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The Wife

  • Start date: 09/09/2018

  • Start time: 12:00 AM

  • End date: 09/09/2018

  • End time: 11:59 PM

Description:

PLEASE NOTE: This climb is DAY 2 of a backpacking weekend with The Husband. Please sign up for both.

Climb The Wife, happy life! Day 2 will feature approximately ten miles with a class 2 scramble via the South Ridge to the summit of one of the Cascade's crumbliest volcanoes. We will depart from camp and return to cars. Leader has not climbed it before. Be prepared for some bushwhacking.

  • Event Leader: Willhite Kerry

  • Assistant Leader: Willhite Dalen

  • Event category: Climbs

  • Area Type: Mountain

  • Departure Location: Behind McDonalds, 57th and Main in Springfield

  • Rating:

  • Roundtrip total drive miles: 250

  • Season: 2018

  • Permits Required:

  • Event Status: Passed

  • Supplies and Equipment Required: Ten essentials, gaiters or long pants, adventurous attitude.

  • participant prerequisites:

  • Conditions:

  • Total Distance: 10

  • Member Fees: 3

  • Elevation Gain: 1600

  • Non-Member Fees: 15

  • Committee: Climbs

  • Junior member fees: —

Trip Report

*Note: The Husband and The Wife was a joint weekend trip filed separately for online system logging purposes*

With two newlyweds at the helm, five climbers set off for the Husband on Saturday and the Wife on Sunday. We left from the Devil's Lake Trailhead at 0830 on a clear blue morning and arrived at Husband Lake at approximately 1215. We opted to approach south ridge of the Husband directly from the lake. Burned forest allowed us to follow an easy and direct path through the trees and up to the rocks. Helmets were essential for rock fall protection. We followed the second band of higher "quality" rock, which formed a staircase until we reached a 4th class chimney to gain the ridge. From there, it was easy 3rd class scrambling over very loose rock to the summit. During the approach, smoke settled into the area, obscuring our view of the surrounding peaks. From the lake, the Husband took approximately 4 hours.

On day two after camping at Husband Lake we had a leisurely morning and left camp by 0845. The Wife summit was an easy, though steep, approach from the PCT. We followed the east ridge until we traversed between two cliff bands over to the south ridge and summit. The clear sky and summit allowed for clear views of South Sister and the Husband.

Members & Guests signed-up & waitlisted

  • Number of spots on trip: 8
  • Number of spots available: 0
No. Status Full name Phone Transportation Needed? Trip Fee # Can Take?
1 Signed-Up Willhite, Kerry 541-231-1457 N 3
2 Signed-Up Willhite, Dalen 406-570-4514 N 3
3 Signed-Up Reiter, Trina 541-525-1709 N 3
4 Signed-Up Melton, Chris 541-335-9733 N 15
5 Signed-Up Bowen, Sara 662-816-7797 N 15
6 Signed-Up Williamson, George 541-531-7305 N 15
7 Signed-Up Timms, Scott 713-492-1547 N 3
8 Signed-Up Eastwood, Rebecca 541-556-3150 N 3
9 Signed-Up Hoekstra, Arjen 458-245-0762 N 15