Cathedral Peak and Surrounding Area Beta/Routes

[TimL]

Hiked into this area about 5 years ago but upon reaching the base of Cathedral, it started to rain and we promptly headed out.

 

I going to return to the area this coming week and I'm wondering if anyone had good beta on rack size for the South Buttress route on Cathedral and more important beta on other routes to do in the area. The Red Beckey has a fair amount of information, but it's not that clear.

 

Thanks for any and all information!

[dberdinka]

Medium size rack of nuts and cams to a #3 Camalot would probably work just fine.

 

The following two climbs were both good and had 5 minute approaches from the lake.

 

 

 

 

 

Good night.

[TimL]

Are there routes to the right of Middle Finger Buttress Left Side? It looks like there are an abundance of cracks and corners.

 

What's the best way to approach Cathedral? When we did it we went in through Winthrope and it took a day and a half. Is there a better approach from Canada?

 

Also, whats the best way to approach if you wanted to combine Cathedral/the Monk with routes on Amphitheater and then do the Grimface-Macabre-Matriarch Traverse? I think in total we might have four climbing days plus two and a half days to approach and descend.

 

Thanks!

 

 

 

[dberdinka]

Hey Tim. The following TRs should answer your questions. Nice loop trip from CA to Grimface then over to Cathedral.

 

http://cascadeclimbers.com/forum/ubbthreads.php?ubb=showflat&Number=714785

 

http://cascadeclimbers.com/forum/ubbthreads.php?ubb=showflat&Number=479047