Past Activity

Broken Top

Start date: 10/03/2015
Start time: 12:00 AM
End date: 10/04/2015
End time: 11:59 PM

Description:

Beautiful summit with nice views. Route has areas with some exposure and a short section of low 5th class rock.
Saturday morning carpool to Green Lakes TH and backpack to a lovely basecamp near a spring east of Green Lakes. Sunday morning alpine start for our climb to the summit. Return to basecamp and hike back to the TH.

Event Leader: Danneille Harris
Event Leader Phone: 541-521-5807
Event Leader Email: rickanddanni@comcast.net
Assistant Leader:
Event category: Climbs
Area Type: Mountain
Departure Location: See Trip Description
Rating: Difficult
Roundtrip total drive miles: 230
Season: 2015
Permits Required:
- Wilderness Area
- NW Forest Pass
Event Status: Passed
Supplies and Equipment Required: Helmet, harness, belay/rappel device, 2 prussiks, 2 locking biners, overnight gear, 2 liters water (leader will have filter), food for 2 days, 10 essentials, raingear and clothing for all weather conditions (hot, cold, wet, windy, etc.),
participant prerequisites:
Conditions:
Total Distance: 17
Member Fees: 3
Elevation Gain: 3900
Non-Member Fees: 15
Committee: Climbs
Junior member fees: —

Trip Report

Un-Broken Top
The way yuckier than forecast weather started before we even left the Green Lakes trailhead with blowing snow. We reached our planned base camp on the West flank of Broken Top to find 1+ inch of snow on the ground with more falling and 35-40 mph winds. Given the weather and low summit odds our group voted to put our packs right back on and hike back to the cars. We then traveled to Smith Rock where we enjoyed a good night's sleep and a fantastic day of rock climbing on Sunday. Not quite what we had planned but nice people willing to be flexible made this "Un-Broken Top" trip a great success. Leader- Danni Harris