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| relic | Standard MGG route  | |
| Great climb with good friends. I think this mountain may be more dangerous than some people realize, lots of loose stuff ready to come down. One of us almost got taken out by a snow slide very high on the face, moments after crossing a ravine, several truck loads shot down narrowly missing him. We were unroped, it would've taken him off the face all the way to the glacier I'm sure. | |
| Posted Sep 18, 2011 11:01 am | ||
| Redwic | An Epic Climb! Date Climbed: Jul 11, 2011 | |
| The snow conditions were abnormal, due to a lot of late Spring snowpack. The crevasses and waterfall sections were non-trivial. However, the bergschrund was very open but the standard route was not safe for travel due to a lot of snowpack and ice. We basically had to ascend the rappel route, which required a lot of extra time, focus, and determination. Thanks to Gimpilator and Dave for helping make this trip a success!!! This was my 37th Washington County Highpoint summited. | |
| Posted Jul 13, 2011 3:16 am | ||
| gimpilator | Mary Green Glacier Date Climbed: Jul 11, 2011 | |
| The most technical climb of my life so far. The extra snow this year made the standard route impossible, forcing us onto harder mixed climbing. We did about 9 pitches on the way up and 12 rappels to get back down. My helmet saved my life on this trip. | |
| Posted Jul 13, 2011 2:44 am | ||
| Snowslogger | Great conditions on the Mary Green Date Climbed: Jul 8, 2010 | |
| What a great adventure to even reach this peak. Had great conditions with Chris and Steve, a couple fantastic partners. Still snow in much of the gullies so we may have gone up to climbers left, with many rap slings present. Used these on the descent for four single-rope raps. A hot day, so we spent almost no time on top, as we wanted to get down before the snow got too soft and sloppy. | |
| Posted Jul 26, 2010 1:51 pm | ||
| Dennis Poulin | Mary Green Date Climbed: Jul 2, 2009 | |
| Mountain and glacier in great shape. Great team with Greg, Grant, and Adam. | |
| Posted Jul 6, 2009 10:33 pm | ||
| spotly | Mary Green Glacier Date Climbed: Jul 25, 2008 | |
| The snowthumb was my mental crux - steep snow above the open bergschrund. Rock quality was much better than expected. Fun climbing to the summit. A few raps and some easy downclimbing. Fun route. | |
| Posted Aug 11, 2008 11:34 pm | ||
| setrent | Mary Green Glacier Date Climbed: Jul 5, 2008 | |
| Five hours round trip from Holden Pass. Elected not to rope up on the rock and down climb vice rappel due to loose rock. A classic Cascades route. | ||
| Posted Jul 9, 2008 10:31 pm | ||
| DBaker | Mary Green route Date Climbed: Aug 12, 2007 | |
| Fun rock sections, and classic glacier travel on the Mary Green glacier. Summitted with overcast skies but good visibility. | |
| Posted Sep 17, 2007 6:30 pm | ||
| Outdoorgrrl | First registered climbers of the year Date Climbed: Jul 2, 2006 | |
| Summitted under clear skies via the "direct" route as described in Jeff Smoot's "Climbing Washington's Mountains." We started at 4:30 a.m. from Holden Lake and topped out at 11 a.m. Five double rope rappels and a bit of downclimbing brought us back to the snow thumb. Two other parties were on the route. According to the summit register, we were the first group this year to make the top. | ||
| Posted Jul 5, 2006 4:19 pm | ||
| Bob Bolton | Route Climbed: Mary Green Glacier Date Climbed: July 15, 2004 | |
| Duane, Joel and I traveled to Holden and hiked to Holden Lake on Wednesday the 14th. We started from from camp at 5:15A and summitted at 1:15P. It took I believe 8 25m rap pitches to return to the snow thumb, then we hiked back to the lake, arriving at about 7:15 for a 14-hour day. The conditions on the glacier were perfect, but with the warm weather I'm guessing there will be open crevasses on the route within a couple of weeks or so. With this climb I became the second person to complete the county highpoints of Washington. | |
| Posted Jul 18, 2004 3:42 pm | ||
| CCorbin | Route Climbed: Mary Green Glacier Date Climbed: July 17 1998 | |
| Summited | |
| Posted Apr 4, 2002 5:28 am | ||
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