Nelson, Olsen, 1988

111: Willing Slave, 5.11d, Collum, Olsen, 1988

112: Savage Garden, 5.11c, Child, Collum, 1986

113: Wipe, 5.11a, Lien, Nelson, 1984

114: Kite Flying Blind, 5.11c, Collum, Schmierer, 1988

115: Frank Presley, 5.11a, Collum

116: Just Say No to Frank Sinatra, 5.11d, Johnson, Risse, 1991

117: Mourning Star, 5.8, Grafton/Grafton, Nagy, 1991

118: Leave My Face Alone, 5.11a, Collum, Kerns, 1990

119: Hairway to Stephan, 5.11a, Child, Oberlin, 1989

120: Zoom, 5.10d, Michael, Nelson, Strong, 1983

121: Scientific Americans, 5.12b, Child, Weigand, 1988

122: Kaboom/Jesus Take the Wheel, 5.10+, Alvarez, Massey, 2018

123: Superstition, Collum

124: Conditioned Response, 5.11b, Cauthorn, Collum, 1988

125: Uptight, 5.11+, Fox, Gunderson

126: Tunnel Vision, 5.10d, Boyd, Collum, 1991

127: Angora Grotto, 5.11a, Cauthorn, Collum

128: Climax Control, 5.11c, Collum, Collum, Folsom, Rodionova, 1990

129: Cunning Stunt, 5.10c, Child, Collum, 1988

130: The Fifth Force, 5.12b, Child, Collum, Olsen, 1984

131: Spooner, 5.11d, Cramer, Nelson, 1983

132: G is for Giners, 5.12a, Wyland

133: Hieronymus Bosch, 5.11b, Child, de Klerk

134: Heart of the Country, 5.11b, Stoddard, Stout, 1980

135: GM Route, 5.9, Gibson, Markov, 1973

136: Phone Calls from the Dead, 5.11a, Nelson, Olsen, 1983