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| bc44caesar | West Face  Date Climbed: Feb 3, 2007 | |
| Booted most of the way, only skinning for a short section. Snow wasn't optimal, but the ski down went nicely. Summit views were great, especially Thompson! A little over 4.5hrs round trip. | |
| Posted Feb 3, 2007 11:54 pm | ||
| lneher | Beautiful Fall day Date Climbed: Sep 28, 2005 | |
| I got to the top of the ridge on the trail, and scrambled to the summit staying more to the left. There are some moderate slabs, and multiple boot paths. On the descent, I followed a nice boot track staying to the left (south), and if you keep staying to the left, you come out on the main trail, cutting off a bit of distance. | |
| Posted Dec 4, 2006 4:11 am | ||
| M and N Denyer | Great hike Date Climbed: Jul 9, 2006 | |
| Enjoyed this nice hike and summit with Brian Jenkins and Anette. The loose rock on the final push to the summit kept it interesting. Great views. | |
| Posted Nov 2, 2006 8:43 pm | ||
| osatrik | Bailed on Traverse to Kendall Katwalk Date Climbed: Jun 19, 1993 | |
| I summited solo a few years ago via the standard southwest slope, but tried to traverse the mountain and work over to the PCT near the Kendall Catwalk -- BAD IDEA!!!! I worked down the east slope, negotiated two or three class 3/4 steps of 5 to 10 feet, and then WHOA!!!, came to what I considered impassible ground without a rope -- the final cliff to the saddle between Red Mtn and the slope over to the PCT. I had read the Beckey description about some "unpleasant rock" at this point, but it looked to me a lot worse than "unpleasant". I hiked up a bit to a gully on the SE of the mountain, and descended it (some more class 3) and ended up in a minor talus field followed by bushwhacking down a dry creek bed back to trail. NOT a solo trip I would advise -- I remember thinking at one class 3 spot after a foothold gave way and sliding down 5-10 feet to a hard landing: "Oh great, this would be a spot where, if I got hurt my body would NEVER be found!" | |
| Posted Aug 26, 2006 5:29 pm | ||
| Brian Jenkins | Loose red rock Date Climbed: Jul 9, 2006 | |
| Climbed with Anette, Mark and Natasha. We all were at a wedding in Arlington the day before so we took advantage of the rest of the weekend to get this scramble in. Left the trailhead about 9 am and summitted in 4 hours. Enjoyable hike through the forest to the base. Need to be careful with your footing on this. It's Class 2/3 but very loose and a slip/fall would be very bad in some spots. Great views up top though. Rainier was huge and Thomson was very impressive from this side. Coming down was precarious is spots and we took the "Abandoned Trail" back which is just about the best "abandoned" trail I've ever been on. Graveled in spots and very nice. Better than most maintained trails. I would highly recommend taking it as it cuts off almost 3 miles from the whole trip. It would be the second left you can make from the trailhead (the first looks like it goes back to the parking lot). It joins up with the route to Red at a sign pointing the right way to go. | |
| Posted Jul 10, 2006 4:44 pm | ||
| leftfield | Route Climbed - the wrong one Date Climbed: Jul 7, 2006 | |
| Well, we were ON the Southwest Face, just the wrong part as it turns out (see trip report). Ideal weather, great views. Rainier seemed to take up the entire horizon. | |
| Posted Jul 9, 2006 11:44 pm | ||
| supermarmot | into the clouds Date Climbed: Jun 10, 2006 | |
| hiked up to red pass... couldn't resist. i don't think i'll do this one again until there is snow (and low avi danger!)... would not be fun to climb below another party on this rock. maybe i'm just bitching because i didn't get views of thompson? | |
| Posted Jul 9, 2006 6:49 am | ||
| rialtosol | Route Climbed: Southwest Slope | |
| Via Comonwealth Basin | |
| Posted Feb 27, 2006 4:14 am | ||
| ren | Route Climbed: Southwest Route 7/17/05 Date Climbed: Jul 17, 2005 | |
| My first time up the Common Wealth Basin. Some great views of the many Snoqualmie area peaks | |
| Posted Feb 18, 2006 2:00 pm | ||
| cusmx5 | Route Climbed: West face Date Climbed: July 3, 2005 | |
| Ron, Rich and I wanted to try this when it was snow-free. Normally we do this during the spring as part of the basic mountaineering class. After going off the Commonwealth Basin trail, there's a couple of good climber's paths up boulder and scree fields to the summit. Great views of Mt Thompson. | ||
| Posted Jul 19, 2005 7:54 pm | ||
| wildstar | Route Climbed: SW Slope Date Climbed: August 17, 2004. | |
| Great half day trip. We overshot the SW slope a little in the fog but found it and summited with good weather. I hope to go back this winter. | |
| Posted Aug 18, 2004 12:47 am | ||
| RStokes | Route Climbed: Southwest Slope Date Climbed: June 17, 2003 | |
| A mostly sunny Tuesday yielded very few people along the PCT and the Commenwealth Creek trails. No technical difficulties on the southwest slope. Made the round-trip in just over 4 hours. The views, as always, were excellent. | |
| Posted Jun 18, 2003 5:51 pm | ||
| Klenke | Route Climbed: SW Slope up, East Ridge down Date Climbed: October 23, 2002 | |
| Climbed Red from Commonwealth Creek Trailhead today in about 1 hour and 45 minutes. Trail and then boot path all the way to the top. Then, from there, climbed off the steep, slabby SE face (yuck!) to get over to Kendall Peak via the East Ridge of Red. Beckey says minor scrambling on East Ridge. Ha ha! Guess he forgot about the featureless cliff at the low-point notch on the ridge. Both Kendall and Red offer great views--especially of Mt. Thomson. | |
| Posted Oct 23, 2002 8:32 pm | ||
| Mad Mattius | Route Climbed: Southwest Face, Beckey Route Date Climbed: April | |
| Southwest Face, 40 degree slopes. Bad Avalanche conditions in April. Big Slab Avalanche material on Southwest Face. Otherwise an enjoyable climb and a joyful sitting glisade to Commonwealth Creek! YEAH BABY! Great Views of MT. Thompson from summit of Red. Look for my pictures in the near future. | ||
| Posted Sep 13, 2002 9:19 pm | ||
| Charlie | Route Climbed: Standard Route Date Climbed: August 2, 2001 | |
| It was a beautiful day. We only met one other person on the summit and according to the log we were the first in about a week to make the trip. | |
| Posted Mar 29, 2002 4:43 pm | ||
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