A true hidden gym, this 8 pitch sport route is well bolted (usually every 7 feet), on fun rock, has some good views, and is only a 5 minute walk from the car! Pitch ratings are our best guess after climbing the route. Gear 12 quickdraws, including 3 single alpines is all you need! Include…
Salami Slabs - Snagglepuss
5.8+, 7 pitches
Overall: 3/4 stars Approach: 3/4 stars. Pretty good! At a very slow pace, it took us 50 mins including wrong turn, and on the way down we found the better trail that does NOT go through the rocky gully with the devil’s club! Climbing: 3/4 stars. Slab, slab, and more slab. But kinda fun! Basically…
Devils Peak - Standard Route
Class 4
Info on SummitPost: https://www.summitpost.org/devils-peak/799734 Drive Deer Creek Road just over one mile to a closed logging spur (elevation 1968′). Walk this road approximately two miles until reaching the third switchback (variations are possible – read agreenstreet’s page on Devils Thumb for an excellent route description and map). The road is not in great shape, but…
Bacon Peak - From East
Class 2
Steph’s description: http://www.stephabegg.com/home/tripreports/washington/northcascades/bacon A lovely snowy high camp, no trailhead!
Icy Peak - Icy Peak via Ruth Mountain
Class 4
This is a fun/great peak for two reasons or more. One is the moderate climbing required to summit. Two is that this is still a North Cascade Peak not climbed by hordes of people giving you some remoteness without bushwhacking or spending days getting to the peak. Some reports are from climbers doing the Ruth…
Nooksack Tower - Beckey-Schmidtke
5.4, 6 pitches
A glacier approach leads to a 50+ degree, 800-foot (240m) snow & ice gully, then to another 800 feet of rock climbing, ranging from class 3 to perhaps 5.4. Objective hazards include crevasses, a bergschrund, steep snow/ice, avalanches, and steep, loose rock. While a fast party can do it in a weekend, our threesome took…
Winchester Mountain - Standard route
Class 2
https://www.wta.org/go-hiking/hikes/winchester-mountain
Outer Space
5.9, 5 pitches
Pitch 1 – 5.4-5.7 This pitch starts off easy, but finding the correct anchor is tricky. Somewhere on the left there’s the correct anchor for the start of P2, which traverses on ledgy terrain. Pitch 2 – 5.0 From the anchor, traverse left on really easy blocky terrain. Pitch 3 – 5.9 The crux pitch.…
Amphitheater Mountain - Pilgrimage to Mecca
5.9, 4 pitches
20 mile approach Protection Doubles from .3 – 3, one #4, set of nuts, a few small cams. Gear belays/anchors. Mountain Project Location Located on the blocky, stepping stone-like Ka’aba buttress 2 doors to the left of middle finger buttress. If camping on the north side of upper Cathedral lake, walk around the lake on…
Mount Berge - East Ridge
5.8, 15 pitches
Super long approach but fun climbing? Seems like it has a trailhead 🙁 Sources https://climberkyle.com/2019/08/25/mt-berge-e-ridge-5-8/