kurthicks Posted February 18, 2012 Posted February 18, 2012 I just made an updated topo for the NW Face of Snoqualmie Mountain. The large dots approximate belay locations. I'll do a regular topo of all the current routes (Pineapple Express, Blue Moon, NY Gully, LA Express) sometime, but I need more motivation for that project than I currently possess. The full-sized version can be found here Quote
kurthicks Posted February 18, 2012 Author Posted February 18, 2012 Take the Phantom Slide approach. ----------- Part at the groomer lot of Alpental--this is on the left about 200' past the main parking lot with the footbridge. Walk up the south facing hill on your right towards the Alpental waterfalls. Once at the base of the waterfalls, veer left into the woods for about 100' and then go straight up through two steep snowed up cliff bands (there is often ski or bootpack here). After about 300' of elevation gain, move back to the right to the edge of the Phantom Slide path (be wary of avalanche conditions) and climb straight up to about 4900'. Then continue leftward and up into a lower angled clearing that leads to a notch in the West Ridge at about 5200'. (1-2 hours to here depending on conditions). From the notch, downclimb a couple hundred feet in the obvious gully (~45 degrees) to the north into Thunder Creek cirque. This section can be corniced and wind loaded. Once at the bottom, traverse across to the route of your choice. Approach times depend on conditions, but can be as little as 2 hours total. Quote
Alex Posted February 19, 2012 Posted February 19, 2012 That's the nicest topo I've seen so far Kurt, thanks for sharing! Quote
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