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| Turbo | Route Climbed: North Ridge  Date Climbed: Aug 15, 2004 | |
| On August 15, 2003 a friend of mine was hiking to the top of this mountain when he fell to his death. One year later, a small group of us finished the climb in his memory. With us we carried an orange ribbon in his honor (orange was his favorite color). The climb was beautiful and the view amazing. God is good. | |
| Posted Jun 22, 2006 2:25 am | ||
| markmay | Route climbed: North ridge Date Climbed: Aug 30, 2005 | |
| Fun Hike! | |
| Posted Jun 17, 2006 3:57 pm | ||
| splattski | Route climbed: North ridge Date Climbed: Jul 18, 2002 | |
| Our 4th clear day in a row in the Cascades... some sort of record? The route on the South Sister didn't look too inviting (Three Sisters Traverse) | |
| Posted Mar 14, 2006 1:05 pm | ||
| Oregon-Climber | Route Climbed: SE Ridge Date Climbed: Summer 2002 | |
| Great climb up with the BSA! No snow, more of a strenuous hike. | |
| Posted Feb 11, 2006 12:31 pm | ||
| cascadetraveler | Route Climbed: hayden glacier Date Climbed: july 3rd, 2005 | |
| The climb began on saturday the 2nd of july at pole creek trailhead. Myself and seven other fellow obsidian club members participated. The obsidians are a climbing and hiking club located in Eugene, oregon. It was one of the first hot days of summer in the cascades. We had a leisurly and uneventful hike in to base camp. We pitched our tents along some springs just a couple hundred yards below the snout of the Hayden glaicer at about 7000 ft. We awoke at 3:30 in the morning to a star choked sky and unusually warm morning. We throw are gear together donned are packs and headed for the glacier. We arrived at the glacier and proceeded to flake out the rope,slip on harnesses and fit crampons on boots. With two rope teams of four we proceeded up the right or north side of the glaicer. the route is a high snow cornice that runs parellel along the glacier well above the visible crevasse fields. The cornice peters out just below the peak known as prouty. Once off the cornice we walked a short distance to the col are the saddle. We all take turns belaying the next person to us over the mote and onto the rock. We repeat this procedure as we head onto the snowfield at the base of the summit pyramid. The final pitches to the summit do not lay back all that much so we set two pickets along the steepest sections and eventually work are way through frozen rock and rotten ice/snow mix. We arrive at the sun splashed summit at 7:30 in the morning. We enjoy views all the way north to Mount adams in Washinton state. west to the coast ranges south to mt Mcgloughlin and were a bit blinded by the sun as we look to the east on oregons great high desert plateau. | |
| Posted Dec 19, 2005 11:22 pm | ||
| mandrake | Route Climbed: Hayden Glacier Date Climbed: June 11, 2004 | |
| Clouds came in just when heading up the north ridge. Top was in total white-out. Ridge was a bit gnarly, but fortunately we had enough pickets to protect it. | |
| Posted Oct 31, 2005 7:44 pm | ||
| Andinistaloco | Route Climbed: SE ridge, I think.... Date Climbed: fall/winter 2002 | |
| Great hike and magnificent views of the south sister. Route was out of season but so nontechnical that it didn't really matter. | |
| Posted Sep 12, 2005 3:45 am | ||
| iluka | Route Climbed: Collier Glacier Date Climbed: September 3, 2005 | |
| This was little more than a walk-up but a very nice one at that. The Collier Glacier presents little in the way of challenges now as it no longer has any crevasses (contrary to the trip report from 2001 commenting on a lot of crevasses on it's northernmost side -- and our President claims Global Warming is no big deal...). Crampons are stil necessary, particularly early in the morning in late season, as the ice is firm and footing would be very difficult without them. | |
| Posted Sep 5, 2005 11:38 pm | ||
| seth fridae | Route Climbed: north ridge via north sister Date Climbed: 9/3 | |
| summited middle as part of three sisters traverse. Descent down south ridge. Beutiful crystal rock was left on the summit by a fellow hiker which i enjoyed looking at while i had a smoke. | |
| Posted Sep 3, 2005 6:22 pm | ||
| amochka | Route Climbed: Hayden Glacier Date Climbed: August 14, 2005 | |
| Definitely too late in the season for this route. Not enough snow this year to be climbing this route this late..hayden glacier heavily crevassed, lots o' rockfall, etc. Reached the point just below the north ridge and couldn't safely head up, so didn't get to tag the summit. Steps in heavily crevassed area were blowing out....and lots of loose rock coming off the saddle between north and middle sister. Seems that the southeast ridge looks better to me if you have to walk up shifting piles of rock, which is basically what we spent all day doing. Beautiful weather, clear skies and good company made the slog worth it. Will be back earlier in the season or will try a different route next year. | |
| Posted Aug 17, 2005 6:08 pm | ||
