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Broken Top

  • Start date: 09/24/2016

  • Start time: 12:00 AM

  • End date: 09/25/2016

  • End time: 11:59 PM

Description:

Depart from the Thurston Albertsons parking lot (58th & Main in Springfield, near the NE corner of the lot). Hike starting at the Green Lakes trailhead to basecamp East of Green Lakes. Camp is a pretty location with nice views and near a spring for easy access to water. Sunday we climb the North Ridge/catwalks route to the summit. This route is mainly a walk up with some scrambling and a short section of low 5th class rock where we will set a fixed rope for the ascent. Short rappel on the decent. Will likely make a food stop on the way home Sunday for traditional post-climb milkshakes.

  • Event Leader: Harris Danneille

  • Assistant Leader:

  • Event category: Climbs

  • Area Type: Mountain

  • Departure Location: See Trip Description

  • Rating: Difficult

  • Roundtrip total drive miles: 230

  • Season: 2016

  • Permits Required:

  • Event Status: Passed

  • Supplies and Equipment Required: Scroll down to see entire list. Helmet, harness, 2-3 locking biners, 2 prussik loops, belay/rappel device. Overnight backpacking gear, tent or bivy. Hiking boots and clothing appropriate for all weather conditions including sun, rain, wind, snow, etc.. Minimum 2.5 liters of water. Food for lunch and dinner on Sat. and breakfast, lunch and snack on Sunday.

  • participant prerequisites:

  • Conditions:

  • Total Distance: 17

  • Member Fees: 3

  • Elevation Gain: 3900

  • Non-Member Fees: 15

  • Committee: Climbs

  • Junior member fees: —

Trip Report

It's been exciting to see the rise in female climbers over the last few years and this team of all women proved to be fit and fun. On the drive over we made the last minute decision to hike in via the Broken Top trail-head rather than the Fall creek trail as most of the group had never been up the Broken Top trail. Just driving to the trail-head is its own adventure up a very rough road. An early 4:30 am start from base-camp east of Green Lakes put us on the summit for a spectacular sunrise and allowed us to be back at camp by 10am. Beating the heat of the day, we were back to the trail-head before mid afternoon and on our way to Oakridge for the traditional post climb milkshakes. Overall a great weekend on a favorite mountain with a strong team. Leader- Danni Harris

Members & Guests signed-up & waitlisted

  • Number of spots on trip: 8
  • Number of spots available: 4
No. Status Full name Phone Transportation Needed? Trip Fee # Can Take?
1 Signed-Up Harris, Danneille 541-521-5807 N 3
2 Signed-Up Moll, Kana 541-359-9942 N 15
3 Signed-Up Green, Kellie 541-232-3712 N 15
4 Signed-Up Reiter, Trina 541-525-1709 N 3