Newbie Alpine Rock Routes

[chucK]

West Ridge of Lundin is not a very long approach. It is comparable to the Tooth if you go in via Alpental (up the Snoqualmie Mountain trail then cut over). It has a comparable or much shorter approach than just about every climb Alex lists except for Guye, and it's a way shorter drive (from Seattle-Tacoma anyway).Lundin has got some great rock and you can link together/contive many little steps of climbing. Not near as exposed (and newbie impressing) as the Tooth, but avoids the nasty crowding problems.

 

I think Forbidden and Thomson would not be the best choices for a day climb with a newbie! Long approach and non-trivial descent. Unless of course by "day" climb you mean 24 hour epic.

[Blake]

ok, only way to answer this is to have them go do spont arete and see how it goes.

[TyClimber]

Thanks for the input guys. Lots of good ideas. Now I just need the weather to cooperate and I can actually try them out!

[MisterMo]

Don't know if you mean a day to be car to car or not but if not Sherpa West Ridge is a nice short route (at the end of a long walk) as is Argonaut from Mountaineer Creek side.