Mount Grainger. On July 14 Fred Beckey, Jim Nelson and I climbed a new route on Mount Grainger in the Chehalis Range, northwest of Harrison Hot Springs. After a beautiful approach from the southeast through a basin decorated with numerous waterfalls, we climbed a crack system on the south face to the left of Flavelle’s route. Beckey said it was the cleanest granite he had ever seen. The first pitch ends after moving left on an undercling. After three pitches we traversed right to avoid a buttress that Fred thought had been climbed. After a 5.10 move on the sixth pitch, the difficulties ended. (III, 5.10a.)

James Martin