Justin Busch Posted February 4, 2014 Share Posted February 4, 2014 Trip: Commonwealth Basin - Superbowl Ice Date: 2/2/2014 Trip Report: While on my way up to ski Red Mtn last week, I was pleasantly surprised to come across this bit of ice... I was hoping to get back to climb it before the snow fell knowing that it would be at least partially buried. Doug Hutchinson & I made it out yesterday for a little pre-game outing. Here is how it looked a week later... Someone had been on it before us (Saturday??) I must have my head in a hole cause I was surprised to have not heard about this one. It's a worthy little climb by Snoq Pass standards and is only an hour drive from sea level and a quick ski or walk in. It has obviously seen some ascents based on the old (and newer) tat. Here is Doug representing our local bird yesterday before the game... We climbed it in two pitches. The first being slabby ice and the second pitch going at WI 3ish. I thought I would throw this out there to add to the Snoqualmie Pass circuit! Gear Notes: We did two raps with a 70m although I think a 60m would have done the job. Approach Notes: Approach via Commonwealth Basin. Once at the log crossing in the basin, head directly uphill (don't cross the creek) for 20 mins or so. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mountainmatt Posted February 4, 2014 Share Posted February 4, 2014 Nice one! Your pictures make it look better than when we did it a few years ago. It was listed under the "rumors of ice" section of the guidebook, hence we referred to it as that. A fun climb for sure! http://cascadeclimbers.com/forum/ubbthreads.php?ubb=showflat&Number=752801 . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Justin Busch Posted February 4, 2014 Author Share Posted February 4, 2014 Thanks for digging that out of the archives-I wasn't having much luck finding any info on this. My guess is that the recent inversion helped fatten this one up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex Posted February 4, 2014 Share Posted February 4, 2014 Yeah, its not really visible from the road so it gets only occasional traffic, as you can see from the other thread. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Taurruss Posted February 4, 2014 Share Posted February 4, 2014 Go Hawks! Super Bowl Champs! Cool climb - Do you know of anything on White Pass? Preferably top ropable? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lukas Posted February 5, 2014 Share Posted February 5, 2014 if you'd like a top rope partner let me know! i only have 1 screw.. enough for a redirect! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex Posted February 5, 2014 Share Posted February 5, 2014 top rope, ice climb, and state of Washington are unfortunately never found in the same sentence Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flap-master-Flex Posted February 8, 2014 Share Posted February 8, 2014 Thanks for posting this TR! It gave me the stoke to go climb it on both Weds and Fri(today). Super fun..and GO HAWKS! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Justin Busch Posted February 8, 2014 Author Share Posted February 8, 2014 Excellent! And next time you go up you can add another pitch of ice to your day-this one is a 5 min walk to the left. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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