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Washington 2000-ft Prominence Peaks > Silver Star Mountain (Okanogan) > Climber's Log|
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| lloyd | Silver Star Glacier | |
| My first climb in the Cascades. Great views. | |
| Posted Apr 11, 2009 10:42 am | ||
| nickmech | Burgandy Col  Date Climbed: May 28, 2007 | |
| Park on highway and head up steep snow to col. Easy snow crossing. Had a skinny rope but didn't use it. Nice views. | |
| Posted Jan 1, 2009 2:43 pm | ||
| Andy Dewey | Route Climbed: Burgundy Col Date Climbed: Aug 26, 2008 | |
| Climbed in one day. Route was easy to follow. I got snowed on for a few hours, there was trace amounts of fresh snow on the summit. No snow on glacier, crampons absolutely required. | |
| Posted Aug 27, 2008 2:32 pm | ||
| YEM | Silverstar Glacier Date Climbed: Aug 7, 2008 | |
| A fun climb, aside from the lack of running water and bugs. Thank you to those who came before me. The route was very easy to follow right from the road. I camped at the meadow below Burgundy Col after descending from Shuksan camp. I was glad to find snow 10 minutes away. Only the upper glacier rocks had running water. Quite airy on the highest bolder. Mmmm, granite. | |
| Posted Aug 10, 2008 2:40 am | ||
| bellinghamclimber | Gorgeous Climb Date Climbed: May 31, 2008 | |
| Climbed up from Silver Star Creek- Nobody else around, summitted in one long day. Glissaded down the glacier and was back at camp in no time. | |
| Posted Jun 2, 2008 9:51 pm | ||
| Swalsh | Silver Star Glacier via Burgundy Col Date Climbed: Jun 7, 2007 | |
| tought hike up the trail along the creek. very nice once we got up to the col. the weather was perfect at the col but clouds started to come in on the summit as we ascended the glacier, but we got up just in time to take in the view. Great climb. | ||
| Posted Oct 1, 2007 12:34 am | ||
| Pantilat | Burgundy Col | |
| Nice view of Early Winters Spires/Liberty Bell | |
| Posted Jun 20, 2007 2:26 am | ||
| Norman | Silver Star/Burgundy Date Climbed: May 28, 2007 | |
| Excellent climb! Not as much snow as expected from the car, but used crampons and ice axe later. Snow varied from firm to soft depending on sun and who knows. No rope needed. Only two other climbers up there this blue sky day. One day, 11 hours. Will do trip report with pictures later. | |
| Posted May 30, 2007 11:43 am | ||
| leftfield | Route Climbed - Silver Star Glacier via Burgundy Col Date Climbed: Aug 5, 2006 | |
| Harder than i thought. Semi-steep pack-in then rocks/snow/rocks/snow until we hit the glacier. That was the easy part. Expected 3rd class scramble on the summit block but ended up on some low 5th class stuff. Was i off route? At any rate, you really get the wide-angle view of the north Cascades and that's worth it any day. | |
| Posted Aug 10, 2006 2:46 am | ||
| mvs | Snowy April day Date Climbed: Apr 17, 2000 | |
| With Jake LeBlanc. We went up Silver Star Creek, on the first day the highway was open. Beautiful breaks in the clouds on the summit. | |
| Posted Apr 25, 2006 1:37 pm | ||
| etsnyd | Route Climbed: Silverstar Glacier from Burgundy Col Date Climbed: May 15, 1994 | |
| A very short approach, but steep. Great larches. Would be beautiful in the fall. | |
| Posted Feb 23, 2006 5:03 pm | ||
| setrent | Route Climbed: Burgundy Col/Silverstar Glacier Date Climbed: June, 2003 | |
| Combined the ascent with Burgundy Spire in a day. An asthetic climb with rewarding views. | ||
| Posted Dec 26, 2005 10:01 pm | ||
| mt_daydream | Route Climbed: Burgundy Col/Silver Star glacier Date Climbed: June 18, 2005 | |
| Hiked up to the col on a cloudy day with rock gear hoping to climb something if it cleared up. After waiting a bit, Willow and I decided to go towards Silver star around 1:00 pm. Snow conditions were quite good (I managed pretty easily without an ice axe - had poles though). Made it to the summit col when it started snowing on us, and hence decided to pass the summit scramble. Luckily, conditions did not turn worse, and we had a nice walk back on the snow. | |
| Posted Jun 22, 2005 7:45 pm | ||
| SummitQueen | Route Climbed: Silver Star Glacier up Silver Star Creek Date Climbed: Late-May 2004 | |
| I swear I could've reached the east summit that day, but I was just learning the basics through my mountaineering course. We decided to attempt the summit of Silver Star, but visibility was low due to snowing, so we retreated back to the col between the two peaks of Silver Star. It was a great climb on the way up, however, via the Silver Star Creek. I was probably in the best shape since the class had began in late March, and was one of the leaders. Wonderful area, great glacier route. If it hadn't snowed so much on the way up, it would have been a great glissade back down. :) I'll try Silver Star again soon and get to that summit I was only a couple hundred feet away from reaching! :) | |
| Posted Nov 24, 2004 11:10 pm | ||
| EasyPeaks | Route Climbed: Burgundy Col / Silverstar Glacier. Date Climbed: June 26-27 2004 | |
| This was my first true alpine climb (requiring roped glacier travel and a belay on rock) A beautiful climb with a little of everything. Steep snow, glacier travel, class3-4 rock and a demanding approach. | |
| Posted Sep 19, 2004 8:27 pm | ||
| Derek Franzen | Route Climbed: Burgandy Col route & Silver Star Creek route Date Climbed: July 17 1983 & Multiple Others | |
| 1st trip hiked in with E Sandbo from Hwy 20 to Burgundy Col and made ascending traverse to the col between E and W Summits. Scrambled up E summit and back down then Class 4 up to W Summit for lunch. Multiple other trips with various partners. Excellent conditioning hike. | |
| Posted Aug 14, 2004 5:56 pm | ||
| d_shorb | Route Climbed: via burgandy col Date Climbed: june03 | |
| time spent in the mountains is the Shit. Indeed, the wine at burgandy col was sweet, with burgandy and chanti having some stuff I'd like to do sometime. | |
| Posted May 5, 2004 12:46 am | ||
| leukemic | Route Climbed: Burgundy Col/Silverstar Glacier Date Climbed: May 1, 2004 | |
| Approach clear of snow until 6,000 ft, then essentially hardpack snow up to gully below the col. Gully itself is snowfilled with lots of postholing up to col, then fairly consolidated snow on the traverse of the glacier. Thx to the snowboarder who busted a bootpack to the summit- made my trip that much easier and snowshoes unnecesary! The ride down the glacier looked sweet-alas...cash for randonee gear is short. | ||
| Posted May 3, 2004 9:19 pm | ||
| jtschanz | Route Climbed: Burgandy Col / Silver Star Glacier Date Climbed: June 14, 2003 | |
| Great climb on a warm sunny day. The climb up to the col was a bit dicey through a steep gully filled with loose rock, but the rest of the climb was easy. Snow was soft so no crampons or ropes were needed. Spent some time relaxing on the top enjoying the view. | |
| Posted Jun 24, 2003 8:54 am | ||
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