Lookout Slabs
Offering better climbing and larger than it looks, Lookout Slabs is a suntrap with a short approach and has an easy walk-off back down to the windy point parking lot. There is potential here for many 2-3 pitch climbs. Yes it can be slabby, but the rich texture and interesting formations and runnels make up for it. It is well worth a visit, for nothing else than the opportunity to 2 or three routes in one day.
Billy Goat Slabs Overview
Approach:
Park as for Windy Point Parking lot. Head West from the parking lot heading along the Lake and eventually you will be walking next to the highway. Follow the highway till you see the Lookout Slabs on your right (North, approx. 52.254333,-116.400385) cross the highway and look out for Red flagging tape heading up a grassy hill towards the slabs. Follow the flagging tape trending left and you will reach the base of the slabs. Wet like Willy is the first route directly in front of you as you are gearing up. Susan’s pollution solution starts left of Wet like Willy and 5 meters up the hill. 10-15 minutes.
If you are approaching for Dumbo the approach is fairly similar but the first hill on the right (North) is the one you take to get up to the major slab formation that has the trad route scary Bighorn (5.9) on it. There will be flagging tape marking the way. A burnt out tree with flagging tape marks the start of the route. 20-30 minutes.
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Janet Welch starting the FA on Rammed if I Do
Janet Welch watching the ‘Ram’ wander by the first belay!
Pitch 1: 34m 5.6
3 m right of ‘Wet Like Willy’. Head up a better-than-it-looks slab leading to water runnels, side pulls and under clings. Chain Stations.
Pitch 2: 35m 5.6
Pitch 2: 35 m, 5.6
Pitch 3: 25 m, 5.6
Descent:
Walk off as per ‘Wet Like Willy’: This route has a very easy walk off and connects with the windy ridge trail that leads you all the way back to the windy point parking lot. Follow the flagging trail as it traverses across and connects with the hikers trail, then head down.
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