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South Sister

  • Start date: 08/24/2012

  • Start time: 12:00 AM

  • End date: 08/26/2012

  • End time: 11:59 PM

Description:

Carpool to the Green Lakes TH. Backpack 4+ to basecamp near Green Lakes. Saturday we will climb South Sister via the Green Lakes route then return to spend Saturday night at basecamp. This route is mostly a walk up with some scrambling. Sunday we will break camp and return to the TH.

  • Event Leader: Harris Danneille

  • Assistant Leader:

  • Event category: Climbs

  • Area Type: Mountain

  • Departure Location: See Trip Description

  • Rating: Difficult

  • Roundtrip total drive miles: 250

  • Season: 2012

  • Permits Required:

  • Event Status: Passed

  • Supplies and Equipment Required: Overnight backpacking equipment and clothing including 10 essentials.. 70oz.water, sunglasses, sunscreen, bug spray, raingear, 2.5 days of food and snacks for both basecamp and summit day. Trekking poles and gaiters are useful but not required. Helmets are optional.

  • participant prerequisites:

  • Conditions:

  • Total Distance: 14

  • Member Fees: 3

  • Elevation Gain: 5000

  • Non-Member Fees: 15

  • Committee: Climbs

  • Junior member fees: —

Trip Report

8 climbers met in Thurston early Friday morning for the drive to the Green Lakes trailhead. The Fall Creek trail showed off its wildflowers and waterfalls on the way to our camp in the Green Lakes basin. Saturday morning brought a high amount of smoke in the air from nearby forest fires. The smoke lingered most of the day partially obstructing the views along the climbers trail and from the summit. We only saw one other group on the ascent along the Green Lakes route. Once we reached the intersection with the more popular Devil's Lake route the team was a little surprised to see the hundreds of other climbers on the upper reaches of the mountain. One climber opted to wait for the group near the bottom of Lewis glacier as the rest of us joined the hordes for the final push up the scree to the summit. After lunch and pictures on the summit the team descended back to our camp and enjoyed a swim in South Green Lake before turning in for the night. Sunday's hike back to the cars proved warm and much less smoky than the previous day. Special thanks to Rick Harris for assistant leading and being our sweep on the trail. The team enjoyed well deserved hamburgers and ice cream in Oakridge on the way back to Springfield. All in all an pleasurable trip to a lovely area with a fun group of people.

Members & Guests signed-up & waitlisted

  • Number of spots on trip: 10
  • Number of spots available: 0
No. Status Full name Phone Transportation Needed? Trip Fee # Can Take?
1 Signed-Up Fuller, Charles 541-517-8806 N 15
2 Signed-Up Schwarz, Richard 917-494-8085 N 15
3 Signed-Up Harris, Jeffrey 541-505-6286 N 15
4 Signed-Up Harris, Danneille 541-521-5807 N 3
5 Signed-Up Harris, Rick 541-729-3460 N 15
6 Signed-Up Arnold-Burke, Jason 224-245-0258 N 15
7 Signed-Up Lanning, Rachel 541-741-0940 N 15
8 Signed-Up Britton, Josh 541-285-1009 N 15
9 Signed-Up Painter, Jacob 541-914-3534 N 15
10 Signed-Up Leighton, Lindsey 541-521-7802 N 15