Stuart Scramble?

[rbwen]

I have this friend...(honestly)

 

...he asked if there were scramble routes to the top of Stuart. Having never climbed it, I don't know. If there are, are they chossy, death-filled boulder gullies? Snow fields? Moderate walk-ups? Are there names for any specific routes?

 

Thanks!

 

rbwen

[kevbone]

Yes.....you can walk to the top or stuart.

[TrogdortheBurninator]

The cascadian couloir is the most popular scramble route and also the most common descent. It is mostly a scree gully this time of year.

[rbwen]

Thanks Trog.

[builder206]

Oh, boy! A scree gully! Man, I want to get some of that!

[Bug]

I just came down it this weekend.

Watch the loose scree around the snowfield.

Especially watch if there is anyone above you.

[rob]

or below you

[fenderfour]

and prepare for teh suck

[Alpinfox]

 

CC is not that bad you whiners.

 

Go "climb" the fourteeners in CO if you want true scree suck.

[fenderfour]

CC is not that bad you whiners.

 

Go "climb" the fourteeners in CO if you want true scree suck.

 

no

[jordansahls]

The only thing worse than going down the Cascadian, is climbing up it, and then going back down. Have fun!

[spotly]

I actually enjoyed coming down the CC. If I'd had my trekking poles, woulda been easier on the joints though. Suck in spots but good views:

 

 

[ClimbingPanther]

doesn't look like cc to me... is that the lower-angle variation farther east?

[Bug]

Thats the gulley to the west of CC. Cut right off the rounded tree-covered mound at about 7K. If you are going out Longs Pass it is the best bet. It drops you straight at the Longs Pass trail. There is a trail on most of it and a lot of sand so it is a softer descent.

[spotly]

I followed this down to the brush you see at the bottom. There's a trail running through the trees to the right of that brush which takes you to Ingalls Creek trail. From there, Longs Pass cutoff is roughly a mile west. We actually went into the next gully east of this and it was directly below Sherpa.

 

The bottom - Ingalls Creek trail about a hundred yards further:

 

Edited September 19, 2007 by spotly

[Bug]

Thanks for the clarification.

 

Any more pics?

[KaskadskyjKozak]

Oh, boy! A scree gully! Man, I want to get some of that!

 

It doesn't have to be fun to be fun.