State park in Washington (state), United States
Forks of the Sky State Park is a 1,300-acre (530 ha) element of the
Washington State Park System on the
Skykomish River and adjacent to
U.S. Highway 2 , near
Index, Washington . Although a separate park, it is administered by
Wallace Falls State Park farther west on Highway 2. The Index Town Wall , a popular 1,200-foot (370 m)
rock climbing and
BASE jumping wall with 500 climbing routes documented by 2003, was acquired by the state in 2010, and is part of the park. The base of the wall has a blocked tunnel created by the test of a
tunnel boring machine that was sent to
dig under the English Channel . The
Wild Sky Wilderness can be reached through the state park.
References
Sources
Romano, Craig (November 16, 2017).
"Index Town Wall" . Hike of the Week .
Dominguez, Alejandro (September 20, 2010).
"Index Lower Town Wall now part of park: The Washington Climbers Coalition donated the climbing wall to the state" .
The Everett Herald . Everett, Washington.
Brooks, Diane (August 6, 2003). "Heights of happiness ; Weekend warriors and climbing fanatics alike find paradise by scaling the Index Town Wall, which has hundreds of routes".
The Seattle Times . Seattle. p. H.32.
Romano, Craig (November 26, 2012),
"Try This Trail: Index Town Wall; Aim high and be careful—this is one steep cliff." ,
Seattle Met
Cornwall, Warren (May 31, 2008). "Their Wild Sky dream comes true: Murray: "We did it" ; Years of effort result in new federal wilderness area".
The Seattle Times . Seattle. p. B.1.
Brooks, Diane; Sullivan, Jennifer (July 7, 2004).
"Fatal fall underscores perils of base-jumping" . The Seattle Times .
Zalesky, Philip (Spring 2004).
"Flora of the Wild Sky Wilderness" . The Wild Cascades . North Cascades Conservation Council.
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47°49′34″N 121°33′32″W / 47.826°N 121.559°W / 47.826; -121.559