Trip Report
The group met at SEHS on Saturday at 9 a.m. and drove to the Scott Trail, with an obligatory stop at Harbick’s for chicken-on-a-stick. We hiked to Minnie Scott Spring and set up camp nearby. The temperature was moderate, and the skies clear except for much smoke to the north from the “Lake George” and “Puzzle Creek” fires. After setting up camp, Chance and I climbed the north side Little Brother, a route not to be recommended as it’s a steep scree slope.
We left camp at 4:35 a.m. Sunday under a clear, moonless sky. I used a GPS track I’d made a week before to get us through the maze of pits in the cinder desert east of Collier Cone. Once on the ridge the most difficult obstacle proved to the the section from the last gendarme to about mid-way below the Glisan Pinnacle, where the footing was sketchy at best and the ability to protect nonexistent.
Two ropes were used to protect the traverse around the Prouty, then the second rope was pulled and used to protect the ascent of the Bowling Alley. All five were on the summit by 2 p.m., where we rested, basked in the sun, and enjoyed the view.
We returned via the same route we had climbed, and were all back at our camp at Minnie Scott Spring by 7:30 p.m. After packing up gear and tents, we hiked back to the cars under starlight. All were safely back in town by 1 a.m. Monday morning, after a very long day.
Members: Amber Bell, Wayne Deeter (leader), Chance Fitzpatrick, Miles Hollander and Ron Unger. <img border="2" src="images/d20060826-1097.jpeg" width="800" height="600">
North Sister from Little Brother. <font size="2"> (photo by Wayne Deeter)</font> <img border="2" src="images/cf20060826-032.jpeg" width="800" height="600">
Belknap Crater, Mt. Washington, Three Fingered Jack, Mt. Jefferson. Smoke from the "Lake George" fire between Belknap and Washington. <font size="2"> (photo by Chance Fitzpatrick)</font> <img border="2" src="images/d20060826-1105.jpeg" width="800" height="600">
Crevasses on the Collier Glacier from Little Brother. <font size="2">(photo by Wayne Deeter)</font> <img border="2" src="images/cf20060827-037.jpeg" width="800" height="600">
Wayne and Chance on the north ridge, Linn Glacier in the background. <font size="2">(photo by Chance Fitzpatrick)</font> <img border="2" src="images/mh20060827-002.jpeg" width="800" height="600">
Miles on the ridge just before the last gendarme. <font size="2">(photo by Miles Hollander)</font> <img border="2" src="images/cf20060827-065.jpeg" width="800" height="600">
Wayne setting up the anchor for the fixed line around the base of the north horn, Miles with one of the ropes. <font size="2">(photo by Chance Fitzpatrick)</font> <img border="2" src="images/d20060827-1108.jpeg" width="800" height="600">
Ron and Chance in the notch below the north horn. <font size="2">(photo by Wayne Deeter)</font> <img border="2" src="images/cf20060827-082.jpeg" width="600" height="800">
Ron, Amber and Wayne above the "Bowling Alley". <font size="2">(photo by Chance Fitzpatrick)</font> <img border="2" src="images/mh20060827-007.jpeg" width="800" height="600">
View from the south horn; Broken Top, Bachelor Butte, South Sister. <font size="2">(photo by Miles Hollander)</font> <img border="2" src="images/mh20060827-008.jpeg" width="800" height="600">
Climbing the north horn. <font size="2">(photo by Miles Hollander)</font> <img border="2" src="images/d20060827-1110.jpeg" width="800" height="600">
Amber returns across the north Dinner Plate; Ron and Chance wait for their turns. <font size="2">(photo by Wayne Deeter)</font> <img border="2" src="images/d20060827-1112.jpeg" width="600" height="800">
The "Bowling Alley" <font size="2">(photo by Wayne Deeter)</font> <img border="2" src="images/cf20060827-087.jpeg" width="800" height="600">
North "Dinner Plate". <font size="2">(photo by Chance Fitzpatrick)</font> <img border="2" src="images/d20060827-1113.jpeg" width="800" height="600">
Middle Sister from the notch. <font size="2">(photo by Wayne Deeter)</font> <img border="2" src="images/cf20060827-095.jpeg" width="800" height="600">
Talus covered ledge around the north horn <font size="2">(photo by Chance Fitzpatrick)</font> <img border="2" src="images/cf20060827-098.jpeg" width="800" height="600">
Finishing the return across nasty traverse from between the last gendarme and the middle of the Glisan. <font size="2">(photo by Chance Fitzpatrick)</font.
