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Three Fingered Jack

  • Start date: 08/24/2014

  • Start time: 12:00 AM

  • End date: 08/24/2014

  • End time: 11:59 PM

Description:

Note: This climb has been changed to SundayMeet at Santiam Pass PCT Friday evening for car camping. We’ll start out on the PCT in the wee hours of the morning and climb the standard south ridge route. Meeting location, departure time in Eugene, and carpool arrangements TBD.

  • Event Leader: Hamilton Brian

  • Assistant Leader:

  • Event category: Climbs

  • Area Type: Mountain

  • Departure Location: See Trip Description

  • Rating:

  • Roundtrip total drive miles: 174

  • Season: 2014

  • Permits Required:

  • Event Status: Passed

  • Supplies and Equipment Required: Harness, helmet, belay/rappel device (ATC), (2) locking biners, (2) prusik loops, hiking boots; lunch & trail snacks; water (2 liters); clothing for all weather conditions, sun protection (hat, sunscreen), headlamp with fresh batteries

  • participant prerequisites:

  • Conditions:

  • Total Distance: 11

  • Member Fees: 3

  • Elevation Gain: 3000

  • Non-Member Fees: 15

  • Committee: Climbs

  • Junior member fees: —

Trip Report

The battalion of Mazamas left the Santiam Pass trailhead at 3:30 am, followed by Obsidians at 4:30, and Chemeketans at 5:30. We caught up with the Mazamas and waited an hour for their leader to set a fixed rope over the "Crawl". By then the Chemeketans had also reached the rope-up point. We fixed our own rope over the Crawl and proceeded to the bottom of the "chimney". The Chemeketans followed on our rope and we all waited another two hours for the seven Mazamas to top out and come back down. To save time, we teamed up with the Chemeketans and used their rope up the chimney to the summit and our rope back across the Crawl. All of our group reached the summit on their first attempt of Three Fingered Jack on a beautiful, nearly windless day and made it back to the trailhead by 5:45 pm.

Members & Guests signed-up & waitlisted

  • Number of spots on trip: 6
  • Number of spots available: 1
No. Status Full name Phone Transportation Needed? Trip Fee # Can Take?
1 Signed-Up Hamilton, Brian 541-343-6550 N 15
2 Signed-Up Prime, Shawn 541-913-5856 N 15
3 Signed-Up Yavorska, Iryna 541-423-3996 N 15
4 Signed-Up Eastwood, Rebecca 541-556-3150 N 3
5 Signed-Up Rogers, Jennifer 906-630-5770 N 15