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| tacoturner | Route Climbed: Date Climbed: August 2007 Date Climbed: Aug 9, 2007 | |
| Traversed below (but much to my dismay did not summit) Dome Peak on a NOLS Outdoor Educator course. Approached from the south by way of Glacier Peak (which WAS summited), Buck Creek Pass, Image and Canyon Lakes, and Ross Pass, Totem Pass, then onto the east Chikamin Glacier from a pass just south of Blue Mountain. In consideration of low food stores, the average experience level of our two rope teams, and three days to get out to Mineral Park, we agreed with our instructors that it was not within our best judgment to spend much of the day summiting Dome or any of the surrounding peaks. But I will be back. Soon. | |
| Posted Aug 29, 2007 11:34 pm | ||
| Pantilat | Dome Glacier  | |
| Along 2004 Ptarmigan Traverse | |
| Posted Jun 20, 2007 2:51 am | ||
| mbollino | Perfect End Date Climbed: Jul 20, 2005 | |
| Great way to end the Ptarmigan Traverse. Was great sitting at White Rocks for a few days looking out at the dripping glaciers below Dome Peak, then wake up the next morning and pick your way to the summit. I great summit in an outstanding area. | |
| Posted Feb 21, 2007 10:10 pm | ||
| mvs | Wish I'd seen that boulder Date Climbed: Aug 16, 2003 | |
| Climbed at the end of the Ptarmigan Traverse with Theron Welch. Clouds came in to block the views, but it was a small price to pay for great weather the rest of the trip. Truly an amazing area. | |
| Posted Mar 30, 2006 1:25 pm | ||
| Outdoorgrrl | Route Climbed: Dome Glacier Date Climbed: July 19, 2005 | |
| The perfect finish to the perfect Ptarmagin Traverse. The views of Glacier are stunning. | ||
| Posted Aug 1, 2005 3:17 pm | ||
| Tweezer | Route Climbed: Standard Date Climbed: 7/25/04 | |
| The ultimate finish to the Ptarmigan traverse. Crazy exposure on the summit. I think the North summit is now taller than the southern one. | |
| Posted Jul 28, 2004 4:09 pm | ||
| leftfield | Route Climbed: Dome Glacier Date Climbed: August 8, 2003 | |
| If you survive the pack-in it's a great climb. Camped at Cub Lake. Fourteen hour summit day. Put in a handline on 200 feet of the airy summit ridge. Major league exposure! | |
| Posted Aug 15, 2003 6:05 pm | ||
| scottv | Route Climbed: Standard to Northeast summit Date Climbed: August 19, 2001 | |
| Dome is downright intimidating when viewed from the White Rock Lakes across the Agnes Creek drainage to the North. We approached via the Ptarmigan Traverse and nearly got one of our 4 members plucked off the Dana Glacier by a small ice/rock fall. Had amazing views of the forest fire plumes in the setting sun the night before at Beckey's recommended 6400' camp, got a break in the clouds, and thoroughly enjoyed the climb on the heels of a party of 6 friendly fellows. Thanks to them for approaching via Batchelor Creek which was truly grueling, but made tolerable by their many boots trampling down the brush twice before we struggled through. | |
| Posted Aug 22, 2001 12:20 am | ||
| rfbolton | Route Climbed: Southwest Route Date Climbed: August 1986 | |
| In 1986 a different group intended to follow the same route as the 1975 party took. In the low snow years of the '80s, there were many open crevasses and a large 'shrund at the top of the Chikamin Glacier that we were not equipped to handle, so we returned back the way we had come. Another difference in the 1986 trip was that the summit boulder on Dome Peak's summit was gone. Click here for a photo of how the summit looked in 1986. | |
| Posted Apr 30, 2001 6:17 pm | ||
| rfbolton | Route Climbed: Southwest Route Date Climbed: August 1975 | |
| Climbing Dome Peak was the centerpiece of a cross-country trip I enjoyed with my mountaineering mentors, who also happened to be my uncle and aunt. We did nearly a complete loop, starting at the Downey Creek trail on the Suiattle River Road, and ending at the end of the Suiattle River Road two miles from the starting point. The route follows the southern terminus of the Ptarmigan Traverse proper, then instead of crossing Spire Col and proceeding to White Rock Lakes, we left the route, crossed Itswoot Ridge, then ascended the slopes toward Dome, crossing the upper portion of Dome Glacier, and climbing to the high col NW of the summit. There we camped for two nights in terrific weather. On the day between the two nights we climbed Dome using the summit ridge. In 1975 the "curiously perched boulder" mentioned by Beckey was still on the summit. The trip continued down the Chikamin Glacier to the east, over the Spruce-Chikamin ridge at the east end of the glacier, then SW to Garden Pass, Ross Pass, Totem Pass, and Canyon Lake, then by trail to Image Lake and down Miners Ridge to the Suiattle River and out to the cars. From the Dome Peak area on, this route constitutes one of the extensions of the Ptarmigan Traverse. Click here for a photo of yours truly sitting on the summit boulder of Dome Peak. | |
| Posted Apr 30, 2001 5:39 pm | ||
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