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Austin → Squamish
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🗺️ Route sequence

  1. 💡
    Enchanted rock
    Crew pick · Fredericksburg, TX
    🧗 5.0–5.11 trad/slab · V0–V8 beta →
  2. 🚀
    Austin Early July
    Launch
    📋 town dossier → 📍 directions 30.270, -97.740
  3. ⛽
    Dallas
    Refuel & Whitley · Deep Ellum beers
    📋 town dossier → 📍 directions 32.780, -96.800
  4. 🪶
    The Rez
    Oklahoma
    📋 town dossier → 📍 directions 34.610, -98.390
  5. 👥
    Southern Rado
    Chels, Jillian & Fam · a hike
    📋 town dossier → 📍 directions 38.440, -105.240
  6. ⛰️
    Shelf Road
    Shelf Road cragging
    🧗 5.7 – 5.10 beta → 📍 directions 38.440, -105.240
  7. 📍
    Denver / FoCo
    Rio & The Nash's
    📋 town dossier → 📍 directions 39.740, -104.990
  8. 🏔️
    The Winds Mid-July
    Cirque of the Towers
    🧗 5.8 IV–V Alpine beta → 📍 directions 42.770, -109.200
  9. ♨️
    Saratoga Hot Spring
    Pit-stop · free, 24/7
    📋 town dossier → 📍 directions 41.450, -106.810
  10. 📍
    Sawtooths
    Traverse the Sawtooths
  11. 🪨
    City of Rocks
    Desert granite
    📋 town dossier → 📍 directions 42.080, -113.710
  12. 🌀
    Garden of 1000 Buddhas
    Side-quest · Arlee, MT
    📋 town dossier → 📍 directions 47.180, -114.090
  13. 🏞️
    Flathead / Glacier Jul 21
    Rendezvous with Derek 🚐☀️
    🤝 Derek — solar camper from Grand Rapids
    📋 town dossier → 📍 directions 48.370, -114.040
  14. 💍
    Spokane Aug 1
    Ricardo's Wedding — HARD deadline
    📋 town dossier → 📍 directions 47.660, -117.430
  15. 🌲
    Mazama
    North Cascades
    📋 town dossier → 📍 directions 48.590, -120.400
  16. 📍
    Challenger Traverse
  17. 📍
    North Cascades
  18. 🧗
    Squamish
    Send before the next chapter
    📋 town dossier → 📍 directions 49.700, -123.160
  19. 📍
    Island Hopping / Mt. Erie / Deception Pass
  20. 🦎
    Kaf Adventures
    Alpine Mentorship — post-wedding
    📋 town dossier → 📍 directions 47.610, -122.330
  21. 📍
    Three Fingers Fire Lookout Perseids
    🧗 II 5.8 Slab (runout) beta →
  22. 📍
    Darrington
  23. 📍
    Index
    🧗 II 5.7 Trad beta →
  24. 📍
    North Cascades
  25. 📍
    Seattle
  26. 📍
    Mount Tahoma (Rainier)
    🧗 5.8+ Trad beta →
  27. 📍
    Tattosh Traverse
  28. 📍
    Indian Creek
  29. 🍺
    Leavenworth — Oktoberfest Early October
    Bavarian send-off after the North Ridge
