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| littlefrantz | Sahale Arm to summit  Date Climbed: Sep 15, 2006 | |
| Gorgeous views. Great opportunity for an easy trad climb for us beginners. | |
| Posted Jan 5, 2007 1:12 am | ||
| Casey Bates | Via Quien Sabe Date Climbed: Jul 27, 2006 | |
| Awesome climb via standard route from Boston Basin. Managed to give myself nasty puncture wound with my crampon during crevasse rescue drill on the descent. One of my favorite climbs! | |
| Posted Oct 10, 2006 10:54 pm | ||
| Outdoorpartner | Total White Out Date Climbed: Jun 5, 2006 | |
| Had to spin very close to the top due to total white out conditions. With Pat Tillman of Alpine Ascents. | |
| Posted Oct 5, 2006 5:28 am | ||
| rhyang | Quien Sabe Glacier Date Climbed: Aug 25, 2006 | |
| Soloed up the glacier from Boston Basin. Nice and easy, but with excellent views ! Started from BB around 8am, up top by 11:45, back in camp by 2-ish. Lots of exposed glacier ice and some hard neve. The night before had been cloudy and rainy, but great climbing weather - cool and clear, though a bit breezy. | |
| Posted Aug 31, 2006 1:59 am | ||
| scot'teryx | Sahale Glacier Date Climbed: Jul 17, 2006 | |
| 9 hours RT, Martin Cash must have been hauling ass since we did not even pitch out the scramble. Glacier showed no signs of crevasses, but they were there, sinking in slowly. No one else really up there, saw 2 other parties and one other party via the Quien Sabe | |
| Posted Aug 24, 2006 8:55 pm | ||
| Martin Cash | Once Date Climbed: Jul 29, 2006 | |
| Dan and I arrived at Cascade Pass at 7:00 with the intention of doing the Torment - Forbidden Traverse in 2 days. Unfortunely the weather sucked and we were completely clouded in at the trailhead. We decided that would not be a good route in iffy weather and did Sahale as a dayclimb instead. Hiked up the Sahale Arm, then scrambled the Complete Southwest Ridge to the summit. Pretty fun for an easy route. Nice views from the top as the clouds cooperated for about 2 hours at high elevation. 5,700' elevation gain done in 7.75 hours car to car. | |
| Posted Jul 30, 2006 7:10 pm | ||
| rkymtn | Route Climbed: Quien Sabe Glacier Date Climbed: Jul 9, 2006 | |
| This was the first summit during a 7-day stint in the North Cascades with Mountain Madness (part of their 13-day alpine climbing course). The weather was great and the climb was too. | |
| Posted Jul 17, 2006 6:09 pm | ||
| setrent | Route Climbed: Quien Sabe Glacier Date Climbed: May, 1996 | |
| Climbed the Quien Sabe and descended Sahale Arm. An enjoyable climb with excellent views. Doable in a long day from the car. | ||
| Posted Dec 26, 2005 9:51 pm | ||
| breadbox | Route Climbed: Sahale Glacier Date Climbed: July 2003 | |
| Ramoo, Spliff, and Melon. Good times! | |
| Posted Aug 31, 2005 3:25 pm | ||
| Stehekin Country | Route Climbed: SE Ridge Date Climbed: August 15, 2005 | |
| Started Monday morning at the end of the river road. Hiked to Cascade Pass and then up to the Glacier camp. Started a little late around 5 o'clock. We were about halfway up the pinnacle before we turned back because of the darkness. Great view from the camp and high up on the Pinnacle. | |
| Posted Aug 17, 2005 1:46 pm | ||
| Norman | Route Climbed: Sehale Glacier Date Climbed: 8/6/05 | |
| Very good weather. Nick and I did a one dayer . Took the west ridge to the summit from the hightest snow patch above gacier instead dusty, loose trail into the gully system to the top. Rope and couple pro for safety. Nice alternative. | |
| Posted Aug 8, 2005 6:34 pm | ||
| hkutuk | Route Climbed: Sahale Glacier Date Climbed: July 31, 2005 | |
