Crest Creek climbing area is a collection of 19 crags surrounding Crest Lake and running to the west of it. All are within easy walking distance of the parking lot, but there is a gravel road running through the area which provides even better access. The highway has narrow shoulders unsuitable for parking.
Pathways are excellent, and enhanced with stairs in many places for top access.
Crest Creek lies at the west edge of Strathcona Provincial Park on highway 28. It's a little better than an hour's drive out of Campbell River on the Gold River Highway. The drive up the new Island Highway as far as Courtenay is really fast. Can't wait for the Courtenay-Campbell River section to open. It's going to make access to this area much faster from point's south.