    📋 stop info → 📍 directions 47.596, -120.662
  30. 📍
    Zion
  31. 📍
    Moab
  32. 📍
    Tahoe
  33. 📍
    Yosemite
  34. 📍
    Joshua Tree
  35. 📍
    Red Rocks
  36. 🧗
    Prusik Peak — West Ridge
    II–III 5.7 Alpine Trad
    🧗 II–III 5.7 Alpine Trad beta → 📍 directions 47.487, -120.784
  37. 🧗
    Vesper Peak — The Ragged Edge
    II 5.7 Alpine Trad
    🧗 II 5.7 Alpine Trad beta → 📍 directions 48.013, -121.518
  38. 🧗
    Wolf's Head — East Ridge
    IV 5.6 Alpine Trad
    🧗 IV 5.6 Alpine Trad beta → 📍 directions 42.780, -109.233
  39. 🧗
    Pingora — South Buttress / K Cracks
    II 5.8 Alpine Trad
    🧗 III 5.8 Alpine Trad beta → 📍 directions 42.779, -109.225
  40. 🧗
    Hallett Peak — Culp-Bossier
    III 5.8+ Alpine Trad (R in places)
    🧗 III 5.8+ Alpine Trad (R in places) beta → 📍 directions 40.303, -105.686
  41. 🧗
    The Sharkstooth — Northeast Ridge
    III 5.6 Alpine Trad
    📋 stop info → 📍 directions 40.281, -105.674
  42. 🧗
    The Finger of Fate — Open Book
    III 5.8 Alpine Trad
    📋 stop info → 📍 directions 44.026, -114.962
  43. 🧗
    Forbidden Peak — West Ridge
    III 5.6 Alpine Trad
    🧗 III 5.6 Alpine Trad beta → 📍 directions 48.511, -121.059
  44. 🧗
    Mt Shuksan — Fisher Chimneys
    III 5.0 (low 5th) Glacier Mountaineering, AI1 snow/ice
    🧗 III 5.9 Trad beta → 📍 directions 48.831, -121.602
  45. 🧗
    Mt Heyburn — Stur Chimney
    II 5.5 Alpine Trad
    📋 stop info → 📍 directions 44.101, -114.973
  46. 🧗
    Ingalls Peak — South Ridge
    II 5.4 Alpine Trad
    🧗 III 5.8 Alpine Trad beta → 📍 directions 47.472, -120.947
  47. 🧗
    Cutthroat Peak — South Buttress (SE Buttress)
    III 5.8 Alpine Trad
    🧗 III 5.8 Alpine Trad beta → 📍 directions 48.526, -120.704
  48. 🧗
    Sharkfin Tower — Southeast Ridge
    I 5.0 Alpine Trad (3 pitches low 5th; the airy 2nd pitch feels ~5.4)
    🧗 I 5.0 Alpine Trad (3 pitches low 5th; the airy 2nd pitch feels ~5.4) beta → 📍 directions 48.500, -121.040
  49. 🧗
    Forbidden Peak — East Ridge Direct
    III 5.8 Alpine Trad
    🧗 III 5.6 Alpine Trad beta → 📍 directions 48.511, -121.058
  50. 🧗
    Mt Slesse — Northeast Buttress
    V 5.9 Alpine Trad
    📋 stop info → 📍 directions 49.025, -121.597
  51. 🧗
    Pear Buttress (The Book)
    II 5.8 Trad
    🧗 II 5.8 Trad beta → 📍 directions 40.406, -105.534
  52. 🧗
    Edward's Crack (Walt's Wall)
    II 5.7 Trad
    🧗 II 5.7 Trad beta → 📍 directions 41.162, -105.376

