Short day climb close to Seattle/Bothell?

[Dr_Crash]

Hi,

 

My friend has only a short day Saturday to climb, and we'd like to do better than cragging. I am looking for ideas of something we can summit around the area in a short amount of time besides obvious candidates like the Tooth and Ingalls Peak.

 

No tough rock climbing please: I tore muscles in my left arm and forearm and am supposed to give them a rest.

 

drC

[catbirdseat]

How about Darrington? Three O'Clock Rock has several easy to moderate climbs under 5.9 and from three to five pitches. Drive time is 90 minutes from Seattle.

[Crack]

guye peak -super close, lickety split approach, aesthetic peak/west face; left hand skyline is mellow and fast (south buttress). hike it or climb short little sections if you choose.

[chucK]

Vesper Peak, big North Slab. You can easily avoid the glacier and lower buttress shenanigans via a nice, slightly exposed ramp that crosses beneath the steep face. See this link. This shortcut will allow you to do it in a short day. The level of difficulty is similar to the Tooth or Ingalls.

 

From the little tarn/lake between Vesper and Sperry head up toward the notch that is one notch closer to Vesper than the main one.

 

Slabbing is probably a good choice too for injured arm muscles.

[Dr_Crash]

Thanks for the ideas all. Catbird, I had dismissed Darrington, I wanted a climb not just rock climbing.

 

My partner ended up not even having time, so road biking was my day's program. But I'll keep those in mind for future use.

 

drC

[catbirdseat]

You mean to say you want something that has an alpine feel or one that reaches a summit? Darrington routes have a nice alpine feel to them, I think. Only Exfoliation Dome is a true summit though.