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I’m still compiling my summer Cascade binge/tick list…anybody made it up Yellow Jacket Tower(up Icicle Creek)??

Thanks for the input...we're definately hoping to stick to the Iron Horse Trail but willing and able to bail if the gravel hasn't set up! I'm definately aware that there's some other passes to surmount, too, but just avoiding that topic for now...and I was hoping to hear that I might get away sans crampons, great! I guess i didn't think of approaching the Lemahs from Cle Elum, only from the other side...good to know...will look into it. N ridge of Stuart seemed like a gem except for the traffic (of which I'll just creat more), and I'm doing all the leading, so I'm aiming for something shorter and less psychologically daunting...as for fown running shoes, I'm down.

Greetings from Vermont! My partner and I are doing a 2 week bike/hike/climbing trip the first two weeks of August and I'm looking for some input and advice...classic lines to get on. We're planning to depart Seattle on mountain bikes (with slicks) and head toward Leavenworth via Route 2 (where we'll pick up the rack and rope that we ship out to Leavenworth from Vermont...will we want it before then??). At that point, I'm thinking of heading in to do, perhaps, the serpentine arete, or maybe the east face of colchuck (sp?)...something moderate, fun, even just 4th class or simul-climbing easy 5th...problem is, with rack and rope on bikes already, crampons and ice axes are left in the gear closet, so that probably means these routres are off? (The approach and descent on the serpentine and the descent off colchuck seem to require these...)...Eventually, we're heading back to Seattle via the John Wayne trail and/or I-90, with a stop near the pass to backpack into the Alpine Lakes and maybe get a look at Chimney or scramble up the Lemahs, or something closer like Chair? Any input or feedback or ideas are most appreciated...that is, other than affirming that doing a big bike trip with rope and rack is ridiculous... thanks!