Crater Mountain Climber's Log
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| breauxtrahn | up early  Date Climbed: Jul 16, 2009 | |
| I should have done this as a day hike. the blow down and melting snow don't make for the best setting to spend an overnight. Views are awesome, lots of old rusted mining equipment. | |
| Posted Dec 8, 2010 10:15 pm | ||
| SummitQueen | Route Climbed: Southwest Route Date Climbed: September 14, 2010 Date Climbed: Sep 14, 2010 | |
| With rain in the forecast for this area the past two weeks, I took advantage of the one day that said, on NOAA's weather service, "Mostly Sunny" to climb Crater Mountain as a day hike. It was great - not a single soul did I encounter on the entire path from the trail head to the summit. No one was camped at the lake, and I did a quick jaunt into McMillan Park before the approach. The blueberries right now as delicious and a great treat for both the 2300' ascent and descent from the lake to the summit. Amazing views all around, and I have no idea why some pictures talk about the Class 3 scramble being difficult - anyone was decent rock and route finding abilities can do it in no sweat. There are cairns and yellow paint on the rocks to easily guide you. | |
| Posted Sep 15, 2010 1:43 pm | ||
| gimpilator | A Charmer Date Climbed: Aug 15, 2010 | |
| Alexei and I did a trailhead bivy the night before. This has got to be one of the better peaks in this area. And there's definitely no better view of Jack Mountain. The scramble was an easy 3 and very enjoyable. I'll probably be back some day. | |
| Posted Aug 15, 2010 10:59 pm | ||
| Pantilat | SW route | |
| Nice view, one of my first N.Cascade summits. | |
| Posted Jun 20, 2007 2:58 am | ||
| rialtosol | route climbed: SW Date Climbed: Sep 18, 2005 | |
| Trail most of the way with a small section of some class three as you near the summit. The scramble section had been marked with yellow spray paint in spots. Nice view of Jack. Did not get much of a view of the Jerry lakes because of low visibility. | |
| Posted Mar 3, 2006 4:15 am | ||
| setrent | Route Climbed: North Face Date Climbed: June 2000 | |
| Climbed Crater after being turned back on Jack because of too much unconsolidated snow. | ||
| Posted Dec 23, 2005 12:06 am | ||
| Outdoorgrrl | Route Climbed: SW Face Date Climbed: July 31, 2005 | |
| Five of us successfully scrambled Crater as a day trip. Saw only one person at the lake (which is really more like a tarn these days). USFS is rebuilding the bridge near the old (collapsing) guard station, but there is a really great log to cross in the mean time. The rest of the trail is in remarkably good condition. | ||
| Posted Aug 1, 2005 2:36 pm | ||
| sprosseda | Route Climbed: SW route Date Climbed: August 17, 2001 | |
| Awesome views of all the high, glaciated peaks of North Cascades. A couple of hundred feet of exposed class 3/4 climbing to get to the broad, grassy summit. Did roundtrip of 6,000+ ft in 8 to 10 hours. Great perspective of Jack mountain. | |
| Posted Jul 23, 2003 11:00 am | ||
| Dulton | Route Climbed: Scramble from the South-West Face Date Climbed: September 5th 2000 | |
| Camped at the waterfall just south of Crater lake, no other parties there, however, there were a couple other partes at the lake. Not a soul on the approach to the summit block and spotted several people coming up over the glacier. | |
| Posted Nov 12, 2002 10:42 pm | ||
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