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The Index Town Walls: A Guide to Washington's Finest Crag

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The Index Town Walls, a beautiful collection of granite crags in the Skykomish Valley just outside Seattle, are praised for their superb quality and variety. Everything from 800-foot trad odysseys, to modern clip-ups, to Grade IV aid climbs, are found nestled among the forest, river, and alpine peaks. This guidebook is comprehensive, covering not only the vast majority of the historic routes (some of which have been reclaimed by the forest), but also many brand-spanking-new ones. Index is widely regarded as the fi nest crag in Washington, and often touted as the best climbing destination in the United States. Some suggest that Index has the densest collection of high quality routes in the world. There's only one way to find out….

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Customer Reviews (4.4 / 5 · 5 reviews)

Leo ★★★★★

The topos for the 800-foot trad lines are detailed enough that I finally stopped second-guessing route finding on the upper pitches. Approach beta for the Skykomish Valley crags alone saved me an hour of wandering. Worth every penny if Index is your home crag.

Eli ★★★★★

Didn't expect a guidebook to get me this fired up about granite. The topos for the trad odysseys are clear enough that even I could follow them, and the route variety means there's something for every level of ambition. My only regret is not buying it sooner.

Natalie Z. ★★★★★

Finally a guide that treats the 800-foot trad lines with the detail they deserve instead of cramming them into one vague paragraph. I've been climbing at Index for three seasons and still found new approaches and descent beta I'd never figured out on my own.