needtoclimb Posted July 18, 2006 Share Posted July 18, 2006 I have this Friday off and my girlfriend wants to go climb something with me. I want to take advantage of the long days and go hit something away from the popular cragging areas. She leads low fifth class, and can follow up to a 5.8. So, basically I am looking for suggestions for an all day alpine climb in the 5.2-5.8 range. We have already done: Mt. Thompson The Tooth Ingalls peak Blueberry route of Exfoliation Dome. Any ideas? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Off_White Posted July 18, 2006 Share Posted July 18, 2006 Gerber/Sink on Dragontail. It'll be a long day car to car. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vwfanatic96 Posted July 18, 2006 Share Posted July 18, 2006 WA Pass Beckey Route on Liberty Bell? or maybe.... Darrington? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chucK Posted July 18, 2006 Share Posted July 18, 2006 You could probably do the West Ridge of Prussik, but with 20 miles of hiking and 5 hours of driving thrown into the mix, be ready for a big day. North Face of Vesper seems to be all the rage lately. Depends on how much you like easy protectionless climbing though. If you want, you can avoid the glacier by traversing across ledges (see Beckey), and supposedly if you stay in the corner on the face you can get some pro in [i haven't done the corner version myself]. Finally, I always recommend this to people asking this question...the North Ridge of Foggy Peak (up by Monte Cristo). Fun easy climbing on good rock on a scenic ridge, though the rock part is short. Climbing up the N Ridge then down the SW face/gulley worked for me. If you have bikes you can make the 4 mile approach into Monte Cristo pretty painless/quick and coming out is just fun. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slothrop Posted July 18, 2006 Share Posted July 18, 2006 Forbidden, East or West Ridge North Twin, West Ridge Stuart, West Ridge Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Otto Posted July 21, 2006 Share Posted July 21, 2006 East Wilmon's Spire has a good, airy route in your range. You get to walk in past the old town of Monte Christo and a gaping mine hole on the way up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
still_climbin Posted July 22, 2006 Share Posted July 22, 2006 OK. Its Saturday, what DID you do? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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