[TR] Queets (with Christie & Seattle) - NE Face 9/6/2011

[obsydian]

Trip: Queets (with Christie & Seattle) - NE Face

 

Date: 9/6/2011

 

Trip Report:

Haven't seen a trip report on Queets so posting one from this weekend. Have been thinking and trying for this summit for 10 years. Got first good look in 2001 while climbing Olympus, a

Bailey Range trip in 2004 got weathered out at Dodger Point, another trip got weathered in at the base of Barnes in 2007. Finally got the weather window. This was a 5 day trip from North Fork of the Quinalt, stayed 4 nights at Low Divide (day 2 climbed Christie, day 4 climbed Seattle). Our third day went for Queets, left Low Divide at 5am, climbed up the NE face but since it was so steep we decided to climb down the Queets glacier and slog back through Dodwell-Rixon Pass and then back up to Low Divide. 17 miles and 7,400' gain, 15 hour day. The route up the glacier looks very easy as our downclimb was simple. Full pictures are at my Picassa Album Queets pics

 

Here are a couple pics of the route:

 

View of the NE Face

 

Looking down at the steep hard surface on NE Face

 

On summit of Queets!

 

Descending the Queets glacier

 

Gear Notes:

Ice axe and crampons

 

Approach Notes:

Got into some steep brush and hard hard scree on the NE face

[Stefan]

now this is a rarely done peak.

 

Seriously good job!

 

your picture link does not work.

[obsydian]

Looks like you have to be logged into gmail for the link to work now. Used to be able to get into Picassa albums anonymous, but no more. Log in, then click the link. There are about 30 pics (too many to load into CC).

[OlympicMtnBoy]

I am logged into google stuff and I still get a "That page was not found" error. Check the albums security settings so it's public. Sometimes it gets changed automatically to private when you do certain stuff.

[obsydian]

OK, that might have been the problem, the setting is now "Public on the web", see if that works, learned something!

[Drederek]

worked great, nice trip!