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| YEM | Ives/Snowy Traverse  Date Climbed: Sep 4, 2009 | |
| My wife had school work to take care of, so at the last minute I decided to return to the Goat Rocks. This time, my dog Cammie came along for the climb. We ascended to the col just left of Ives from the PCT/Snowgrass junction. The view from here may be the best in the wilderness. We then continued along the ridge crest for a Snowy summit bivy. The hikers on Snowy were surprised to see us coming from that direction! The wind and rain picked up into the night and we made a rapid retreat the next morning. A beautiful area. | |
| Posted Sep 6, 2009 12:01 am | ||
| ericwillhite | As a scout | |
| Remember doing Old Snowy as a boy scout, thought we were pretty cool until we reached the summit to find two 7 year olds with their own ice axes. | |
| Posted Sep 3, 2009 4:04 am | ||
| BCJ | On the wat to Goat Lake | |
| Nice little detour to a beautiful viewpoint while hiking from Snowgrass Flats to Goat Lake. | |
| Posted Aug 4, 2009 6:13 pm | ||
| Trevin Ziegler | Route Climbed: Ives Peak - East Ridge Date Climbed: Jul 6, 2007 | |
| Great area for some great scambling, views, and goats. I did this trip with SouthRaker, check the trip report below. | |
| Posted May 29, 2009 8:01 pm | ||
| cmc56789 | Old Snowy Date Climbed: Aug 28, 2007 | |
| Hiked up this one from the PCT. Nice views. My first trip to Goat Rocks. I'll be back... Sun set while on top, so any thoughts of scrambling to Ives were erased! Neat to see Adams and Rainier under light of the full moon. | |
| Posted Aug 30, 2007 1:53 pm | ||
| SouthRaker | Route Climbed: Ives Peak - East Ridge Date Climbed: Jul 6, 2007 | |
| I'm not sure why there is one page for two seperate peaks, but I summited Ives so I'm sigining this log. Trip report here. | |
| Posted Jul 9, 2007 4:02 am | ||
| thundercloud | Trail / Traverse Date Climbed: Aug 14, 2004 | |
| Simple trail to top of Old Snowy, and a fun alpine traverse over to Ives. Red red wine make me feel so fine. | |
| Posted May 25, 2007 4:19 pm | ||
| etsnyd | From Snowgrass Flats Date Climbed: Aug 13, 2002 | |
| Great area. Sad to see how the glaciers have really melted here. | |
| Posted Feb 26, 2007 1:27 am | ||
| M and N Denyer | Nice backpacking trip Date Climbed: Jul 22, 2006 | |
| We have been meaning to do some backpacking in this area for years and finally made it. After checking with the local ranger station, we decided to carry crampons in. NOT NECESSARY AT ALL! Plenty of water in the upper meadows this time of year. Enjoyed a nice chat on the summit with some guys from Seattle and also two Forest Service Rangers. | |
| Posted Nov 2, 2006 8:48 pm | ||
| osatrik | OSAT 1999 Date Climbed: Sep 4, 1999 | |
| Camped at Snowgrass, climbed Ives that afternoon, then Old Snowy (via PCT) the next. Bushwhacked down to Goat Lake trail for the hike out. Kathy O'T, Dorthea, Nancy T, Sean G, and Rik | |
| Posted Sep 6, 2006 5:27 am | ||
| dicey | Route Climbed: old snowy Date Climbed: June 2002 | |
| Lots of snow! | ||
| Posted Sep 4, 2005 1:45 pm | ||
| cusmx5 | Route Climbed: Crest Trail to Old Snowy Date Climbed: September 26, 2005 | |
| Reunion climb for Boealps Black Team '99. Came in from Snowgrass Flats to the PCT. Beautiful area and fun climb to the summit. Only did Old Snowy. | ||
| Posted Jul 19, 2005 7:42 pm | ||
| LTissell | Route Climbed: Snowgrass Flats Date Climbed: September 5, 2004 | |
| 4th Summit of Old Snowy! The first time was a white out - had no idea what I was missing. The second time, my sweetie proposed and revealed the WHOLE bottle of champagne he'd smuggled in his pack. We'll be back again this year. Love blooms even more in the mountains! | ||
| Posted May 18, 2005 7:46 pm | ||
| Isometric | Route Climbed: PCT Date Climbed: August 29, 2004 | |
