dan_forester Posted August 31, 2007 Share Posted August 31, 2007 anyone know the best way to get to the rabbit ears (by table mtn in the columbia gorge)? thanks, Dan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fgw Posted August 31, 2007 Share Posted August 31, 2007 Sent you a pm - basically, might want to check this: http://www.summitpost.org/trip-report/169290/the-rabbit-ears.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dan_forester Posted August 31, 2007 Author Share Posted August 31, 2007 thanks for that link, radek - didn't get yr pm, though? I guess what I'm wondering is where exactly the best place to leave the PCT is - a few years ago I bushwhacked around the area following lots of spurious flagging tape but didn't see anything like a decent route to the base of the bunny ears. sounds like I just need to try harder. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cluck Posted September 7, 2007 Share Posted September 7, 2007 I guess what I'm wondering is where exactly the best place to leave the PCT is - a few years ago I bushwhacked around the area following lots of spurious flagging tape but didn't see anything like a decent route to the base of the bunny ears. sounds like I just need to try harder. Turn right at the place where the spur trail for the Table Mtn hike from the road hits the PCT. You are right about the bush wack. It isn't too bad. You just have to keep going. You get views of the ears periodically. My experience on the way there is to steer a bit right and lower than you think. Otherwise you end up having to do more boulder hopping than you might like. Have fun on the dirt thrutch up to the base of the "climb". If you like 3rd class weed, root and blow down pulling, you will like this one. One suggestion. Wait to do this until later in the fall, Winter or early Spring when the worst of the Summer crap has died down. Makes the schwacking much more simple. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dan_forester Posted September 7, 2007 Author Share Posted September 7, 2007 hey, thank you cluck. that's roughly the area I thrashed around in a while ago. anyone up for a fall tour of what sounds like a gorge classic, let me know. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
billcoe Posted September 10, 2007 Share Posted September 10, 2007 I might be up for it on a rest day. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
letsroll Posted September 11, 2007 Share Posted September 11, 2007 Yo dan I would be up for that as well. Who is going to pack the beer??? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dan_forester Posted September 13, 2007 Author Share Posted September 13, 2007 how about this saturday? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
billcoe Posted September 13, 2007 Share Posted September 13, 2007 (edited) Sorry, climbing. Real climbing.... Edited September 13, 2007 by billcoe Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dan_forester Posted September 13, 2007 Author Share Posted September 13, 2007 bill, what snobbery - too good for root pulling! someday I'd like to give this "real climbing" a try, though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dan_forester Posted September 23, 2007 Author Share Posted September 23, 2007 thanks cluck & fgw for the approach/climb beta. my buddy Tom & I went up to the rabbit ears yesterday. I think we took a little different path to get there - after scouting it out on the "2 chiefs trail" we took the pct west from the spur trail junction maybe 3/4 mile, then bushwhacked north/northeast to the base of the gully on the east side. we didn't gain too much elevation on the bushwhack, so it was pretty easy. the 3rd class dirt thrutch/root pulling extravaganza was among the best I've ever done, complete with rotten-log-ladder climbing. and I won't spoil the adventure quality of this route by offering too much specific beta, but I will say you can leave most of your rack at home for this one. long slings to hitch tiny pine trees provided the best pro for the route. I did get a couple of larger cam placements in that provided some measure of mental comfort. bring webbing for the rap anchors (a couple bolts, and pitons placed by the ancients). the view from the summit is pretty awesome, actually made me wish I'd brought a camera. and the rock quality rivals that of some of Oregon's most majestic peaks...by which of course I mean that it's really, really awful. probably a once-in-a-lifetime experience for me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cluck Posted October 1, 2007 Share Posted October 1, 2007 and the rock quality rivals that of some of Oregon's most majestic peaks...by which of course I mean that it's really, really awful. probably a once-in-a-lifetime experience for me. I'm glad you had fun. It isn't exactly climbing and the rock is of the most special quality. But, it is different and was fun. Every time I drive through the Gorge and look over fondly at the Rabbit Ears and smile knowing I likely won't have to go up there again but happy I did so safely once. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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