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I had a job once where these were posted. Well, my favorite one wasn't posted:

Nice work family man

Drive to Darrington and take the Squire Creek Road out of town (it's near the west end of town). There are essentially no turns off the main road so it is easy. Drive up some switchbacks until you are traversing the left hand side of the valley. about a mile before the trailhead there is a small land slide over the road. you could probably 2WD over this if you brought a shovel to smooth things out a bit. There are some small (3") downed trees on the road ahead, but nothing that you couldn't wheel over. Once at the washout trailhead, hike along the closed road. once across the washout look to climb up to the old road bed. Follow the road to the old trailhead, passing the Squire Creek Wall along the way. Simply follow the trail until it meets a creek (marked on USGS) before the trail begins the climb up switch backs towards Squire Pass. Drop down tothe valley bottom and follow the river about another 30 minutes up valley (no brush at all!). You'll enter a clearing where you can see Three Fingers's East Face. Go to the river and cross on logs. Follow the dry creek bed up towards the basin under the East face. It takes 2 to 3 hours to get here from the car. hike towards the middle of the basin and ascend a narrow and steep couloir that breaches the cliff band in the cirque. There are some obvious trees that mark this couloir. Once above the cliff band, traverse right to the base of the route. To descend, find the shoulder between the North summit and the Northeast Buttress route. This leads to the North face. Descend while keeping left, easy walking, until you reach a steeper couloir at the bottom. It necks down but there is no need to rappel in the conditions we found. This puts you down at the Craig Lakes.

The slope above the climb is actually pretty mellow in angle, and varies between 10-20 degrees. Given the conditions, I wasn't worried about it at all. Natually you would not want to be on the climb/descent (or any climb!) if there was the possibility of spontaneous avalanches...

Thanks for the comments guys! A big thank you to Mr. Scurlock for finding yet another jewel of the cascades and to Mr. Berdinka for all the approach info and stoke! the descent goes over a shoulder under the north summit and descends the North face. Fairly straitforward to follow, but it could be easy to mess up. We used the left hand cliff band a a guide. The north face is directly below the North Peak in this photo: and don't forget those ear plugs when climbing with John!

Strong work fellas! That looks like some incredible climbing. This shot is saaaawweeeet!

The central gully is a little further right and goes more towards the summit. Here's what I think has been done, though I haven't climbed the central gully.

way to get after that thing scott! look nice

sweet! more (nearly) roadside ice! that looks like a fun route

nice work guys

Thanks for posting the details. I was wondering what had happened. Hope your partner heals up quick.

classic

nice work Darin!

Bryan only uses spurs when he swaggers into them thar bozeman saloons

what'd you think of the cams P? any initial impressions? probably not a lot of placements for em on city park eh?

more info w/ video http://www.totemcams.com/index.htm

does anyone have a story to tell from Mt. Kent on Sunday?

Damn Bryan, that is rad!

NEWS FLASH! Limp Wristed Arm Chair Nannies show the TRUE history of City Park with photographs!! close up! These photos give irrefutable 200 proof.

wait a minute here....

second ascent in Seattle has (or had) the DMMs. I tried the laser sonic but my hand kept flying/slipping off the hanger while trying to place it. which ninja technique did you apply to deal with that?

this one isn't bad If you combine that with the BD video you will get pretty good information.

I think you guys all need to go climb in Goat Basin. oh wait, y'all have, once!

I've had no luck with sharpening by file. tried the dremel method and it actually is very easy and works great. The metal doesn't get hot at all with the reinforced sanding disc. First try was a little ugly, but with a few touch ups it's sharp & biting well. It was helpful to have a sharp screw for reference. the sharp shop sounds like a good deal though. thanks Paul!