The Tooth Climber's Log

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kgriggs

kgriggs - Sep 16, 2008 2:05 pm Date Climbed: Jun 15, 2008

South Face  Sucess!

Climbed it for the first time a few years ago, fun quick climb.

nigelmcc

nigelmcc - Jun 30, 2008 6:30 pm Date Climbed: Jun 24, 2008

June is the new May  Sucess!

perfect weather, snow from Alpental to pineapple pass (which allowed us to use the winter approach route), and some warm granite made this climb a good one. I went up with the Mountaineers and my partner and I made the summit in about 4.5 hours.

ridgegirl

ridgegirl - Oct 1, 2007 7:28 pm

First multipitch climb

This was my first multipitch climb, when I was fourteen. We didn't get to the top but it got me hooked.

Grizz42

Grizz42 - Sep 20, 2007 11:56 pm Date Climbed: Sep 15, 2007

South Face  Sucess!

Great climb, even though there were a couple of other groups they made the climb enjoyable.

laurel

laurel - Jul 12, 2007 4:08 pm Date Climbed: May 11, 2007

South Face  Sucess!

First alpine climbing field trip with the WAC Basic Class.

littlefrantz

littlefrantz - Jan 5, 2007 1:21 am

Tooth  Sucess!

Cool second climb in late fall. Inspired by supermarmot and Mr. "I have to go to EMT class." Should've shown up earlier though -- waiting in line is not fun!

Casey Bates

Casey Bates - Oct 10, 2006 11:05 pm Date Climbed: Mar 15, 2006

Winter ascent!  Sucess!

Motivated by a slideshow on mountaineering by Jim Donini the week before, attempted the Tooth in winter. And yes, this was my first ever multi-pitch summit. Beautiful day after a nice still night camped at piss pass. Found out after-the-fact this was my buddy's first time leading trad. Rapped off in the dark after a brilliant sunset.

jtostenr

jtostenr - Aug 27, 2006 12:52 am Date Climbed: Aug 26, 2006

Route Climbed: South Face  Sucess!

Great day to climb The Tooth. Beautiful weather, surprisingly few people on the route. We decided to take the flakes directly up on the last pitch rather than take the catwalk. There sure is a lot of gear stuck on this mountain...I saw at least 3 cams and a few nuts.

osatrik

osatrik - Aug 25, 2006 6:37 am Date Climbed: Aug 20, 1994

South Face  Sucess!

Isn't this EVERYONE's first multi-pitch rock route? Thanks to my friends for taking me up it and giving me confidence in them and in rapelling! First time was with Bob and Sally, Terri P and Chris.

Crossing the talus field is no fun -- do the climb in the early spring!

agreenstreet

agreenstreet - Aug 24, 2006 6:21 am Date Climbed: Aug 22, 2006

Route Climbed: South Face Date Climbed: August 22, 2006  Sucess!

Great climb! Not a single other person on the route the whole day, thanks to the deceiving overcast sky in seattle.(not a cloud in the sky at the pass). Climbed with Supermarmot, see below. Had to run that last 1.5 miles of the snow lake trail to get back to town in time for EMT class :)

supermarmot

supermarmot - Aug 23, 2006 12:34 am Date Climbed: Aug 22, 2006

south face  Sucess!

had an excellent time! there were clouds in the valleys (and more importantly, in seattle) so we had the route to ourselves the whole day! i think i even managed a sunburn!

paclimberx

paclimberx - Aug 14, 2006 6:36 am Date Climbed: Aug 12, 2006

South Face  Sucess!

Took the girlfriend up for her first trad and multipitch climb. The route was great and the hardest part was the approach for sure. There were only two downsides to the trip. The first was that there were three people soloing the route which made the girlfriend quite nervous and the second was the we kept being attacked by the state bird of washington, the dreaded giant mosquitoes.

cluck

cluck - Aug 8, 2006 5:41 am Date Climbed: Jul 29, 2006

Good Stuff  Sucess!

Great climb with TC. Crux was the ankle breaking talus approach. Route was very straightforward but quite enjoyable. Lessons learned:
1. A 60-meter rope WILL (just barely) make it to the second belay station so you can combine the first 2 pitches
2. Double-rope rappels were probably more trouble than they were worth because the route isn't steep enough to toss the ropes far enough. They just keep getting stuck on the numerous ledges. Next time I'll leave the second rope at home.
3. Climb this one before the talus minefield melts out!

Still, a great afternoon in the hills!

thundercloud

thundercloud - Jul 31, 2006 8:50 pm Date Climbed: Jul 29, 2006

South Face  Sucess!

Climbed with the Cluckster...fun fun stuff. Sprained ankle on descent, but cooler temps kept the skitters under control at our Source Lake camp. Beer leftovers for breakfast, excellent!

larryN

larryN - May 14, 2006 3:20 pm Date Climbed: Apr 22, 2006

South Face  Sucess!

A nice climb on a beautiful day. We parked in the upper Alpental lot, and traversed along the bottom of the Alpental ski area before heading left up the gully near Source Lk. One picket was used to protect the third pitch. The other three pitches were dry.

daverobb

daverobb - Apr 16, 2006 5:56 pm Date Climbed: Apr 7, 2005

South Face  Sucess!

Fun little winter ascent.

glimmert

glimmert - Nov 21, 2005 2:24 pm

Route Climbed: South face Date Climbed: July 31 05  Sucess!

Hot! bring lots of Deet. Great first rock climb

linxweiler

linxweiler - Sep 27, 2005 1:04 am

Route Climbed: South Face Date Climbed: September 25, 2005  Sucess!

Most amazing day - great weather! Be sure to start early, as the route gets busy fast.

dicey - Sep 21, 2005 12:49 pm

Route Climbed: standard Date Climbed: 1999  Sucess!

fun, short climb close to seattle

brother

brother - Sep 4, 2005 2:43 am

Route Climbed: South face Date Climbed: Aug 2005  Sucess!

this is an easy intro to trad rock climbing. This one is fun.

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