| Great setting with incredible views of the northern Cascades therefore deserves an overnight stay but the permit hassle is not worth it. An easy glacier traverse brought us to the base of the pinnacle, chose to climb the south face in one pitch among many other options. It had few 5th class moves on somewhat loose rock. Summit views were great in all directions on this clear day. | |
| Posted Aug 5, 2005 1:56 am | ||
| supreme744 | Route Climbed: Sahale Arm/Glacier Date Climbed: 7/27/05 | |
| Excellent route for a one day trip, however the never ending switchbacks to Cascade Pass from the end of the road trailhead is relentless and a little overdone. 3.7 miles to gain 1200 feet in that portion of the Cascades is a bit of an overkill, even if the intent is to bring Cascade Pass to the general public. Climbed the glacier with a little rope practice and attempted the summit with no rope from the southeast. Got to within one big exposed move from the summit after scurrying up a chute and decided to back off. If there is a relatively safe ropeless route to the summit in dry airy conditions, this is not it. Perhaps another day. The real treasure here are the views, easy glacier and the Sahale Arm traverse. | |
| Posted Jul 29, 2005 11:33 pm | ||
| mattdalman | Route Climbed: Quien Sabe Glacier Date Climbed: August 9, 2003 | |
| Two day climb. Camped on the Quien Sabe. 7 AM start and made the summit of Sahale Peak and then climbed down and had lunch and then climbed Sharkfin Tower. | |
| Posted Jul 22, 2005 5:36 am | ||
| thundercloud | Route Climbed: Sahale Arm/Glacier Date Climbed: July 17, 2005 | |
| Started out from car at 7 am, summit around 1:30 pm, left summit around 2:30 pm, back at car at 6 pm. Climb was very short, but there were plenty of other folks up there. Trail is snow free up to high camp and the glacier. Lots of furry marmots en route. Glacier very tame, snow in good shape, rock pitch very short. Climbed with a newbie so we roped up at glacier, and simul-climbed the rock with a couple belays. Exited the glacier to the right and kept working our way right around the summit pyramid, mostly 3rd class scramble with some exposed 4th toward the finish on the NE side. Rope not necessary for able scramblers, but was very nice for the rappel and good practice with rope mgmt. Awesome day, amazing views! | |
| Posted Jul 20, 2005 1:43 pm | ||
| rcook1 | Route Climbed: Quien Sabe Glacier Date Climbed: July 2005 | |
| 2 days, beautiful area | ||
| Posted Jul 19, 2005 7:42 pm | ||
| Dan Winter | Queen Sabe Glacier Date Climbed: Jun 19, 2004 | |
| Did this climb in one day. This is a beautiful and interesting climb. Took mountain bikes up the road and had a nice coast back down to trailhead. | |
| Posted Mar 20, 2005 1:21 pm | ||
| Blakester | Route Climbed: Sahale Arm Date Climbed: September '04 | |
| Climbed up and down the rappel route (middle of the S. face). While packing up at camp we watched a guy without 'pons or axe try to injure himself due to rockfall and lack of traction. | |
| Posted Feb 14, 2005 9:05 pm | ||
| canderson | Route Climbed: Sahale Glacier Date Climbed: September 26, 2004 | |
| Fantastically beautiful approach up a well-maintained trail across Cascade Pass. Camped at 7,400 feet with an alpine start early the next morning. Small glacier, but we roped up anyway due to the late season conditions. Great cramponing with hard packed snow, few crevasses. Climbed the summit pyramid (class 4 rock), and feasted on some unbelievable sunrise views of Baker, Glacier, Rainier, Eldorado, ... This is a highly recommended climb, and I hope to return for more climbing in the area. Thanks to Sara, Peter, Ken, and Bob for an amazing weekend of climbing!! | ||
| Posted Oct 1, 2004 3:58 pm | ||
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