🤝 Catch us along the way

🤝 Flathead Lake meetup · Flathead Lake, MT · Mid-trip — crew converges — Swim, regroup, resupply before the final push north.
🤝 Ricardo's wedding · Spokane, WA · Aug 1 — hard deadline 💍 — The anchor. Everyone's here no matter what.

On our route and want to meet up? Drop it here — we'll confirm and it'll show up above.

🧗 Climbs, in trip order

North-and-westward from Texas — the line-up by area, in the sequence we'll hit them. Tap any for the full dossier.

1

Austin, TX

1 climb
5.4–5.14 · 300+ sport Reimers Ranch 📋 🪨
2

Fredericksburg, TX

1 climb
5.0–5.11 trad/slab · V0–V8 Enchanted Rock 📋 🪨
3

Shelf Road, CO

1 climb
5.7 – 5.10 Shelf Road Crags 📋
4

Eldorado Canyon, CO

1 climb
III 5.9+ Trad The Yellow Spur 📋
5

RMNP, CO

3 climbs
5.9+ III (R) Alpine Trad The Spearhead (Sykes Sickle) 📋 III 5.8 Alpine Trad Petit Grepon — South Face 📋 IV 5.10a Alpine Trad The Diamond — Casual Route 📋
6

Wind River Range, WY

1 climb
5.8 IV–V Alpine Cirque of the Towers Traverse 📋
7

City of Rocks, ID

1 climb
5.7 – 5.10 Theater of Shadows / Tribal Boundaries 📋
8

Bitterroots, ID/MT

1 climb
III 5.8+ Trad Shoshone Spire (South Face) 📋
9

Glacier NP, MT

1 climb
Class 2–4 Scramble Mt. Reynolds — SW Talus/Ridge 📋
10

Sawtooths, ID

2 climbs
5.7 Alpine Trad Warbonnet Peak — SE Face 📋 ⛰️ III 5.9 Alpine Trad Elephant's Perch — Mountaineer's Route 📋 ⛰️
11

Leavenworth / Stuart Range, WA

6 climbs
5.8+ to 5.11a Trad Jello Tower — Castle Rock (Tumwater) 📋 🪨 III 5.6 Alpine Trad Mt. Stuart — West Ridge 📋 ⛰️ III 5.9 Trad Snow Creek Wall — Outer Space 📋 🪨 IV 5.8 Alpine Trad Dragontail Peak — Serpentine Arête 📋 ⛰️ IV 5.9 Alpine Trad Dragontail Peak — Backbone Ridge 📋 ⛰️ V 5.9+ Alpine Trad Mt. Stuart — Complete North Ridge 📋 ⛰️
12

Mazama, WA

2 climbs
III 5.9 Sport Goat Wall (Valhalla) — Earl Grey 📋 🪨 IV 5.9 Sport Goat Wall — Flyboys 📋 🪨
13

Washington Pass, WA

4 climbs
II 5.6 Alpine Trad Liberty Bell — Beckey Route (SW Face) 📋 ⛰️ II 5.7 Alpine Trad Concord Tower — North Face 📋 ⛰️ III 5.8 Alpine Trad South Early Winter Spire — Southwest Rib 📋 ⛰️ V 5.9 Alpine Trad Liberty Bell Group — Liberty Traverse 📋 ⛰️
14

Index, WA

1 climb
II 5.7 Trad Index — Great Northern Slab 📋 🪨
15

Darrington, WA

6 climbs
II 5.8 Slab (runout) Three O'Clock Rock — Big Tree 📋 🪨 II 5.9+ Slab (runout) Exfoliation Dome — Westward Ho 📋 ⛰️ III 5.10a Slab (runout) Three O'Clock Rock — Silent Running 📋 🪨 III 5.8+ Slab (R) Exfoliation Dome — Blueberry Buttress 📋 ⛰️ III 5.9 Alpine Trad Squire Creek Wall — Skeena26 📋 ⛰️ III 5.9 R Slab Green Giant Buttress — Dreamer 📋 ⛰️
16

Mt. Erie, WA

2 climbs
5.8+ Trad Mount Erie — Springboard 📋 🪨 II 5.7 Trad Mount Erie — Zig Zag 📋 🪨
17

Squamish, BC

1 climb
II 5.8 Trad The Apron — Diedre 📋 🪨
18

North Cascades, WA (Boston Basin)

1 climb
I 5.0 Alpine Trad (3 pitches low 5th; the airy 2nd pitch feels ~5.4) Sharkfin Tower — Southeast Ridge 📋 ⛰️
19

Leavenworth / Stuart Range, WA

1 climb
II–III 5.7 Alpine Trad Prusik Peak — West Ridge 📋 ⛰️
20

Glacier NP, MT

1 climb
II 5.7 Alpine Trad Vesper Peak — The Ragged Edge 📋 ⛰️
21

Wind River Range, WY

2 climbs
IV 5.6 Alpine Trad Wolf's Head — East Ridge 📋 ⛰️ II 5.8 Alpine Trad Pingora — South Buttress / K Cracks 📋 ⛰️
22

