Doug_Hutchinson Posted April 12, 2004 Share Posted April 12, 2004 Climb: Mt. Washington-North Ridge Date of Climb: 4/10/2004 Trip Report: Keith Daellenbach and I realized Keith's dream of a "winter" ascent of Washington about three weeks too late. We skied from the Ray Benson snowpark to the base of the west bowl. Ran up bowl to the NR notch. The crux was the first 5.1 pitch which was mostly snow covered rock and a little water ice for some nice mixed spice. We answered the age-old question to confirm that a shitty choss pitch covered with snow still climbs like a shitty choss pitch. From there, mostly steep snow to summit. Another beautiful day (will it ever end?) in the Cascades. Gear Notes: XC skis 2 tools Pickets, 1 screw, few cams GPS with waypoints from Keith's dad (thanks Dad!) Approach Notes: Get GPS from Keith's dad Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iain Posted April 12, 2004 Share Posted April 12, 2004 nice! finally an end to the monotony of mt hood reports Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MtnHigh Posted April 12, 2004 Share Posted April 12, 2004 nice! finally an end to the monotony of mt hood reports Well said. Oh yah, nice climb Doug. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
luvshaker Posted April 12, 2004 Share Posted April 12, 2004 Pics? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steepconcrete Posted April 12, 2004 Share Posted April 12, 2004 was it real windy up there...hoodoo had green closed cause of it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doug_Hutchinson Posted April 15, 2004 Author Share Posted April 15, 2004 No pics - I only shoot slides but didn't bring a camera, too bad because the route looked awesome. Way windy!! Kept things up high solid though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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