“Three Old Men Scale Sherpa Peak” or “How to Begin My Retirement” by Charlie Hickenbottom Ira Rushwald, Roger Gervin, and I recently completed an ascent of the West Ridge of Sherpa Peak in the Stuart Range. At age 59, I...Read More...
The Wallowa Mountains, a fault-block range of shark’s teeth rising to nearly 10,000 feet and towering over the plains of northeastern Oregon, are the mountains where I cut my teeth as a backcountry skier. Like most locations where we develop...Read More...
Photo: Scenery as seen from the 6800-foot level while climbing South Reynolds. by Andy Dappen Coron Polley has had a bug up his donkey over the last two years. As a resident of Chelan, Coron has spent most of his...Read More...
Summit Post details this trail nicely and includes photographs. Click here to view the post. Adapted from Summitpost.org: Reynolds Peak is a high, horned mountain in the Lake Chelan-Sawtooth Wilderness located six miles northeast of the northern end of Lake Chelan....Read More...
Photo: The Chelan Mountains from Pinnacle Mountain by Charlie Hickenbottom Pinnacle Mountain is the northernmost significant high point along the Chelan Mountains, lying northwest of better known Emerald and Saska Peaks. The climb itself is only a class 2 walk/scramble, but...Read More...
Summit Post details this trail nicely and includes photographs. Click here to view the post. Adapted from Summitpost.org: Sherpa Glacier offers a good early season moderately steep (about 40 degrees) route on the north side of Mount Stuart. This is the...Read More...
Summit Post details this trail nicely and includes photographs. Click here to view the post. Adapted from Summitpost.org: As with most snow / ice / glacier routes, the type and severity of the difficulties on the Ice Cliff Glacier Route can...Read More...
Summit Post details this trail nicely and includes photographs. Click here to view the post. Adapted from Summitpost.org: This is considered by many to be the standard route up Mount Stuart, it is non technical allowing many scramblers and climbers to...Read More...
Summit Post details this trail nicely and includes photographs. Click here to view the post. Adapted from Summitpost.org: Mt. Fernow is about 150 feet higher than Maude and Seven Fingered Jack. It lies between Seven Fingered and Copper at the converging...Read More...
Summit Post details this trail nicely and includes photographs. Click here to view the post. Adapted from Summitpost.org: Mt. Daniel is the high point of both King County, the county of Seattle, and of Kittitas County. It is situated in the...Read More...
