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| cyffredinol | Great climb!  | |
| Definitely tested my fear of heights! Thanks to Magnus for leading and Andee for protecting the route. | |
| Posted May 20, 2013 1:30 am | ||
| wildernesspreston | NW Ridge Route Date Climbed: Aug 5, 2011 | |
| My first time up Broken Top. Fantastic climb, the exposure and summit block were not nearly as bad as I expected. Awesome scree descent from the summit. I love this mountain. | |
| Posted Apr 4, 2013 9:16 pm | ||
| wildernesspreston | NW Ridge Route Date Climbed: Jul 25, 2012 | |
| Second time up Broken Top via green lakes and NW Ridge. Great climb, my favorite in Oregon! The exposure at the top is not all that bad, just be careful of that infamous, lose, cascadian rock. | |
| Posted Apr 4, 2013 9:14 pm | ||
| Dan Winter | NW Ridge Date Climbed: Sep 11, 2012 | |
| The drive up to the Broken Top trail head is one of the most scenic and roughest roads I have been on. This climb was more fun than I had expected. | |
| Posted Sep 29, 2012 5:31 pm | ||
| Nick Turtura | The Best Date Climbed: Oct 26, 2011 | |
| By far my favorite mountain in Oregon. A little of everything. | |
| Posted Jun 5, 2012 12:03 am | ||
| santanoni | NW Ridge w/scree descent Date Climbed: Sep 10, 2011 | |
| The exposure at the top is not too bad, although magnified by its crumbling nature. The descent was quite fast going down the scree slopes. Green lakes were indeed green. | |
| Posted Jan 13, 2012 11:49 am | ||
| RetroGear | NW Ridge Date Climbed: Sep 13, 2011 | |
| Climbed the NW Ridge on a beautiful fall day with Dan & Jim Butler. Approached from Park Meadow trailhead and used Golden Lake as a base for two nights out. We intentionally left the rope at the truck and I'm glad we did. You'll want to be comfortable down-climbing the rock band (it's fairly steep). Our way past the crux was perhaps 30 feet right of the 'wide crack' on the rock band. The wide crack looked quite solid, but seemed a little more 'exposed'. Cat Walk was a stroll - just don't dally about and fall off. | |
| Posted Sep 17, 2011 12:49 pm | ||
| jaxcharlie | Unexpected Pleasure Date Climbed: Sep 8, 2010 | |
| I saw Broken Top in the distance after hiking up the Tam MacAurther Rim. So I hiked to it, but stopped short due to time contraints, and lack of sufficient food or water. I definitely want to come back! | |
| Posted Jun 1, 2011 2:50 pm | ||
| OOG | Green lakes | |
| Attempted the day after south sister, but just wasn't feeling up for it. Quit about 1/3 of the way up the ridge. I'll definitely come back for this one. | |
| Posted Jan 27, 2011 11:47 pm | ||
| iquest4it | Scree slog from hell Date Climbed: Jul 5, 2002 | |
| This was a nice day hike, but the scree is nasty. I'd much rather do this one in the winter and ski down. | |
| Posted Dec 25, 2010 2:57 pm | ||
| kraymes | South Face Gully Date Climbed: Oct 9, 1990 | |
| Let's just call this Class 4 and be done with it. Hard to understand the YDS ratings between 5.1 and 5.3. | |
| Posted Jul 2, 2010 2:39 pm | ||
| Snowslogger | NW ridge and catwalk. Date Climbed: May 16, 1992 | |
| NW ridge and catwalk. Soloed and tried to protect the first 5-10' section with a couple nuts, easier to just climb it. | |
| Posted Dec 30, 2009 3:42 pm | ||
| jcking2447 | Awesome adventure! Date Climbed: Sep 8, 2009 | |
| Great hike in, scrambled up the NW ridge and scree skied down! so much fun! | ||
| Posted Dec 6, 2009 10:48 pm | ||
| alpinedon | 1st-3rd times | |
| I have climbed BT successfully twice, one with my friend Mike B., and once with the Obsidians. One of my favorite climbs with stupendous views. The last time, with the Obsidians, I left before the group to get sunrise pictures and got to with 200 feet of the summit in less than an hour from camp. | |
| Posted Nov 22, 2009 4:17 pm | ||
| JGHarrison | NW Ridge Date Climbed: Oct 11, 2009 | |
| Great hike, we came from Green lakes area, up the ridge, went a bit right from the big crack (4-5 class). Some snow on the route but not anywhere near enough to necessitate snowgear. Really fun... The Green Lakes Trail is now one of my favs, beautiful hike along the creek | |
| Posted Oct 13, 2009 1:11 pm | ||
| rmick25 | NW Ridge from Green Lakes TH Date Climbed: Aug 6, 2009 | |
| Glad we didn't bring a rope. Climbed straight up from the crack on the summit block on a exposed 5.2? section instead of catwalk. Would recommend to all. If you aint scared of heights that is | |
| Posted Sep 4, 2009 3:40 pm | ||
| Pallando | NW Ridge from Green Lakes TH Date Climbed: Aug 22, 2009 | |
| Back again, left at 4:20 and made it up before 8. Enjoyed the summit for a while. Views were clear, Could see Adams to McGloughlin. | |
| Posted Aug 22, 2009 5:00 pm | ||
| Pallando | NW Ridge from Green Lakes TH Date Climbed: Aug 8, 2009 | |
| Not a single mosquito! Got a late start (9:00) but was surprised when we made it at our liesurely pace up in 4:30. Faster than I remember. Found a much nicer route on the summit block on our way down. Will definitely take it next time! Solid rock all the way up! | |
| Posted Aug 8, 2009 11:20 pm | ||
| amochka | More fun than expected Date Climbed: Jul 25, 2009 | |
| Great day out, hot, but fun...the rock was a lot more fun than people have described. Parts of the routes were a crumbly disaster, but a lot of it was fun scrambling, the traverse was great, the catwalk was a fun bit of exposure and the views from the top were amazing. I'd do it again. We went in via Green Lakes...the mosquitoes were voracious. | |
| Posted Jul 28, 2009 3:22 pm | ||
| vancouver islander | NW Ridge Date Climbed: Jun 30, 2009 | |
| Long but enjoyable day starting from the Falls Creek TH. (Road 370 was gated). Still lots of snow on the trail up to Green Lakes. The crux turned out to be losing the route, ending up on the wrong side of the river and having to make a very hairy crossing to get back on track. Went up to the saddle on the NW ridge directly from the south end of the first lake on firm scree or snow - unexpectedly pleasant and shorter than expected. Roped up for the "dirty groove" on the ascent and rapped the "basalt corner" on the way down. Found the catwalk fine if a little sphincter tightening. Final few feet to the top no problem. No need for the rope except for that one short pitch. About 12 hours round trip for us old guys. Stunning, clear weather after getting up to ice on the tents that morning. Great day. | |
| Posted Jul 8, 2009 12:23 am | ||
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