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As one of the gals of the Perfect Pass crew, I echo Doxey's sentiment above - congrats on a great climb and glad to meet ya'll out there.

Climb: Little Tahoma?- Date of Climb: 10/9/2004 Trip Report: Anyone climb Little Tahoma lately? Thinking of heading up this weekend and wondering what conditions are.

Thank god for goats.

I climbed the north ridge yesterday and conditions were great. The loose volcanic rock can get slippery but there is a fairly good worn climbers path the entire way. Snow and ice on final mile to the summit is not steep and although I brought crampons I didn't need them. There were 3 parties yesterday heading up and all of us got off route trying to get around the first large buttress below 9000' (unfortunately I don't remember the exact elevation). We all tried to wrap around the rock on the east side and should have stayed west of the spine. You'll see a big white-ish colored "wand" that's actually a piece of wood sticking up above on the west side so head for that. Wands and rock cairns are interspersed on the route and although inconsistent come in handy. Coming down the route was easier to find and no sketchier than going up. Great views into the Adams Glacier and of the lava flows from the Lava Glacier side.