| crirwin | Route Climbed: Hayden Glacier Date Climbed: July 25, 2004 | |
| A long one-day slog from Pole Creek Trailhead with my friend Nathan. Once we hit the Hayden we made a direct shot along the right edge of the glacier toward Prouty Point. Saw one good sized rock slide just as we approached the Point. The last scramble up the North Ridge was straightforward with one good pitch of late season snow that required us to break out the ice axes. A thunderstorm started to approach just as we were about halfway down the Hayden on our descent. I didn't know I could run so fast with a pack on! Made it down below treeline just as the lightning began crackling overhead. Finished the long hike back to the car - about 14 hours roundtrip. | |
| Posted Jul 13, 2005 1:37 pm | ||
| DagiTig | Route Climbed: North Ridge Date Climbed: August 31, 2003 | |
| What a great climb and beautiful weather! A little tricky traversing one of the glaciers - crampons would have been nice! | |
| Posted Jun 8, 2005 2:01 pm | ||
| onandupwards | Route Climbed: North ridge/Hayden Glacier Date Climbed: October 2003 | |
| Exposed crevasses due to late season climb, had to skirt to ridge to avoid. | |
| Posted Feb 21, 2005 1:15 pm | ||
| Andy Dewey | Route Climbed: South Ridge/Irving Glacier Date Climbed: August 2001 | |
| Camped at Chambers Lakes, climbed via Irving Glacier and south ridge. Great day, awesome views. | |
| Posted Feb 3, 2005 3:43 pm | ||
| K2McKay | Route Climbed: Hayden Glacier and North Side Date Climbed: July 25 1998 | |
| Great skiing down the cone and the glacier both. Me and Joe rocked it hard weaving in and out of the crevasses. The summit cone is nice and steep as well. All in all, a great day. | ||
| Posted Nov 22, 2004 6:42 pm | ||
| gobblet | Route Climbed: South East Ridge Date Climbed: July 20, 2004 | |
| A group of us climbed the southeast ridge from our camp at Chamber Lakes. It was a long cinder slog, with many variations possible as you approach the ridge. We had great weather and great views, and even took a dip in a lake on the way back to camp. | |
| Posted Sep 9, 2004 5:41 pm | ||
| Shaun Matyas | Route Climbed: South East Ridge / North Ridge / Hayden Glacier Date Climbed: August 12, 2004 | |
| A wonderful climb. My group did a loop from Lake Demeris, up the South East Ridge trail (the trail can be hard to find because of erosion), yet you can see were you need to go. We descended the North Ridge trial, which is easier to follow, then the SE, climbed the small peak between the North & Middle (Protey's point), then glissaded down the Hayden Glacier. Wonderful trip. Watch out for the butterflies, there were hundreds of them flying up and down the mountain. | |
| Posted Aug 27, 2004 2:52 pm | ||
| Don Nelsen | Route Climbed: South ridge Date Climbed: Sept 22, 1979 | |
| After climbing Broken Top the day before and backpacking a bushwhack route to the Chambers Lakes area we were a bit tired but realized this would be our only chance to climb this peak for maybe years to come. With Rob and Dave as partners, we scrambled up very unstable talus to the summit in about 2 hours from our camp at Chambers Lakes. This route is very unstable! Most of the time it felt as if the whole slope was about to give way. Won't do this route again! About 50 degrees at the summit with 30mph winds made it a bit uncomfortable for us dressed in shorts and t-shirts but at that age we all felt invinceable - boy did we have a lot to learn! dn | |
| Posted Jul 27, 2004 1:11 am | ||
| aishv | Route Climbed: Hayden Glacier Date Climbed: June 19th, 2004 | |
| Climb Party: Mazamas Climb - Portland OR E. side ascent of Middle sister via the Hayden Glacier. Started from the Pole Creek TH (drive to Sisters OR, sign in at the Sisters Ranger Station and head to Pole Creek TH off of Hwy 242). Packed in to ~6200 ft and 5 miles from the TH for an overnight stay on June 18th. Early AM start at 03:00 up the Hayden Glacier to Prouty point. Had to use crampons almost all the way to the summit. Reached summit at 10:00, descended back to camp at 13:00. Broke camp and back at car at 17:00. Great climb with great weather and views from the summit. Since climb was early in the season, very few upper level crevasses were just starting to open up. | ||
| Posted Jul 5, 2004 12:47 pm | ||
| Pawkala | Route Climbed: East Side Date Climbed: September 11, 2003 | |
| Left from Pole Creek and hiked into timberline. Climbed up and played on the Hayden Glacier with its many wide open cravases before heading down for dinner and sleep under a full moon. All three sisters looked so beautiful under Gods night light. Climbed up the next morning roped in with my 3 other climbing partners. Had high winds up from the saddle. It made it a little tricky in spots since there was about 1 foot of the falls first snow on the ground. Made it up and back down with only momentary glimpses of North Sister to see from the top. Great climb and an awesome experience. | |
| Posted Jul 1, 2004 10:53 pm | ||
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