O'Toole Creek

A short but intense route, with an easy approach & exit. Rigged as a training canyon to facilitate practicing techniques such as traverse lines & guided rappels year round. However don't let its length, ease of access, & well placed bolts fool you; hazards from the flow & exposure can be very substantial. O'Toole can be easily paired with Pilot Creek in a day. Starting with a basic introduction to techniques at Pilot, O'Toole can then offer a progression to more substantial obstacles. The combination of routes offers a logistically simple and good length day.

Park at the turnout just west of O'Toole creek (the creek is sign-posted on the South Skagit Highway) [48.5105, -121.9201]. Don't block the barrier. Note: the Forest Service maps inaccurately mark the location of the turn out and the exact course of the creek. This page has accurate positions.

Rope lengths are estimates and need to be checked. Continue creek walking downstream.