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| joepa | West Ridge  Date Climbed: Jul 28, 2005 | |
| Fun climb. Never even broke out the rope. | |
| Posted Aug 22, 2008 10:18 pm | ||
| agreenstreet | Route Climbed: West Ridge Date Climbed: 9-11-2007 | |
| with supermarmot, below. nice weather, fun climb. didn't make it to work that night; oops. | |
| Posted Sep 13, 2007 4:02 am | ||
| supermarmot | west ridge Date Climbed: Sep 11, 2007 | |
| awesome day for it! perfect weather and no crowds (had the mountain to ourselves.) | |
| Posted Sep 12, 2007 1:13 am | ||
| osatrik | OSAT 1998 - Scramble Route Date Climbed: Aug 9, 1998 | |
| We were able to find a couple nice tent spots in the basin east of the mountain. Climbed the talus and scramble route Sunday morning -- a couple of our summiters were glad we brought the short rope and one harness to rap the 20 feet of class 4 near the summit. | |
| Posted Sep 6, 2006 3:43 am | ||
| hkutuk | Thomson, W. Ridge Date Climbed: Jul 22, 2006 | |
| I had attempted to climb this peak last year but the weather never cleared and I turned back at Bumblebee Pass. Knowing the long approach, we were relying on finding the super secret shortcut but the forest road has been blocked and is no longer drivable. So we drove back to PCT but missed the exit and by the time we got to the trail head it was 9:30 and we knew we were in for a long day. Armed with the SP description of two shortcuts we started hiking. The first shortcut follows Commonwealth trail and is nice but the second one is a complete bushwhack and not recommended. This shortcut not only did not save any time it also wasted us. Pretty dissapointed with our progress we continued up to Bumblebee Pass. After a short lunch break at the pass we climbed the nasty scree to the notch and started the technical climbing at 2:30pm and summited at 4:45pm after 5 pitches. We spend hardly any time on the summit. In hopes of saving time we downclimbed the sometimes gravelly slabs and steep sections, more scree and loose rocks followed until we got into the basin and up the pass. We cruised down the PCT despite sore feet and made it back to the car at 9:30pm. We left Portland at 5am and were back at 2am next day, I call this "good use" of the day. Nice climb, great effort Jim. | |
| Posted Jul 24, 2006 3:38 am | ||
| ren | Route Climbed: Scramble route Date Climbed: 8/21/04 | |
| The right gully was easy choss and scree leading to the east ridge. Great views at the top with my first peek at Iceburg Lake. Got off route on the way down and had a little trouble in the cliff bands. | |
| Posted Jan 12, 2006 8:55 am | ||
| Dan Winter | Route Climbed: West Ridge Date Climbed: 6/15/04-6/16/04 | |
| Fun climb. | |
| Posted Mar 18, 2005 3:26 pm | ||
| scot'teryx | Route Climbed: West Ridge Date Climbed: July 12, 2003 | |
| One day ascent via secret approach, only 13 miles RT Perfect weather and noone else encountered on route Trip Report, Images, and a movie at : http://www.nwog.org/reports/071203thompson.htm Fun route, much better alternative to Das Toof! | |
| Posted Aug 26, 2003 2:01 pm | ||
| rpc | Route Climbed: West Ridge Date Climbed: August 17, 2003 | |
| Fun route! After being rained off on our NE Ridge of Triumph attempt on Saturday, Shirley and I decided to head south to Snoqualmie Pass to try Thomson (got rained out off of this one one month prior). Having done the hike in before, we thought that an early start was not needed. Well, we did not realize how popular this route gets - at least 3 or 4 parties jamming up the route when we got there. The climbing is easy - mostly low 5th with a few 5.6 moves (one somewhere on pitch two involves pulling over a bulge on moving handholds). After all was said and done, we summitted by 5:30pm and after some hairy downclimbs down the East Ridge we got back to the TH at 11:15pm. Not a fun drive back to Portland knowing that we have to get up for work at 7. | |
| Posted Aug 18, 2003 11:17 am | ||
| mvs | Route Climbed: West Ridge Date Climbed: October 9, 2000 | |
| Steve and I did this as a long day trip. We climbed the West Ridge in 5 leads, keeping to the crest below the summit for fun where most take a trail on the north side. I did enjoy it, but the best thing about this peak is the vantage point - it doesn't matter whether you took the scramble route or the West Ridge. | |
| Posted Apr 7, 2002 1:16 pm | ||
| mvs | Route Climbed: East Ridge Date Climbed: October 3, 1999 | |
| This is the scrambling route, a very worthwhile climb! In fact, since the more technical West Ridge gets at most a "B+" grade for it's poor rock and lack of an elegant line, it might be better to scramble the East Ridge as a day trip, leaving the technical gear at home. (Having done both, this is my opinion in hindsight). | |
| Posted Apr 7, 2002 1:13 pm | ||
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