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Mt Washington

  • Start date: 09/15/2021

  • Start time: 12:00 AM

  • End date: 09/15/2021

  • End time: 11:59 PM

Description:

Last minute chance to climb Mt Washington this year! Washington is the best experience to get a lot of rock in a climb in Oregon.
We'll start painfully early to give ourselves the maximum chance for success.
We'll hike up the PCT, take a left on the climbers' trail and gain the ridge. The ridge is a fun scramble across rock and some scree with some route finding. Well reach the notch where we'll put on our harnesses and get out the ropes. Then we have 3 pitches of rock to conquer for the summit. We'll then downclimb two pitches and have a fun rappel back to the notch. Plan on a 13 hour day car to car.

  • Event Leader: Marci Hansen

  • Event Leader Phone: 360-852-2041

  • Event Leader Email: mhextreme@yahoo.com

  • Assistant Leader: Maryanne Reiter

  • Event category: Climbs

  • Area Type: Mountain

  • Departure Location: See Trip Description

  • Rating: Difficult

  • Roundtrip total drive miles: 180

  • Season: 2021

  • Permits Required:

  • Event Status: Passed

  • Supplies and Equipment Required: Harness, helmet, two prussik loops, rappel device, personal leash, 4 locking carabiners. Layers of clothing. You'll want warm layers for a chilly start and possible chilly summit. You'll need food and water for a 13 hour physical day, plus 3 1/2-ish round trip in the car. Also bring sunscreen, lip sunscreen, sunglasses, maybe trekking poles. Also bring a big enough backpack to carry group gear including possibly a 60 meter rope.

  • participant prerequisites:

  • Conditions:

  • Total Distance: 10.5

  • Member Fees: 3

  • Elevation Gain: 3000

  • Non-Member Fees: 15

  • Committee: Climbs

  • Junior member fees: —

Trip Report

The mid-week climb of Mount Washington began at 6 AM at the trailhead. We headed off under clear skies and quickly gained the ridge where the wind and moisture were blowing in from the westside. Once we got to the start of the climb, the clouds and blowing fog subsided, but the wind persisted. We efficiently got up and down the mountain, being the only climbing party that day. Once off the rock we scree-skied down the mountain and were back to the trailhead before 5 PM, happy for a less than an 11 hour day.