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ericwillhiteRoute unknown  Sucess!
Date Climbed: Jun 14, 1993

We just found a way, long before I did any research climbing:) You got up too Zellerhoff!
Posted Oct 7, 2009 1:15 am

DoehleThe Castle and Unicorn  Sucess!
Date Climbed: Aug 1, 2009

Climbed after coming up from Snow Lake and climbing Unicorn. Traversed the ridge, and back out the Pinnacle/Plumber saddle
Posted Aug 3, 2009 7:02 pm

Rick HuffEast Face  Sucess!
Date Climbed: Feb 4, 2009

A nice winter solo day trip. The biggest obstacle was getting through the gate at Longmire. I was lucky enough to be there when a ranger drove up. The snow was perfect and the rock not as loose as advertised. I downclimbed the 4th class face, as I hadn't brought a rope for the rap station. Beautiful views!
Posted Feb 6, 2009 2:22 pm

nickmechSoutheast Chimneys  Sucess!
Date Climbed: Sep 6, 2003

Did this together with Pinnacle and Plummer.
Posted Jan 1, 2009 4:15 pm

YEMCastle Pinnacle Plummer  Sucess!
Date Climbed: Sep 14, 2008

We climbed the relatively solid class 4 on the SE side and rappelled down. A nice airy summit.
Posted Sep 15, 2008 1:29 am

thundercloudSE Chimney  Sucess!
Date Climbed: Jul 24, 2004

Spectacular setting, and good little 5.easy variation to summit. On descent trail, hit by party inflicted rockfall from above and suffered nasty bruise on achilles.
Posted May 25, 2007 4:33 pm

osatrikSE Chimney  Sucess!
Date Climbed: Apr 30, 1994

First time was with Joseph in 1994.

A few years later all but one of the six of us on the OSAT Tatoosh Traverse did the scramble, both up and down. The other times I've climbed The Castle, we've done the rap off the summit.
Posted Aug 26, 2006 6:09 am

agreenstreetRoute Climbed: Southeast side Date: May 21, 2002  Sucess!

Fun climb with very impressive views of rainier. Combined with Pinnacle peak.
Posted Apr 22, 2006 6:23 am

M and N DenyerRoute Climbed: Standard Routes up The Castle, Pinnacle, Lane, Denman, Plummer, Eagle and Chutla Date Climbed: August 27, 2005  Sucess!

I know. We are really behind in signing summit logs--been too busy. Anyway, we enjoyed a beautiful day of peak bagging in the Tatoosh Range. We did the standard routes up, Denman, Plummer, Lane, The Casterl and Pinnacle. Breathtaking views.



Hiked up Eagle and Chutla the next day in gorgeous weather. Had the peaks to ourselves.
Posted Oct 31, 2005 1:15 pm

Brian JenkinsRoute Climbed: Southeast Face Date Climbed: July 24, 2005  Sucess!

Led the short climb after traversing over from Unicorn. Placed one cam in this quick easy climb. Due to the exposure we set up a line from a block to the summit too. Not sure how but we had this mountain to ourselves on this sunny warm weekend day.
Posted Jul 25, 2005 10:02 am

skookRoute Climbed: SE Chimneys Date Climbed: August 13th 2004  Sucess!

Great views on the traverse from Unicorn, and the scramble to the top had some fun moves.
Posted Aug 22, 2004 3:34 pm

wildstarRoute Climbed: SE Chimneys Date Climbed: August 13, 2004  Sucess!

A very fun scramble to the summit.
Posted Aug 14, 2004 12:44 am

NormanRoute Climbed: Southeast Chimneys Date Climbed: 9-6-03  Sucess!

Another great climb. Several short route options at the top.
Posted Sep 9, 2003 12:57 am

jhalzRoute Climbed: Southeast Chimmneys Date Climbed: August 23, 2003  Sucess!

Great little scramble. Looking forward to doing this one in the winter. Did this as part of the Tatoosh Traverse.
Posted Aug 25, 2003 9:15 am

darinchadwickRoute Climbed: SE Chimneys Date Climbed: summer 1994  Sucess!

There once was a Darin and Jon

Who thought they were the climbing bomb.

But their sounds of exclamation,

As they rappeled from the station,

Were enough to prove they were wrong.
Posted Jan 9, 2003 3:39 am

cluckRoute Climbed: Southeast Chimneys from Pinnacle Saddle Date Climbed: October 12, 2002  Sucess!

We climbed this as part of a traverse including Pinnacle and Plummer peaks. The chimneys provide nearly unlimited route options for gaining the summit on good, solid rock.



Lessons learned:

It is easier to traverse completely around the backside of the mountain to get to the Southeast side rather than try to climb straight up the rotten rock composing the Southern headwall. On an earlier trip, we climbed straight up from the Pinnacle/Castle saddle. We were met by unprotectable climbing on rotten rock. When we finally reached the top, we found we were on the shorter South ridge and ended up walking off and over to the base of the North ridge to begin the real climb to the summit.
Posted Oct 15, 2002 5:48 pm

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