Snoq. Pass Climbing

[Sol]

i've got to drop the folks off at sea-tac early in the morning next week, and was thinking about cruising up to the pass to solo one of those popular routes. I was thinking about the south face of the tooth, or the west ridge of mount thompson, but since I haven't climbed any of these I was wondering about the quality of rock (I don't want to solo choss). Also, would I need to bring a rope and rap the routes, or are they downclimable, or walk-off able. Thanks you for any info you can give.

[philfort]

Thompson is definitely more chossy than da Toof. Not horrible, but there are some loose holds.

It's walk-offable on the east side, with a couple of short 4th class steps.

Toof is solid.

[EWolfe]

The tooth is

 

Prolly bring a rope to rappel - the downclimb is a little airy

[Alpinfox]

No need for rope on Das Toof. Just stay directly on North ridge while descending. DO NOT get suckered off onto the west face.

 

A great day:

from Pineapple notch, descend down to below pineapple. Ascend west face of pineapple, descend north side of pineapple to notch between pineapple and Das Toof. CLimb S.F. of Toof, descend North ridge. Ascend West face of Bryant peak, descend North side. There are a couple more pinnacles north of Bryant you can climb too. Easy. Be sure to take a peak off the east side of Bryant and the pinnacles north of it. Big exposure. Hike back below the west face of das toof to Pineapple pass and descend.

 

West ridge of Thompson has much longer approach and has mediocre rock. Descend of east ridge would be sketchy in a couple spots without rope I think (I haven't tried it).

 

Good luck and post your results.

 

 

 

[Sol]

thanks for all the good beta ya'll. I will be sure to post later.