[TR] Anderson's Thumb - N Ridge 8/18/2008

[bremerton_john]

Trip: Anderson's Thumb - N Ridge

 

Date: 8/18/2008

 

Trip Report:

Due to the Augustuary weather the last few days we cut short some plans we had for travelling further afield in the Olympics, but found ourselves with a weather window to climb Anderson's Thumb. The rock on this short spire is quite solid by Olympic standards and very enjoyable to climb. Difficulty is low 5th somewhere. You need pro for sure (boy, pins come in handy), and two raps are needed to get down.

John

 

Some pics of the rock:

 

The Enchanted Valley below:

 

We found taterred webbing near the top and a film canister with the following register in it:

 

We also found this little item below the Thumb on a high bench near where we camped. Belong to anyone?

 

We bailed on out the next morning (Tuesday) when the weather really turned to crap. Saw a cougar cross the trail in front of us about a mile below Enchanted Valley. He was gone just as fast as he appeared.

 

Also, the snow finger up Flypaper Pass was in pretty good shape, unlike the rest of the Anderson Glacier.

 

John

 

 

 

Gear Notes:

A couple pitons were used along with few mid-sized nuts and a single #1 cam. Bring a pencil for the summit register.

 

Approach Notes:

E. Fork trail is in great shape. Park has done a good job on it. The road unfortunately has a couple of bad spots that forced them to close it off 4.5 miles before Graves Creek campground. But frankly the scenery along this stretch of river is real nice to view at a slow pace (MIND YOU, I'd still rather have had a mountain bike for this section!)

 

[OlympicMtnBoy]

Nice, that rock looks like fun. I need to do another Olympics trip soon!

[highhatt]

That's a cute necklace Kevin, you should give it to your wombat!

 

Nice climb guys, sorry you didn't get any nicer weather.

[PVD]

 

Cool climb John. Thanks for the report.

I love that area.