rocky_joe

thanks guys for all your advice. definitely some good stuff to consider here. oh and i get the feeling that some people might think i want to solo this...i don't. i'm no where near competent enough to solo anything that is more than a hike. the whole idea of doing this is up in the air, but i figured that i'd make sure i don't get in over my head. thanks for all your responses, i've definitely gained a lot of perspective on what it is gonna take.

yeah i wasn't planning on doing it in one day. two was my goal. and i hadn't really though about broken top. but i'm really just looking for an answer to my questions: 1. what is the best (safest) way to get from the north descent of middle sis to the south ridge on n. sis w/out having to snowshoe down to the timberline? 2. What are the best (safest) ways to attack the n. descent/ascent of n. sister?

yeah, i wasn't planning on crawling. i'm looking for beta. like how technical the climb is, should i rope in, which ridge i should take to get to south ridge from middle sis. etc. sweatin: double traverse is a traverse times two. so start at south sis, climb all three to the far north side of n. sis and then retrace to south sis trailhead.

So I'm really interested in doing a double traverse of the Sisters in a few weeks with a few buddies. I don't have much alpine experrience but am really intrigue by the idea of it. I have read a few guide books and am looking for some beta on how to go about the saddle between middle and north sister. I want to go up the south ridge route on the N. Sister.