Marymoor Park

This is the Marymoor Park Climbing Area. Marymoor Park is located in Redmond, WA at the north end of Lake Sammamish. The climbing structure is relativley new and offers a variety of terrain. Routes are impossible to name since the imagination and physical ability are the only thing that can limit you. Some of the more obvious parts of the area are named for reference.

Though built primarily as a bouldering area, there are bolts on all of the walls for lead climbing. It is an excellent place to train when the weather is cooperating. The area differs from indoor gyms in the sense that it is outdoors in the elements, some of the terrrain is a fair simulation of real rock of different types. The people I encounter are always friendly and are willing to give a belay, point out a new boulder problem, or just shoot the shit. I consider myself one of the locals and there are others you will encounter on a regular basis if you go

there often like me.

These pictures represent the general area and I think will give you an idea of what I am talking about. The area is generally divided into walls. Each of which offers different styles of rock and requires differenet climbing techniques. The climbing offered here ranges from slabs to pockets to cracks to full on upside down roof routes. The walls also have different angles. The ratings system can just be thrown away on this place. Like I said above, you can make any route you want and make it as hard or as easy as you want. Some of these BP's are pretty damn hard. In order form inexperienced climbers from hurting themselves, the beginings of the routes are usually the hardest so someone doesn't get too far over there heads. I have climbed every possible side of this place and have seen it all to know this place is alot of fun. After all this is where i learned to climb. Cause best of all its FREE!
My favorite climb here is called "The Catwalk" (5.10a/b). As seen below it is a real pump. It is started on the ground on an angled wall under the roof. The route itself follows the roof line on the outside edge and makes for a real showoff route. Not many can complete the route the first few tries. You can see the end part to the right, its just below the red brick where the three corners meet. After that if you want to complete the route the rating increases to 5.10c/d. Some real foot work comes into play here. Usually there is someone trying the route for the first time and myself or someone else is there to give some beta and a spot. There is my friend Chad's little brother Chase doin'

The Catwalk. The climbing area here hosts a great deal of good climbers. Some of them are 5.12+ climbers. Watching them can just blow you away with the moves thes guys make.