Rocky Mountain National Park, CO

1 climb
III 5.8+ Alpine Trad (R in places) Hallett Peak — Culp-Bossier 📋 ⛰️
23

Cathedral Spires, Rocky Mountain National Park, CO

1 climb
III 5.6 Alpine Trad The Sharkstooth — Northeast Ridge 📋 ⛰️
24

Sawtooths, ID

1 climb
III 5.8 Alpine Trad The Finger of Fate — Open Book 📋 ⛰️
25

North Cascades (Boston Basin), WA

1 climb
III 5.6 Alpine Trad Forbidden Peak — West Ridge 📋 ⛰️
26

North Cascades, WA

1 climb
III 5.0 (low 5th) Glacier Mountaineering, AI1 snow/ice Mt Shuksan — Fisher Chimneys 📋 ⛰️
27

Leavenworth / Stuart Range, WA

1 climb
II 5.4 Alpine Trad Ingalls Peak — South Ridge 📋 ⛰️
28

North Cascades, WA (Boston Basin)

1 climb
III 5.8 Alpine Trad Forbidden Peak — East Ridge Direct 📋 ⛰️
29

Chilliwack / Skagit Range, British Columbia

1 climb
V 5.9 Alpine Trad Mt Slesse — Northeast Buttress 📋 ⛰️
30

RMNP, CO

1 climb
II 5.8 Trad Pear Buttress (The Book) 📋 🪨
31

Vedauwoo, WY (Turtle Rock, off I-80)

1 climb
II 5.7 Trad Edward's Crack (Walt's Wall) 📋 🪨
32

Sawtooths, ID

1 climb
II 5.5 Alpine Trad Mt Heyburn — Stur Chimney 📋 ⛰️
33

Washington Pass, WA

1 climb
III 5.8 Alpine Trad Cutthroat Peak — South Buttress (SE Buttress) 📋 ⛰️

🏕️ Logistics, friends & basecamps

👥Texas Refuel

Dallas stop to visit Whitley + Deep Ellum for beers.

👥Colorado Friends & Fam

Base camps out of Southern CO, Denver & Fort Collins — Chels, Jillian & family. Quick cragging in Clear Creek, Eldo, Horsetooth bouldering.

🏕️The Winds

Big Sandy Trailhead. ⚠️ 40-mile dirt road — wrap/protect the undercarriage from salt-seeking porcupines.

🏕️Idaho Recharge

City of Rocks — incredible desert granite camping right at the base of the routes.

🏕️Montana Basecamps

Blodgett Creek TH (Bitterroot primitive) + Hungry Horse Reservoir West Side (Flathead designated dispersed, on water). Meet Derek here.

♨️Rest-Day Hot Springs

Saratoga, WY (free, 24/7, off US-287) · Granite Hot Springs (Jackson corridor) · Fairmont Hot Springs (Butte, MT — resort showers).

🚿Showers & Cleanup

Truck stops, rec centers, hot springs, KOAs. Shotgun tracks where to rinse, shave & reset.

🧺Laundry & Barber

Laundromats + barbershops along the corridor. Need a haircut or a wash?

🛠️Gear Repair & Replace

Climbing/outdoor shops for resoles, replacement cams, tubes, repairs.

🅿️Pit Stops

Rest areas, truck stops, RV dump stations, free/dispersed camping (iOverlander / Recreation.gov / OSM).

🎒 Packing & gear checklist

🧗Alpine Hardware

  • Double rack to 3"
  • 60m half ropes
  • Alpine draws
  • Helmet
  • Nut tool + cordelette

🐻Backcountry / Wildlife Safety

  • Bear spray on chest harness
  • Certified bear canister
  • Tire protection (porcupines!)
  • First-aid + SAM splint

⚡Comms & Power

  • Starlink Mini + cables
  • EcoFlow + solar (charges e-bikes!)
  • inReach Mini (subscription on)
  • goTenna pair charged
  • Gaia GPS maps downloaded

🚐Vehicle / Life

  • Offline maps downloaded
  • National Parks Pass
  • Wedding attire (Aug 1!)
  • SUPs + pump + PFDs
  • e-MTBs + rack + tools