expectdelays Posted June 8, 2005 Share Posted June 8, 2005 I’m still compiling my summer Cascade binge/tick list…anybody made it up Yellow Jacket Tower(up Icicle Creek)?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
larrythellama Posted June 8, 2005 Share Posted June 8, 2005 lotsa hiking for a little rock climbing. tho the position over the canyon is nice. it is a mounie trade route so just about anyone other then a wheel chaired person can make it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Szyjakowski Posted June 8, 2005 Share Posted June 8, 2005 the rock looks better from the road. blocky climbing. better to go send condor addict route. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toast Posted June 8, 2005 Share Posted June 8, 2005 It's all of about half a pitch of climbing, and the approach is a crumbly, eroding, mess ripe for trundling rocks onto your partner. I give YJT two thumbs down Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dberdinka Posted June 8, 2005 Share Posted June 8, 2005 Outside the trade route what about them big NW facing slabs leading to pillars on the Hook Creek side of the tower you can see from around Icicle Buttress. It's hard to believe no one's checked it out!? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Szyjakowski Posted June 8, 2005 Share Posted June 8, 2005 people have been there, blocky climbing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slaphappy Posted June 9, 2005 Share Posted June 9, 2005 Ben's right, slabs look far better and more continuous from the road than they actually are. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dberdinka Posted June 9, 2005 Share Posted June 9, 2005 As if you two yocals would say otherwise! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Szyjakowski Posted June 10, 2005 Share Posted June 10, 2005 Why would I lie and why else would the mounties love that place?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlpineK Posted June 10, 2005 Share Posted June 10, 2005 Why would I lie and why else would the mounties love that place?? Yellow Jacket tower rules. I've never been there but it rules none the less. If you don't know why Ben try reading the information in the Beckey book. If you're contrite Ben I might forgive you. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ivan Posted June 10, 2005 Share Posted June 10, 2005 Climbed it in winter w/ joshk a few years ago - some interesting mixed climbing just below the tower, big snow-filled crack to the top - all in all pretty lackluster though Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kyle_Flick Posted June 10, 2005 Share Posted June 10, 2005 Did the NW face several years ago and found the rock substandard. The slabs were flaky. The cracks were good and there were several options for topping out including a long offwidth if you were so inclined. There is some new route development on the east side of the tower that might be worth checking out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slaphappy Posted June 11, 2005 Share Posted June 11, 2005 There is some new route development on the east side of the tower that might be worth checking out. Not on the tower proper but near by. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Szyjakowski Posted June 13, 2005 Share Posted June 13, 2005 Why would I lie and why else would the mounties love that place?? Yellow Jacket tower rules. I've never been there but it rules none the less. If you don't know why Ben try reading the information in the Beckey book. If you're contrite Ben I might forgive you. whoaaa...mr feck, don't get your panties all in a knot. I only was implying what kyle also noted. looks better from the road. didn't even know there was other climbing fickeisens... so off anyway. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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