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| Michael71 | long but nice climb  Date Climbed: Aug 15, 2008 | |
| started at cold springs at 4:10 am, reached the summit at 12:30, took me longer than estimated; hardest part is the snowfield below the false summit, that almost got me; no real need for crampons but could be different in other conditions; glissading was hardly possible anymore in the afternoon; met a lot of nice people up there; take care when going down if you glissade down the Crescent glacier, there was a large open crevasse there, but almost no one seemed to mind but me; I missed the right way down the Crescent ridge and (just as warned on the Climbing Report page) got lost on my way down, meaning having to go back another 300m up which finished me; nevertheless a great trip, best done in my view in one day, beautiful mountain and scenery with Hood, St. Helens and Rainier | ||
| Posted Aug 27, 2008 10:43 am | ||
| oso1212 | First Cascade Mountain Date Climbed: Aug 2, 2008 | |
| South Spur day trip. Left car at 0630, summitted at 1400, back to car at 1730. Great trip. | |
| Posted Aug 9, 2008 12:31 am | ||
| Levi | Back for the Summit Date Climbed: Aug 6, 2008 | |
| Camped at the Lunch Counter and started the next morning at 5. Made the summit at 9. The smoke and haze cut down on the view. Rainier, St. Helens and Hood were all visible from the summit but no further. After failing last year it was great to reach the summit. | |
| Posted Aug 7, 2008 1:10 am | ||
| whaynal | Mazama Date Climbed: Jul 5, 2008 | |
| Left from the South Spur TH and then generally followed the Around-The-Mountain trail to the base of the Mazama Glacier, where we camped. The next morning we roped up (it was my first time on a big glacier--quite exciting) and made the summit in the early afternoon. | |
| Posted Jul 31, 2008 1:32 am | ||
| Sierra Ledge Rat | 1987: N Ridge | |
| Climbed the N Ridge in a whiteout | |
| Posted Jul 18, 2008 12:48 am | ||
| supermarmot | FIRE!!! Date Climbed: Jul 13, 2008 | |
| skied to the summit and then barely made it out due to the rapidly growing cold springs fire. exciting! | |
| Posted Jul 15, 2008 1:29 am | ||
| Dundeel | South Climb Date Climbed: Jul 7, 2008 | |
| Snow from just above the TH. Lots of melted out tent sites and running water available at Lunch Counter. Visibility was limited on the 6th due to California forest fire smoke. Made a 5am start from Lunch Counter with crampons. Smoke had blown away and the view was excellent once the sun came up. Reached the summit shortly after 10. Wind at Pikers Peak was 25 to 30 and on the summit, 40+. It took us 3 hours to climb to Pikers Peak and 20 minutes to glissade back down. Finished off with a great meal at KJ's Bear Creek Cafe in Trout Lake. | |
| Posted Jul 8, 2008 3:20 pm | ||
| marauders | South Spur Date Climbed: Jul 1, 2008 | |
| Wanted to climb the Mazama Glacier, but the road to the trailhead was still blocked by snow 3.5 miles out from the trailhead. Adding that additional 7 miles round trip to the route was simply out of our league for a single push on the route. The forest service was simply waiting for the snow to melt with no plans to clear the road, so we went up there and in 4 hours cleared the snow and trees from the road, it was awesome! It turned out a youth survival group had just had a team member blow out his knee and was immobile at the trailhead. We arrived in our cars, and they were dumbfounded and emotional to realize they weren't going to have to carry him all the way down the mountain road. Great experience. We didn't have the strength to do a single push for the Mazama Glacier route any longer, so we did a single push on the South Spur. The terrain is simple and easy, and not quite the Cascade experience we wanted, but hey the mountain was beautiful and we summited, plus the glissades are fun. We'll be back again someday. | |
| Posted Jul 5, 2008 12:29 am | ||
| dannotti | Great Climb Date Climbed: Aug 4, 2007 | |
| Climbed via Mazama glacier. Great weather and views past Rainer. Great base camp at base of the Mazama glacier | ||
| Posted Jun 16, 2008 12:18 am | ||
| Jordan11 | South Spur Date Climbed: Jun 17, 2007 | |
| Great work out, but awfully long for one day. We passed many people who had opted to not wear crampons. I would recommend them. Fantastic glissade off the top. | |
| Posted May 28, 2008 11:09 pm | ||
| peakrat76 | South Spur Date Climbed: Aug 14, 1977 | |
| Nice climb. Beautiful high camp. Not difficult at all. | |
| Posted Apr 23, 2008 2:27 pm | ||
| BKW | South Spur Date Climbed: Aug 9, 2007 | |
| Good climb, good times. Forgot gloves. The glissade chute was about 7 feet deep off of the false summit. | |
| Posted Apr 4, 2008 6:53 pm | ||
| Craig Nielsen | South Spur Date Climbed: Aug 7, 2007 | |
| Overnight Solo -sweet climb. | |
| Posted Mar 29, 2008 10:37 pm | ||
| snowflake | South Spur | |
| Went with a couple friends. Progress was so fast we just dumped the camping gear halfway up and tagged the summit. Wish I knew how to ski back then. | |
| Posted Mar 21, 2008 3:56 pm | ||
| dswink | South Spur on the Fourth Date Climbed: Jul 4, 2007 | |
| Pleasant climb. Found a poor tiny mouse on the summit. He must have hitchhiked up in a pack. | |
| Posted Mar 10, 2008 2:46 am | ||
| ZachLuchsinger | Awesome Mt. Date Climbed: Sep 2, 2006 | |
| This was an awesome hike. When we hiked there was still lots of snow, and we were constantly taking our cramp-ons off and on again. That really slowed us down. But the view from the top is worth it ten fold. | |
| Posted Mar 6, 2008 9:34 pm | ||
| RyanTaro76 | From Cold Springs TH Date Climbed: Aug 3, 1998 | |
| This is my tallest cascade summit. It got warm, there were tons of people, one of whom dislodged a boulder which shot down the fall line near Pikers Peak. Summit view was awesome, and Im glad the drive to Cold Springs was done in a rental car. It was a creek bed more than a road. As it should be. | ||
| Posted Mar 5, 2008 2:19 pm | ||
| morrison_ryan | Great One Day Climb Date Climbed: Jul 4, 2007 | |
| On July 3rd my wife and I decided to spend the 4th climbing Adams. We had climbed the peak a few years earlier, but had camped at the Lunch Counter on the first day. This time we did the climb in one day. Great climb! | |
| Posted Feb 3, 2008 11:09 pm | ||
| jef80 | Mazama Glacier Date Climbed: Jun 20, 2007 | |
| Awsome climb with a great bunch of people | |
| Posted Jan 20, 2008 6:07 pm | ||
| burningthebushes | be back for lunch Date Climbed: Jul 1, 2007 | |
| standard south climb. the glissade line was well developed. 4am start and back at 11. Awesome views of Hood at sunrise. | |
| Posted Jan 6, 2008 4:33 pm | ||
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