| Cool site! Old Snowy was my first summit, and I was lucky to get it. It was to be one of several stops in the area over the course of 4 or 5 days, but the weather only allowed us one day, and that was the day we hit Old Snowy. I was surprised to see such a defined path on the way up - thought it was very cool how the rocks all had that wind-etched look to them. The exposed ridge near the top was pretty windy, but the following scramble was thankfully out of said wind. Oddly enough, didn't see a summit register on the top, or much of the surrounding scenery, but seeing the roiling fog was beautiful in it's own way. Needless to say, we had the mountain to ourselves that day. We got rained out the next morning, so I can't wait to get back up into that country and do more exploring. | ||
| Posted Mar 18, 2005 1:57 pm | ||
| cluck | Route Climbed: Old Snowy - Ives Traverse Date Climbed: August 14, 2004 | |
| The walk up to the top of Old Snowy had very nice views, but was otherwise unremarkable. The other dayhikers on the summit watched in horror as my friends and I nonchalantly hopped off the summit and down the north ridge toward Ives Peak. Apparently they didn't quite get the concept of exploring the wilderness without signs and marked trails. The ridgeline traverse to Ives was great fun. Lots of cool rock formations to look at and the enjoyment of finally being away from the masses. The highlight was a 200 yard section where we hiked through a moat between a snowfield and a cliff. In a couple places we had to chop steps in the snow to stem between the snow and the rock. We were all grinning from ear-to-ear for the several minutes it took to navigate the moat. Ives Peak was also enjoyable scrambling on loose rock. From Ives we marched straight down to rejoin the PCT. If you're going to put the effort into getting up Old Snowy, I'd highly reccommend traversing the ridgeline over to Ives. | |
| Posted Aug 30, 2004 4:04 pm | ||
| skook | Route Climbed: PCT Date Climbed: August 1989 | |
| Easy scramble. Make sure to blow the bubbles. My first ever summit. | |
| Posted Apr 12, 2004 9:43 pm | ||
| wildstar | Route Climbed: Old Snowy-Ives Col Date Climbed: June 1995 | |
| Tried to get a college roommate into climbing and it failed. Good trip though. | |
| Posted Jan 3, 2004 6:16 pm | ||
| Dunk | Route Climbed: PCT via Snowgrass Date Climbed: August 15, 2003 | |
| The first backcountry trip in Washington for this California hiker. I joined 10 friends on this trip from all up and down the west coast. We camped near the jct of the PCT and Snowgrass trail. 8 of us day hiked towards Old Snowy, 4 of us summited. The views were striking, especially with all the clouds. The route was busy but as we approached the summit, the only group on top started down so we had the summit all to ourselves. It was a bit brisk on top so we took our summit pics, signed the summit log and descended through the clouds. By the way, there was an ornate golf ball and a miniature temple at the summit. | |
| Posted Sep 18, 2003 2:48 pm | ||
| darinchadwick | Route Climbed: From the PCT from White Pass Date Climbed: August 2003 | |
| How can all three of you be so incredibly stupid?!? I screamed horsely to my cousin, my best friend, and my wife, as they all tried to convice me that the wide, well maintained trail leading up Old Snowy was NOT the PCT. My insistence almost had them conviced that it was, but alas, I alone was correct and was so sure, that I left them behind to burro my pack up so I wouldn't have to double back later. The three of them waited patiently on the summit while I muled along, not stopping until I almost reached the shoulder, for I wanted to be certain.... Alas, the only thing worse than being the only one right, is to find out you were wrong after making an ass of yourself. Hee Haw. | |
| Posted Aug 26, 2003 9:59 am | ||
| jtschanz | Route Climbed: North Ridge Date Climbed: August 10, 2003 | |
| After climbing Curtis-Gilbert the previous day, Haydar and I were exploring the PCT and decided to climb Old Snowy. Unlike the previous day, we were not alone - there was a steady stream of backpackers and hikers all the way up the mountain. We were surprised to see such a well-defined and well-marked climbers trail all the way to the summit. Although the climb was easy, the view from the top was dramatic - looking down on Goat Lake, the Tieton river drainage, and across to Mt. Adams and Mt. Ranier (in the clouds). This was a fun little side trip from the meadows along the PCT. | |
| Posted Aug 11, 2003 2:44 pm | ||
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