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| Josh Lewis | Fisher Chimneys Attempt Date Climbed: Jul 7, 2011 | |
| After getting to lake Ann I could see clouds coming in the horizon, which to me was the first sign of trouble. As we ascended towards the Fisher Chimneys it became a huge black cloud wall with the sunrise, I knew by now that a storm was coming in. After being belayed up a rock section I could tell that the snow was not as solid as I had hoped. When I got on the snow my crampons got caught on my prussik cord from behind and I nearly tripped down the mountain. It was in that very second that I knew that it would be a bad idea for me to continue, plus I felt like someone should accompany Eric (he got sketched out) for the descend to the car. When we got to the car it was raining like blazes, and I knew that Sebash and Ski were going through a epic adventure... | |
| Posted Jul 11, 2011 9:13 pm | ||
| SKI | Fisher Chimneys  Date Climbed: Jul 7, 2011 | |
| Day hiked with Eric, Josh and Sebastian. Ended up summitting somehow in a storm with Sebas. Descended via the White Salmon Glacier- big mistake. Nearly killed by rockfall, got lost at the bottom of the glacier, ended up following some mysterious flagging on random trees to the ski resort. 17 hours car to car. | |
| Posted Jul 9, 2011 7:22 pm | ||
| Inday | Summit through Central Gully Date Climbed: Aug 20, 2010 | |
| Ascended with Mountain Madness. Beautiful mountain, loved the six days I spent there! | |
| Posted Jan 6, 2011 12:30 pm | ||
| ExcitableBoy | Various routes | |
| Fisher Chimneys mulitple times, Sulphide Glacier ski ascent/descent, North Face, Price Glacier. | |
| Posted Dec 27, 2010 10:53 am | ||
| Zhenya77 | North Face Route Date Climbed: Jun 26, 2010 | |
| Started at 5:00 am from the saddle. The technical part of the North Face was great. Soon after finishing the North Face the rain started. Camped on the way up, traversed the Pyramid and return via Hourglass and Fishers Chimneys | |
| Posted Jul 13, 2010 5:00 pm | ||
| Snowslogger | Finally, and by Fisher Chimneys | |
| One of my most satisfying climbs ever! Finally returned to what may be the most scenic mtn in the country after two previous attempts. Having been a Bellinghamster and skiied the Baker ski area, I've always felt a special draw to Shuksan. A great spot camping high above Fisher Chimneys with great friends, great weather, and few people during the middle of the week. I think the Fisher Chimneys are harder to scramble than the pyramid, but others may disagree. | |
| Posted Dec 30, 2009 3:26 pm | ||
| EverydayExplorer | Failed Fisher Chimneys Date Climbed: Oct 11, 2009 | |
| It was late in the season and also went up the wrong gully. I look at this as a scouting trip for next season. | |
| Posted Dec 1, 2009 11:53 pm | ||
| alpinedon | Epic Day Date Climbed: Jul 14, 2004 | |
| We were on this mountain for nineteen hours straight...I did pretty well for my first really Alpine experience on the Fisher Chimney route, getting to lead our group across the Upper Curtis Glacier and the Sulphide Glacier, all the way to the summit. On the descent, however, I stupidly went ahead of our group because I was worried about my then-gf down at base canp, and got myself cliffed out and couldn't climb back up to the route, so I had to wait for my team leader to get down low enough and toss me a rope. My worst ever mistake in the mountains! | |
| Posted Nov 23, 2009 12:55 am | ||
| Buckaroo | Fisher Chimneys Date Climbed: Jun 20, 1993 | |
| With Jim Yoder and Marlene Ford. | |
| Posted Oct 17, 2009 12:36 pm | ||
| Buckaroo | N Face, Winter Solo Date Climbed: Mar 13, 1993 | |
| North face in winter, solo. Hit by storm on descent, down bag got wet. Epic, white out, had to stay in a snow cave for 24 hrs. | |
| Posted Oct 17, 2009 12:33 pm | ||
| RSBARNES | Via Sulphide Date Climbed: May 31, 2009 | |
| Nice day. Great trip. | |
| Posted Sep 9, 2009 1:32 am | ||
| ericwillhite | 2nd try success Date Climbed: Jul 22, 2006 | |
| Had a deep snowshoe spring climb fail several years before I went back and nailed the sucker. http://www.willhiteweb.com/washington_climbing/north_cascades/mount_shuksan_019.htm | |
| Posted Sep 3, 2009 3:49 am | ||
| zplustwo | Sulphide Glacier Date Climbed: Jul 12, 2009 | |
| Victory, with friends. | |
| Posted Aug 17, 2009 4:10 pm | ||
| bruceg | Sulphide Glacier Date Climbed: Aug 21, 2006 | |
| Great climb with International Mountain Guides. Perfect weather, good snow conditions, and dry rock. | |
| Posted Jul 31, 2009 2:12 pm | ||
| Wingnut | Sulfide Glacier Date Climbed: Jul 17, 2009 | |
| Great mountain! Beautiful views! | |
| Posted Jul 23, 2009 12:37 am | ||
| Augie Medina | Sulphide Glacier Route Date Climbed: Jul 16, 2009 | |
| Had beautiful weather. The line we followed up the gully was consistent 4th class with some 3d and a few low class 5 moves. We found a 2d class final section to the top. On descent,we found a 3d class route with plenty of 4th class. Views from anywhere in the vicinity of this peak are hard to believe. | |
| Posted Jul 19, 2009 12:55 am | ||
| live2climb90 | Happy 4th! Date Climbed: Jul 4, 2009 | |
| Left high camp at 2:30 in the morning to beat the heat, which made for an incredible sunrise. We took the east ridge when we reached the summit pyramid which was great. Reached the summit at about 6:30 in the morning, and got down off the top before the crowd of everybody else came up. It was a great climb, i really enjoyed it. | |
| Posted Jul 5, 2009 11:28 pm | ||
| Jesus Malverde | Sulphide Glacier Date Climbed: Jun 21, 2009 | |
| Climbed via the Sulphide Glacier route with 200-40 foot visibility almost the whole day. Thank goodness for GPS points. Summit pyramid gully reminded me of those pictures of winter climbing in Scotland! We climbed the eastern most pinnacle of the four very top summit pinnacles. Judging by other pictures and video it looks like the summit pinnacle we were on is considered the highest, but I could swear the 2 western most pinnacles were at least as high as ours (or higher). No guide book or internet search turned up a distinction. Does anybody out there have know which summit block/pinnacle is truly the highest on Mt. Shuksan? | |
| Posted Jun 24, 2009 2:09 pm | ||
| alpine climber | mountain time Date Climbed: May 28, 2009 | |
| Forgot to reset watch to PST and ended up on the summit at 5:30 am. Great way to spend the morning though. Sulphide is closed up for now, but the snow gets sloppy as the day progresses. | |
| Posted May 29, 2009 12:59 pm | ||
| nickmech | Fisher Chimmneys | |
| Fantastic climb with good weather. Interesting route finding. Camped at Lake Ann and summited next day. Got back to tent late and too tired to hike out so spent another night with Nate and Andrew. Vlato and Norman hiked all night to cars to get to jobs. | |
| Posted Dec 29, 2008 5:20 pm | ||
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