Route Climbed: Southwest Route Date Climbed: August 1986
In 1986 a different group intended to follow the same route as the 1975 party took. In the low snow years of the '80s, there were many open crevasses and a large 'shrund at the top of the Chikamin Glacier that we were not equipped to handle, so we returned back the way we had come. Another difference in the 1986 trip was that the summit boulder on Dome Peak's summit was gone. Click here for a photo of how the summit looked in 1986.
Route Climbed: Southwest Route Date Climbed: August 1975
Climbing Dome Peak was the centerpiece of a cross-country trip I enjoyed with my mountaineering mentors, who also happened to be my uncle and aunt. We did nearly a complete loop, starting at the Downey Creek trail on the Suiattle River Road, and ending at the end of the Suiattle River Road two miles from the starting point. The route follows the southern terminus of the Ptarmigan Traverse proper, then instead of crossing Spire Col and proceeding to White Rock Lakes, we left the route, crossed Itswoot Ridge, then ascended the slopes toward Dome, crossing the upper portion of Dome Glacier, and climbing to the high col NW of the summit. There we camped for two nights in terrific weather. On the day between the two nights we climbed Dome using the summit ridge. In 1975 the "curiously perched boulder" mentioned by Beckey was still on the summit. The trip continued down the Chikamin Glacier to the east, over the Spruce-Chikamin ridge at the east end of the glacier, then SW to Garden Pass, Ross Pass, Totem Pass, and Canyon Lake, then by trail to Image Lake and down Miners Ridge to the Suiattle River and out to the cars. From the Dome Peak area on, this route constitutes one of the extensions of the Ptarmigan Traverse. Click here for a photo of yours truly sitting on the summit boulder of Dome Peak.
Bob Bolton - Apr 30, 2001 6:17 pm
Route Climbed: Southwest Route Date Climbed: August 1986In 1986 a different group intended to follow the same route as the 1975 party took. In the low snow years of the '80s, there were many open crevasses and a large 'shrund at the top of the Chikamin Glacier that we were not equipped to handle, so we returned back the way we had come. Another difference in the 1986 trip was that the summit boulder on Dome Peak's summit was gone. Click here for a photo of how the summit looked in 1986.
Bob Bolton - Apr 30, 2001 5:39 pm
Route Climbed: Southwest Route Date Climbed: August 1975Climbing Dome Peak was the centerpiece of a cross-country trip I enjoyed with my mountaineering mentors, who also happened to be my uncle and aunt. We did nearly a complete loop, starting at the Downey Creek trail on the Suiattle River Road, and ending at the end of the Suiattle River Road two miles from the starting point. The route follows the southern terminus of the Ptarmigan Traverse proper, then instead of crossing Spire Col and proceeding to White Rock Lakes, we left the route, crossed Itswoot Ridge, then ascended the slopes toward Dome, crossing the upper portion of Dome Glacier, and climbing to the high col NW of the summit. There we camped for two nights in terrific weather. On the day between the two nights we climbed Dome using the summit ridge. In 1975 the "curiously perched boulder" mentioned by Beckey was still on the summit. The trip continued down the Chikamin Glacier to the east, over the Spruce-Chikamin ridge at the east end of the glacier, then SW to Garden Pass, Ross Pass, Totem Pass, and Canyon Lake, then by trail to Image Lake and down Miners Ridge to the Suiattle River and out to the cars. From the Dome Peak area on, this route constitutes one of the extensions of the Ptarmigan Traverse. Click here for a photo of yours truly sitting on the summit boulder of Dome Peak.