Pinnacle Peak Climber's Log
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| telemarkdude | South Side - Class 3  Date Climbed: Oct 12, 1986 | |
| Quick and easy scramble. Didn't seem as loose as everyone here says it is. | |
| Posted Oct 9, 2012 1:28 am | ||
| pingzingr | #1 of 3 Date Climbed: Oct 7, 2012 | |
| Came back this weekend to get Pinnacle Peak and The Castle...ended up linking in Foss Peak. Pinnacle was a great Class 3-4 climb and enjoyable start to the day. Great views and great weather. | |
| Posted Oct 9, 2012 1:28 am | ||
| seanpeckham | South side Date Climbed: Sep 30, 2012 | |
| The Falcon Guide claims this is class 2. Which turned out to be a good way to get me to try a class 4 route. Kinda proud of myself. Incredible views. | |
| Posted Sep 30, 2012 11:47 pm | ||
| CzechMark | Super Fun Date Climbed: Aug 26, 2012 | |
| Super fun route up the back side from the saddle. It certainly pushes the limits of scrambling in the Cascades. | |
| Posted Aug 27, 2012 2:03 am | ||
| nicozone | Close but no cigar Date Climbed: Jul 29, 2012 | |
| After deciding that Unicorn wasn't enough climbing for the drive time from Corvallis, we decided to do Pinnacle with very little knowledge of the route. We assumed that we had to follow the southwest ridge to the summit, which was a big mistake; the scree is "to die for" in that area. We struggled to downclimb without dislodging some of the bigger pieces. | |
| Posted Jul 30, 2012 4:08 am | ||
| bellinghamclimber | Pinnacle SW gully Date Climbed: May 19, 2012 | |
| Parked at Narada Falls and headed up the road to the Reflection Lakes trailhead. We actually ended up booting up to the Castle-Pinnacle saddle, and then traversing around the backside of Pinnacle to hit the SW gully. Great climb, super straightforward, and awesome views of the rest of the Tatoosh! | |
| Posted May 20, 2012 1:15 am | ||
| MrHound | Look out below! Date Climbed: Apr 29, 2012 | |
| Climbed Pinnacle and Castle yesterday with BoeAlps. Both fun, but beware climbing the south face class 4 scramble on Pinnacle; lots of loose rock, some pretty big pieces too. Make sure your party stays off to the right out of harms way. Snow conditions were great for kicking steps. Quite a few moats on the south face of Pinnacle from the saddle between Castle to the gully. Parked at Narrada Falls and hiked up to the road. The road is plowed to Reflection Lake and beyond, not sure why it isn't open. Any questions, send me a message. | |
| Posted Apr 30, 2012 12:22 pm | ||
| Socorro | Fun but scary Date Climbed: Jul 21, 2005 | |
| I remember this climb being slightly terrifying, but super fun and really rewarding. The scary part was the way down. We climbed at dusk and had an incredible view - the whole sky was pink and orange. Gorgeous. | |
| Posted Oct 20, 2011 1:06 pm | ||
| MMclimbhigh | S. Ridge Date Climbed: Aug 31, 2005 | |
| What a view! | |
| Posted Oct 7, 2011 2:06 am | ||
| awilsondc | Route Climbed - SW ridge Date Climbed: Aug 27, 2011 | |
| Great little scramble. Combined this one with Plummer Peak since it seemed to be the cool thing to do. :) The ridge looked pretty intimidating from the summit of Plummer Peak but as I kept going up, it seemed less intimidating. It was still pretty steep with some exposure once you get high enough. A fall would not turn out well. I enjoyed the summit, but thought the views from Plummer were better, probably since you get to look at Pinnacle. Anyway, great hike and scramble. A classic. I'll have to do this one again when I need a quick scrambling fix. | |
| Posted Aug 27, 2011 8:40 pm | ||
| Fred Spicker | South Side Normal Date Climbed: Jul 18, 2011 | |
| With Moni - add one more opinion on the rating - Class 3 | |
| Posted Jul 19, 2011 6:36 pm | ||
| Moni | South Side Date Climbed: Jul 18, 2011 | |
| With Fred. Combined with The Castle. Went in the regular way then around from the east side of the The Castle back to Reflection Lake to make a nice loop. Still tons of snow - ice axe and crampons were helpful. Rock itself was dry. Managed to snag the one decent weather day - drove home in the rain the next day. | |
| Posted Jul 19, 2011 5:47 pm | ||
| RomaK | Standard from Plummer-Pinnacle saddle Date Climbed: Jun 26, 2011 | |
| All snow from Reflection lakes parking lot until the scramble to the top. Fun scramble with great views of Rainier and also Adams, Hood, and St Helens to the south. | |
| Posted Jul 5, 2011 8:50 pm | ||
| ExcitableBoy | North Ridge in winter | |
| Attempted the North Ridge in winter. Turned around at a steep, hard to protect looking gendarme. | |
| Posted Dec 30, 2010 9:32 am | ||
| gato | Training day | |
| Alpine training on the S aspect, good day on the mountain! | |
| Posted Oct 6, 2010 11:45 am | ||
| ericwillhite | South Route Date Climbed: Jun 14, 1993 | |
| One of my first repels off a mountain. Great little peak! Pinnacle Peak Map | |
| Posted Oct 5, 2009 3:28 am | ||
| JGHarrison | from the saddle Date Climbed: Sep 26, 2009 | |
| Fun stuff, good view | |
| Posted Sep 28, 2009 2:02 pm | ||
| vermeer | Semi Tatoosh Traverse Date Climbed: Jul 10, 2009 | |
| With Plummer, Denman, Lane, and Wahpenayo. A little more snow would have helped the side-hilling between them all. | |
| Posted Jul 25, 2009 10:19 pm | ||
| nickmech | South Route Date Climbed: Aug 6, 2003 | |
| A great set of little peaks. Do all three if you go. | |
| Posted Jan 1, 2009 4:12 pm | ||
| YEM | Pinnacle Plummer Castle Date Climbed: Sep 14, 2008 | |
| We climbed up from Pinnacle/Castle saddle and down the trail. One guidebook claimed it to be class 2, but it was more fun than that. | |
| Posted Sep 15, 2008 1:25 am | ||
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