So, I just recently moved from Reno, NV to the Pac Northwest.
I've climbed a respectable amount in the Sierras
And I'm putting up some good numbers in the Washington Cascades
And I'll tell you what...
I am getting WHALLOPED up here on these tiny little Cascade peaks!
*The approaches are ALL burly
*There's almost ALWAYS some kind of glacier travel involved
*The objective hazards are constant. I feel queued up ALL the time.
*Descents are always, alwayyyys a complicated and prolonged affair.
It's such a move up from what I have encountered in the Sierras, I no longer know what to think!
If the Sierras made me a better climber (the granite is glorious!!!), then they surely made me a weaker mountaineer/alpinist.
I was spoiled by good weather!
I was spoiled by tailor-made route finding!
I was spoiled by easy approaches!
Are the Cascades a step up from the Sierras?
I feel that they are...
Thoughts?