LYNNWOOD — With granite crags and huge roadside boulders, Snohomish County is a rock climber’s paradise, but as the winter closes in, the Cascades can be awfully wet and slippery this time of year.

Climbers still need a hydraulic boom lift to reach the highest point of Freestone Climbing Gym’s six-story rope room, but the days of human-powered ascent are getting nearer. “We’re open,” gym owner ...

The former Register-Guard building in Eugene is slated to become a new climbing gym, featuring both indoor and outdoor climbing areas. The proposed gym, owned by Elevation Bouldering Gym's owner, will ...