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Past Activity

Mt. Washington

  • Start date: 08/08/2015

  • Start time: 12:00 AM

  • End date: 08/08/2015

  • End time: 11:59 PM

Description:

We will meet at the Thurston Albertson's on Friday night at 6:00 pm and carpool to the PCT trail head at Big Lake on top of Santiam Pass.
Plan on car camping at the trail head and doing an alpine start at 4 am.

  • Event Leader: Rick Harris

  • Event Leader Phone: 541-729-3460

  • Event Leader Email: RHarris@obsidians.org

  • Assistant Leader:

  • Event category: Climbs

  • Area Type: Mountain

  • Departure Location: See Trip Description

  • Rating: Difficult

  • Roundtrip total drive miles: 170

  • Season: 2015

  • Permits Required:

  • Event Status: Passed

  • Supplies and Equipment Required: Helmet, harness, 2 two foot prusic loops, 3 locking caribeners, belay device, food for all day, 3 litters of water, hiking boots, poles and boot gaiters are recommended, clothing for all weather conditions including rain gear that can double as wind gear.

  • participant prerequisites:

  • Conditions:

  • Total Distance: 10.5

  • Member Fees: 3

  • Elevation Gain: 3000

  • Non-Member Fees: 15

  • Committee: Climbs

  • Junior member fees: —

Trip Report

Well another day in the Pacific Northwest Cascade Mountain Range. After camping at the trail head for the PCT we started our climb at 4:30 am. We left with 6 and finished with 6. Great day of weather and great climbing. The nice thing about the 4:30 am start is that we were the first ones to the summit technical part. The mountain was very cloudy for some reason. With everyone making it to the summit we had a wonderful walk in and back out again. Climbers: Danni Harris, Kimberly Van Winkle, Marge Huseman, Bruce Tufts, Bill Lowder. Great company with such a strong group of people.