A sustained route with decent flow and some body trickery. Lots of holds that face the wrong way, micro-footholds, tension and cryptic movement, but overall very friendly grips for the grade. Steep enough to stay dry in the rain until the final easy topout.Rifle-esque. If your body-english is on point it could be a quick tick. It certainly is a change-up from the typical Willamette valley climbing though.

Turbo Weasel

"Fire Ferret" Unknown Mixed

Least Weasel

Could be classic but the gear is wierd.I sent it on gear supplemented with the bolts, but I think it would be a better route if fully bolted. In the middle of the wall, there are two different starting bolts for this route. I took the right start, with a nice pocket and mostly good holds. Then a runout with groundfall potential to get to the second bolt. You could place a finger size cam here but it would be behind a flake. I stick clipped the 2nd bolt. A hard crux to pull up and left above the 2nd, and then place tips size gear before pulling the roof with big moves on big holds. Place another finger sized cam in a pod above the roof, or in a larger pocket place a 4 or 5 camalot. The rest of the upper panel is closely bolted and has good moves on good rock, and gets lower angle and a bit balancy.

Climb past a crux at the second bolt and then proceed with balancey climbing on angular holds.

Above Oakridge, on the southwest face of Larison Rock, there is room for around 5 routes on a 70ft wall. There is some evidence of past engineering on top, with steps, re-bar, etc indicating that there may have been a fire lookout at one time.The rock is probably ryodacitic, with pockets, wierd pillowy slopers, and ample underclings. Not too sharp, decent quality, but you may battle some moss here.

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Routes in Larison Rock