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| Mountainjeff | Beautiful Conditions Date Climbed: Jan 13, 2013 | |
| I wasnt really intending to make a summit attempt, but once I made it to Commonwealth Basin it was just too tempting. Having never been in the area before, I followed some skiers tracks heading up the SW aspect of the mountain. It appears now that I picked the wrong line for a day that I neglected to bring crampons. The gully I was in soon turned to avalanche scoured 45 degree ice and the softball sized chunks of ice whizzing by my head convinced me it was time to go home and try another time. | |
| Posted Feb 11, 2013 10:59 pm | ||
| dan-o | Fun Ski  Date Climbed: Feb 10, 2013 | |
| Some really nice ski terrain and fantastic views! | |
| Posted Feb 11, 2013 10:30 am | ||
| awilsondc | Awesome Scramble! SW ridge Date Climbed: Sep 29, 2012 | |
| Nice quick easy hike in, and great scramble up to the summit! As soon as I found the boot path turn off, I found a rocky gully and just started scrambling up the rock all the way to the summit. Very nice class 3. No views on top though which was a bummer. Tried the NW ridge in an attempt to summit Lundin next. I'm gonna go ahead and say that was not a good idea. The route runs into cliffs pretty quickly leading to steep class 3 on loose rock followed by your choice of crappy loose class 3 gully, bush whacking, or 100+ foot class 4 rock face. I went down the class 4 which was sketchy but the rock was solid. After I got down I decided to save Lundin for a day when I would actually get some views. Great scramble though! It's one I'd happily do again. | |
| Posted Sep 29, 2012 8:01 pm | ||
| olygtx06 | summit Date Climbed: Jul 28, 2008 | |
| 1x | ||
| Posted Sep 22, 2012 12:52 pm | ||
| juneauhiker | South Ridge Date Climbed: Feb 6, 2012 | |
| Bluebird Day, fun climb and cool views, esp of Mt Thomson. | |
| Posted Mar 11, 2012 6:08 am | ||
| scottv | Blueberries in October Date Climbed: Oct 15, 2011 | |
| Scrambled up SW face from Red Lake after enjoying blueberries on abandoned Commonwealth Basin trail. Found a few centimeters of snow and drying flowers on the summit for Monika. Marveled at goat tracks in the summit snow and 3 red tail hawks doing acrobatics around the mountaintop. Snow was sparse and only on the top 30m of the mountain. | |
| Posted Oct 18, 2011 3:49 pm | ||
| brucelacroix | SW Ridge Date Climbed: Jun 11, 2011 | |
| Snow from the parking lot, all the way to the summit. Good route. | ||
| Posted Jun 11, 2011 7:16 pm | ||
| belowfellow | nice summit Date Climbed: Oct 7, 2009 | |
| Had a nice day on Red. I would like to come back in the winter. | |
| Posted Feb 16, 2011 6:49 pm | ||
| ExcitableBoy | A couple of times | |
| Skiied from the summit on the steepest, stickiest mashed potato snow imaginable. | |
| Posted Dec 28, 2010 9:36 am | ||
| ericwillhite | In snow Date Climbed: Mar 18, 1996 | |
| Don't remember too much,. Red Mountain Trip Report | |
| Posted Oct 5, 2009 3:15 am | ||
| WeatherMan | Foggy vista Date Climbed: Aug 6, 2009 | |
| TNAB group hike up to the summit but alas, there were no views to be had this day... just about 20ft of vis in a thick fog and a stiff breeze. | |
| Posted Sep 12, 2009 6:45 pm | ||
| gimpilator | Kendall and Red Solo Date Climbed: Aug 20, 2009 | |
| It was my first time on these peaks and I didn't do much research so route finding was a bit of a trick. After Kendal I jogged back down to the junction and then made my way over to the Lundin-Red saddle. I tried my luck on the northwest ridge but it was too gnarly so I found a nearby couloir and climbed up very near to the summit before deciding that the loose, down-sloping rock was too risky. Pieces were coming out and falling all around me. I backtracked to the small lake shelf and followed the standard route up to the summit. | |
| Posted Aug 21, 2009 1:19 am | ||
| vermeer | missed the views.. Date Climbed: Oct 17, 2008 | |
| We summited in the clouds and just before dark so there wasn't alot to look at. Fun little scramble and close to Seattle as a bonus. We kind of just picked our way up the face but found more of a boot path on the way down. | |
| Posted Nov 4, 2008 8:06 pm | ||
| scooter12ga | Skating Rink Near the Top Date Climbed: Oct 25, 2005 | |
| I was in Seattle this week so Matthew and I hit up Red Mountain on Saturday morning. Left the trailhead at 6:30am, summited in 3 hours, and was back to town by lunch time. There was a thin glaze of ice on the top 1-2 hundred vertical feet that made progress through the talus slow and slippery. After a couple of good falls I finally put on the microspikes which made forward progress much easier and faster. Matthew was wearing boots with a much stiffer sole so he was able to edge better. Nevertheless we both wore spikes for the descent and we both took a couple of spills. I topped it off with a "perfect-10" tumbling face-plant near the bottom of the scramble - but I wasn't done yet, maximizing my bruising by slipping on a wet root on the lower trail. All in all a good workout, beautiful WA scenery, and a great day in the hills. | |
| Posted Oct 29, 2008 3:18 pm | ||
| Cascade Scrambler | Beautiful views, loose trail Date Climbed: Aug 24, 2008 | |
| This sure doesn't feel like 10 miles roundtrip- the bulk of the trail is really in great shape, and passes fast. The ascent from the pond to the top of Red is pretty loose, and it's very easy to lose the trail on the way up, although there really isn't a wrong way to the top. Two words of advice- stay as close to the ridge on climber's right (south) as possible, and BRING A HELMET. If you're alone, you may not need it, but if anyone is above you, you'll wish you had one! Rainier loomed large today, and was very beautiful. Adams was visible, as was everything else in the area. We were lucky enough to see the views before the skies opened up. (And we looked all over for the register- couldn't find it anywhere...) | |
| Posted Aug 24, 2008 9:28 pm | ||
| Dan Winter | Southwest Face Date Climbed: Aug 4, 2001 | |
| Solo scramble on a nice sunny day. Looking through the summit register it was fun to see the names of a few friends who had been there before me. | |
| Posted Apr 29, 2008 1:11 am | ||
| peakrat76 | West Face - Snow Climb Date Climbed: Feb 6, 1977 | |
| Started solo, but was invited to join the rope of a group of Mazamas. A great snow climb and perfect weather. First Cascade summit. | |
| Posted Apr 23, 2008 3:25 pm | ||
| lcarreau | Standard route in cloudy weather Date Climbed: Sep 3, 1988 | |
| I kept hearing about this section of the PCT. I wanted to get a close-up of Thomson from Ridge Lake. It didn't happen. The clouds socked it in pretty fast. Red Mountain was very accessable and scenic, however. Saw lots of folks on the trail. | |
| Posted Dec 9, 2007 1:36 pm | ||
| Krylon | Ridge Route Date Climbed: Jun 30, 2007 | |
| Like most 2nd class with me, this looks harder from the bottom than it does from the top. Slope was bare and there is loose rock everywhere, but even with a fairly large group i ws surprised there were no releases of note. | |
| Posted Aug 7, 2007 7:26 pm | ||
| Annie | Not fun Date Climbed: Jul 9, 2006 | |
| Nice hike in with Brian, Mark and Natasha. The climb to the summit was not fun with all the loose stuff. | |
| Posted Aug 6, 2007 6:51 pm | ||
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