ashw_justin Posted June 9, 2004 Share Posted June 9, 2004 Climb: North Twin Sister-West Ridge Date of Climb: 6/8/2004 Trip Report: Started at the MF Nooksack bridge around 7 am. Lugged my bike and snowboard up to mile 2.5 then onto the traverse road/trail. Ditched bike and hiked up the second road to the left (#9100, I believe). The ridge was snow-free and the route is even a hiking trail at times. I still managed to encounter some psuedo-rockclimbing out of stubborness to stay close to the ridgeline. Summit around 11 am, snowboarded down North Face which was kinda steep and slushy. Rocks beginning to show through at the top. Back to the car at 1 pm. This is what I think is referred to "the obelisk" in the Becky Guide: Shot of the North Face. Slush avys took out some of my tracks, but didn't get me. Gear Notes: Bike. Snowboard. Helmet. Approach Notes: The only real snow encountered is on the North Face. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AJScott Posted June 9, 2004 Share Posted June 9, 2004 solo STYLEEEEE cool photos; I believe that is the obelisk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
swaterfall Posted June 9, 2004 Share Posted June 9, 2004 Nice d00d! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dru Posted June 9, 2004 Share Posted June 9, 2004 what is the next peak south of the south twin? i have seen a nice picture of what looks like a west facing steep buttress on that peak? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ashw_justin Posted June 9, 2004 Author Share Posted June 9, 2004 Well as far as I know just some smaller sub-peaks. But I'll have to go climb South Twin now so I can take a look. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ashw_justin Posted June 9, 2004 Author Share Posted June 9, 2004 A few more photos on my website: http://www.neolectric.com/~justin/NorthTwin060804.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pandora Posted June 9, 2004 Share Posted June 9, 2004 Nice work, kiddo! No lost gear this time, eh? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ashw_justin Posted June 9, 2004 Author Share Posted June 9, 2004 No, no lost gear... amen to that. Hey, how old are you again? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whiplash Posted June 9, 2004 Share Posted June 9, 2004 Skookum is the next peak south, been by the west ridge a couple times and it looks fun. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cracked Posted June 9, 2004 Share Posted June 9, 2004 No massive bleeding? No lost gear? No forced bivy? Dammit, Justin, you had my hopes up and now you dash them. I expected an epic! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dru Posted June 9, 2004 Share Posted June 9, 2004 Skookum is the next peak south, been by the west ridge a couple times and it looks fun. but has it been climbed? i don't have my beckey guide that well memorized. if not who wants to do it??? if it has what does it go at? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ashw_justin Posted June 9, 2004 Author Share Posted June 9, 2004 I'm sure it's all been climbed. Still would be kinda like an FA though if nobody knows a thing about it. Or would that technically be an alpine onsight? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ashw_justin Posted June 9, 2004 Author Share Posted June 9, 2004 No massive bleeding? No lost gear? No forced bivy? Dammit, Justin, you had my hopes up and now you dash them. I expected an epic! I'll see what I can do. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
layton Posted June 10, 2004 Share Posted June 10, 2004 you've got the w.butt of the s.twin there and facing the photo is the s.twin's n.face which has some fun ice-lines on it in winter. not too steep don't get your panties in a bunch Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ashw_justin Posted June 10, 2004 Author Share Posted June 10, 2004 I was wondering if there was any ice on the NE Face of South Twin... are we talking real ice or snow-ice? When is a good month? It looked pretty cool in the beginning of April but was most likely just frozen-snow-crust like everything else. For the rock though I think Dru was talking about peaks to the south of S. Twin. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
layton Posted June 10, 2004 Share Posted June 10, 2004 You can see the peaks from the baker hwy. Just take a quick scenic drive to find out conditions. as with any peak in the PNW it can come in to condition whenver it has snow and cold temps. No it's not a serious ice route, but fun! Actually the W,ridge of the N.Twin is an AWESOME winter mixed climb. not hard, but full on crampons and tools scratchin' ice and rock. also to the left of the W.ridge of the N.twin there are a couple 1-2 pitch Wi3-4 flows that seem to form regularly. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ashw_justin Posted June 10, 2004 Author Share Posted June 10, 2004 mmm... the beta is delicious. So you're saying Dec-Jan thereabouts? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dru Posted June 10, 2004 Share Posted June 10, 2004 Says here (Beckey) Skookum Pk NW ridge 5.4, west ridge 4th class. Think it was the NW ridge I was thinking of. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ashw_justin Posted June 10, 2004 Author Share Posted June 10, 2004 So I'm looking through the Beckey, there's some 10-pitch 5.6 on Cinderella Peak... Anybody done it lately? It doesn't sound all that sustained though, unfortunately. Probably a good solo... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whiplash Posted June 10, 2004 Share Posted June 10, 2004 (edited) here's a pic of the n.w. ridge on skookum pk. Edited June 10, 2004 by whiplash Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
layton Posted June 10, 2004 Share Posted June 10, 2004 So I'm looking through the Beckey, there's some 10-pitch 5.6 on Cinderella Peak... Anybody done it lately? It doesn't sound all that sustained though, unfortunately. Probably a good solo... I tried to solo it but from the w.side of the peaks they all look like little blobs with tons of passes so I got very disoriented (no names on the maps). After I got to a pass and looked around, no e.ridge looked very appealing at all so I just dicked around the mtns instead. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ashw_justin Posted June 10, 2004 Author Share Posted June 10, 2004 Sounds like you've been around. And I thought you were from P-town? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sol Posted June 10, 2004 Share Posted June 10, 2004 Dude. you gotta do the full day N & S twin sister solo. up w ridge of the north twin, descend south gullies to basin. up and over N ridge of south twin to sisters glacier, traverse glacier to NE ridge, up NE ridge to summit of south twin, descend w ridge of south. super fun, all there. i'm not sure, but I don't think that's the obleisk. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ashw_justin Posted June 10, 2004 Author Share Posted June 10, 2004 Well if I was going to do both Twins in a day I would try to do it with a snowboard: climb W ridge S Twin, down NE Face, up S ridge N Twin, down N Face N Twin. But that NE Face S Twin looks like a pretty serious descent and I think I missed the right time of year as evidenced by the huge bergshrund. I bet Skykilo would do it anyway. Dang. Now he's gonna go snatch the line! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skykilo Posted June 10, 2004 Share Posted June 10, 2004 That's looking pretty prime. You call that a huge bergschrund? What did you say Mike? Don't get your panties in a bunch. I'll bet benman woulda carried someone else's skis up over that schrund. All apologies to Layton for dropping his name in a ski related post. Thank you for allowing physicist skier to post. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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