Access Fund Buys the Parking Lot to Phun Rock in the Methow Valley

Access Fund has bought the parcel holding the only practical parking area and trail to Phun Rock, a crag of more than 160 routes on Okanogan-Wenatchee National Forest land in Washington's Methow Valley, the group announced November 9. The land belonged to Outward Bound, which is closing its Mazama campus; Access Fund says it intends to transfer the parking area to the Forest Service for long-term ownership.