West Ridge Climber's Log

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T. White

T. White - Sep 1, 2023 6:29 pm Date Climbed: Aug 30, 2023

Fine line between excursion and adventure

"Fun" scree slope, but regrettably I had to turn back after hitting the class 3. Maybe another time when in better shape and no evening commitments!

kevbauer

kevbauer - Jan 30, 2022 5:09 pm Date Climbed: Jan 19, 2022

Fun climb with my dad  Sucess!

A fun, quick climb. Snowshoed most of it, using crampons on the steeper parts toward the top. The very top was bare rock.

SuperChthonic

SuperChthonic - May 8, 2018 12:57 pm Date Climbed: Jul 7, 2012

Fun scramble  Sucess!

Looks a little worse than it seems to be.

GlennD

GlennD - Jun 13, 2015 2:00 pm Date Climbed: Sep 19, 2014

West Route  Sucess!

A quick hike on the way back from South Lake.

Marmaduke

Marmaduke - Jul 23, 2013 2:15 pm Date Climbed: Jul 21, 2013

Fun Scramble  Sucess!

Great day with my wife and our two Labs.

Larry Laverty

Larry Laverty - Jun 1, 2013 3:16 am Date Climbed: Apr 2, 2013

West Ridge, Winter  Sucess!

Snow the entire way. Snowshoed in behind three skiers. Just the four of us on the mountain that day. All the way in and to the top, there in the snow, for a month of posterity to see, were two clean ski tracks, and right next to them the prints of the abominable snowman.

ElGreco

ElGreco - Nov 29, 2011 4:16 pm Date Climbed: Nov 27, 2011

West Ridge  Sucess!

With Ann. Strong winds, especially from the West summit onwards. If the Cascade volcanoes aren't loose enough for you, come to Round Top... All in all, a fun day out, but I'd far rather spend time on granite, even the loose stuff. Crescent Moon looks like a winner though! Have to come back for it.

Calling the West Ridge a "walk-up" is misleading. It's Class 2 until you get to the West summit. Getting from the West summit to the East (true) summit, is the crux of the route, and if you haven't made it to the East summit - well - then you haven't summited Round Top, sorry guys...

Getting to the summit involves negotiating very loose scree slopes, some with undesirable, cliffy runouts in the distance. How confident are you in stopping a slide on scree? It also involves Class 3 (the route we took was more like Class 4) scrambling on rock to mount the summit mound with virtually no protection opportunities, and it's not unusual for your foothold to give way or for your handhold to find itself sitting squarely in your hand, no longer attached to the rock, if you don't pick and test carefully.

There is a rappel/belay pole a few steps down from the summit marker if you want to make your descent safer and skip the crux downclimb. I bounce tested it and it seemed solid. The rappel is low angle/load too. A 30m rope is enough to get you past the difficult section, almost to the base of the summit mound.

WayneFry

WayneFry - Nov 20, 2011 9:13 pm Date Climbed: Nov 19, 2011

Brrr...  Sucess!

This is great local climb and always a pleasure. Very cold and windy conditions that day but still a lot of fun.

A-Lex

A-Lex - Nov 24, 2009 1:03 pm

West Ridge  Sucess!

Super fun!

bradb - Sep 13, 2008 9:57 pm Date Climbed: Sep 13, 2008

Round Top Scramble  Sucess!

Made it to the saddle then took the faint trail along the west side and climbed about 100 ft until I realized I took the wrong route. Backtracked and found the trail to the summit along the north side. Good scramble. Continued on to Sisters. By the way it costs 5 dollars a day now to park at the trailhead(Carson Pass).

chskier

chskier - Aug 21, 2008 1:15 pm Date Climbed: Aug 31, 2003

Fun  Sucess!

Fun scramble with friends.

96avs01

96avs01 - Apr 6, 2008 5:07 pm Date Climbed: Apr 5, 2008

SP outing

Normally I don't sign a summit log unless I top out, but since I used this route to summit in March '06 I'll make an exception. Met several SPers at the Carson Pass parking lot. Everyone had different objectives, and I had a hard time restriction. Thus at noon I had to descend from 10,000' from the West Ridge via splitboard to make my appointment. Snow was excellent, not quite 'cornflakes' for nearly 1,500. Will have to return for the Crescent Couloir!

stepho

stepho - Nov 30, 2007 10:46 pm

Fun  Sucess!

Fun easy scramble. Great views. Want to go back and try crescent moon couloir.

A Bit

A Bit - Sep 1, 2007 2:45 am Date Climbed: Oct 15, 2006

Enjoyable scramble  Sucess!

Not too bad a scramble.

CBoldt1010

CBoldt1010 - May 9, 2007 6:40 pm Date Climbed: Oct 14, 2006

Nice  Sucess!

little scramble at the top but easy and fun!

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