Climbs (itinerary further down) Zion – 5.10b T, 4 pitches, most popular route, looks pretty good, some corner crack 20 min approach, 0.6 mile, 200 ft gain Two pitches with some runout, and two good pitches. Idk if worth the runout, multiple people describe it as scary. Walk off either one of the gullies to…
Stanley-Burgner 2021
Itinerary Sunrise: 6:08 AM, sunset: 8:02 PM Saturday 3:00 PM – Drive to Leavenworth (2hrs) 5:00 PM – Arrive, get brauts 6:00 PM – Drive up Icicle Creek, sleep somewhere Sunday 2:45 AM – Drive rest of the way to trailhead 3:15 AM – At trailhead 3:30 AM – Start hiking 5:30 AM – Colchuck…
Port Angeles 2021
Multi-day trip to Port Angeles! Things to do… Junior’s Farm with the boys (1:10 hr drive from Port Angeles) Try out Steeple Rock – Wings (5.8, 3 pitches, I guess sport but bring a single rack + nuts just in case, ~20 min approach, walk off descent, 45 min drive from Port Angeles) The sport…
Silent Running 2021
Itinerary 3:20 AM – Drive to Squire Creek Pass Trailhead (1:45 hours) 5:05 AM – At trailhead 5:20 AM – Hike in (0.8 miles, 780 ft gain, 40 mins) 6:00 AM – At base (67 degrees) 6:15 AM – Climbing (7 pitches at 30min/pitch, 3:30 hours) 9:45 AM – At top (78 degrees) 10:00 AM…
Del Campo 2021
Itinerary Dusk at 5:00 AM, sunrise at 5:37 AM, sunset at 8:51 PM 3:30 AM – Leave home (1:30 hr drive) 5:00 AM – Arrive 5:15 AM – Hiking (~6 hours, 5.5 miles, 4,600 ft gain) 11:15 AM – Summit 11:30 AM – Hike back (~4 hours) 3:30 PM – Car 5:00 PM – Home…
Marvin's Ear 2021
Try out Marvin’s Ear! And possibly do Mile High Club again if we have time and energy. Weather Forecast at 1,000ft below start of climb: Sunny, with a high near 62. Calm wind becoming west 5 to 7 mph in the afternoon. Dawn 4:54 AM, Sunrise 5:32 AM, sunset 9:00 PM Itinerary If we only…
Park Butte June 2021
Maybe snow will be good? ~4 miles up, ~2,500 ft gain, so 3 hours up. 1.5 hours down? May 31 (Monday) – Got 1.2 miles from the trailhead, trail completely covered by snow, “crampons highly recommended”, didn’t see other people (but that was on a Monday) June 11th – Currently ~2ft of snow still at…
Condorphamine Addiction 2021
Gear 2 60m ropes 24 quickdraws 14 sport 8 alpine 2 double alpine Weather Dawn: 4:24 AM, sunrise: 5:04 AM, sunset: 9:00 PM Forecast: Hourly Weather Forecast for 47.57N 120.79W (Elev. 2198 ft) Itinerary 2:15 hr drive, 1hr approach, 2:30 hr climbing (about 20 mins per pitch), 1 hr rappelling. Sun will probably not start…
Silver Peak Ski Tour 6/4/2021
Stats Hoping at most 5 miles round trip, ~2,100 ft gain (depends on road driveability) 1:20 hr drive Itinerary Low 40’s (41-45 degrees), 8mph winds, dawn at 4:33 AM, sunrise 5:13 AM 3:00 AM – Leave home 4:20 AM – Furthest can drive (Silver Peak Trailhead) 4:40 AM – Hiking/skiing up (2.5 miles, 2,100 ft…
Marvin's Ear 2021
Weather Sunday and Monday are about the same (high of 60 and high of 62, partly sunny, calm to 6mph winds) Trip report to Vesper 7 days ago… Road snow free Snow starts 0.5-1 mile in, completely snow covered after that, snow was soft enough to not need spikes or axe As of 7 days…