The Climbs

Listed in reverse chronological order (most recent at top). Most climbs have links to trip report pages with photographs. If you're looking for a particular route by name, use your browser's search tool to locate it (in Microsoft Internet Explorer click on >Edit >Find).

Note that commitment grades are for comparison only. We roughly adopted Nelson and Potterfield's scale from their guidebook "Selected Climbs in The Cascades", then used our judgment to make grades in other mountain ranges consistent with those in the Cascades. These grades do not include time spent approaching a high camp, when one was used.

Quality ratings are of course entirely subjective and range from one to five stars.

For a summary of climbs we've done before this trip, check the climbing page of our 2003-2004 bus trip, and our climbing resume.

Type	Location/Peak	Route(s)	Map	Rating	Quality	Date	Remarks
Apine Rock	South Early Winter Spire, WA Pass, WA	Southwest Buttress	Cascades	Grade III, 5.8, 8p	***	08/09/07	A good day on SEWS. Three of the pitches are excellent. Easy descent.
Apine Rock	Inspiration Peak , Southern Pickets, WA	East Ridge	Cascades	Grade IV, 5.10, ~11p	***	07/30/07 to 08/02/07	Full-on alpine adventure in one of the most remote and scenic ranges in the Cascades. Some scary loose rock...
Apine Rock	Chianti Spire, WA Pass, WA	Rebel Yell	Cascades	Grade III, 5.10, 7p	*****	07/27/07	Great climbing on a scenic spire. Terrific rock.
Apine Rock	Silver Star Mountain, WA Pass, WA	Clean Break	Cascades	Grade IV+, 5.10c, ~17p	****	07/25/07	A very good alpine climb. The 10c pitch is beauuutiful! A long ridge route on good rock and an easy descent.
Rock	Goat Wall, Mazama, WA	Sisyphus	Cascades	5.11a, 10p	***	07/21/07	A good clip-up. The rock is not as clean as on "Prime Rib", except for the crux pitches.
Rock	Goat Wall, Mazama, WA	Prime Rib	Cascades	5.9, 11p	***	07/19/07	Good moderate clip-up.
Apine Rock	The Minuteman, WA Pass, WA	East Face	Cascades	Grade III, 5.10a, 7p	**	07/16/07	Two short pitches of great rock climbing, but a lot of "unpleasantness" getting to and back down from it.
Apine Rock	Lexington Tower, WA Pass, WA	East Face	Cascades	Grade III, 5.9, 9p	***	07/14/07	Good climbing but deteriorating rock in the upper pitches.
Apine Rock	North Early Winter Spire, WA Pass, WA	Northwest Corner (TR from our 2003-2004 bus trip)	Cascades	Grade III, 5.9, 6p	****	07/11/07	One of the cleanest routes at WA Pass.
Apine Rock	North Twin Sister, WA	West Ridge	Cascades	3rd and 4th class rock, 45° snow	**	07/08/07	The main attraction is the variety: mountain bike approach, ridge scramble, snow descent.
Snow & Ice	Mt Shuksan, WA	Sulphide Glacier	Cascades	glacier travel, up to 45° snow	****	07/03/07 to 07/05/07	A great ski-mountaineering trip!
Snow & Ice	Ruth Mountain, WA	Ruth Glacier	Cascades	30° snow	***	06/26/07	Do it for the incredible views of Shuksan!
Snow & Ice	Silver Star Mountain, WA Pass, WA	Silver Star Glacier	Cascades	glacier, 30° snow, 4th class rock	****	06/22/07	A fun, non-technical climb with great views.
Apine Rock	East Wilmans Spire, Monte Cristo, WA	Beckey-Staley route	Cascades	45° snow and 5.4	***	06/19/07	Striking spire in a beautiful setting; very little technical rock though.
Rock	Darrington, WA	The Kone and Tidbits	Cascades	5.9, 5p and 5.10b, 4p	***	06/12/07	Two good routes on the smaller west buttress at 3 O'Clock Rock.
Rock	Tieton River, WA	Various (trad)	North America	wide range	****	06/02/07 to 06/10/07	Excellent 1 to 2 pitch climbs on basalt columns. Best cragging in WA?
Rock	Little Cottonwood Canyon, UT	Various (trad)	North America	wide range	***	05/23/07 to 05/30/07	Good trad lines on excellent and sunny granite just outside Salt Lake City. Climbs are geographically scattered though.
A bit of everything	All over...				Mostly great!	Before this trip...	For climbs we did during our 2003-2004 bus trip, click here. For a summary of climbs done prior to our 2003-2004 bus trip, click here.