Vantage (Frenchman Coulee)

GETTING THERE

Take Exit 143 for Silica Rd. off I-90.  Take a left onto Silica Rd., and then in 0.8 mile take a left onto Vantage Rd.  The Feathers climbing area is about 1.3 miles down Vantage Rd. on the left, and the main parking area for the rest of the Vantage climbing areas is just a little further on the left. 

guidebook

• Frenchman Coulee: A Rock Climbers' Guide, 4th ed by Brenden Sullivan & Jim Yoder (Vertical Press 2019).

INFORMATION for leaders

internal COURSE PRIORITY CALENDAR

• This is a very popular climbing area.
• Please review the 2025 Course Priority Calendar to ensure that either:
  • Your field trip is listed on the calendar on the correct date and place -OR-
  • No course has "reserved" that date and place, so there's room for your field trip.
• If  Vantage is available on the calendar, review the listed trips below before listing your trip to ensure there's no conflict

scheduling & permits

• If you are scheduling this as a non-course related activity, please limit your group size to the recommended party size. The maximum party size is for use by course field trips only, and includes both students and instructors. Group size maximums do not reflect how course field trips are run (in smaller groups of students and instructors), but allow for course leaders to register the course in our system.
• This route allows multiple bookings. Please check scheduled trips below to see if there is another group already booked on the day you are booking and coordinate with them to ensure you are carpooling and dividing yourself into small groups at different crags.
•  Please write the crags you plan to be at in your summary, so that they show up in the overview.

• Suitable Activities: Backpacking, Climbing, Naturalist
• Climbing Category: Rock Climb
• Seasons: Year-round
• Weather: View weather forecast

• Difficulty: Crag Rock Climb

• Land Manager: Columbia Basin Wildlife Area: Quincy Lakes Unit
• Parking Permit Required: Discover Pass
• Recommended Party Size: 10
• Maximum Party Size: 60
• Maximum Route/Place Capacity: 60