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In the spring of 2005, an historically bad ski season in the Cascades, Jim Nelson gave me a good deal..
Move over Dynafit, there’s something leaner. And stronger. And sexier. In the Tech era, with many innovations based on the..
One of our long time contributors (check out his ice climbing gear primer) here at Cascadeclimbers.com has put together a..
If you have feet that fall outside of the shape that boot manufacturers think your feet can fit into, finding..
Mountaineers books recently sent us a copy of Backcountry Skiing: Skills for Ski Touring and Ski Mountaineering by Martin Volken,..
- [TR] Liberty Cap - Ptarmigan Ridge C2C 07/11/2020 July 13, 2020Trip: Liberty Cap - Ptarmigan Ridge C2C Trip Date: 07/11/2020 Trip Report: Kyle Tarry and I climbed Ptarmigan Ridge round trip from Whitewater Campground July 11/12. We originally planned to climb it 12/13 with a bivy at the standard location, but increasing winds and cloud forecast for Saturday night convinced us to just do it […]
- [TR] Little Liberty Bell - (Partial New Route) Narcos, 5.9 600ft 07/11/2020 July 13, 2020Trip: Little Liberty Bell - (Partial New route) Narcos, 5.9 600ft Trip Date: 07/11/2020 Trip Report: Yesterday I went up to try and do a new route solo on little liberty bell. It’s entirely possible that some or all of this route has been climbed before, I know for sure that the first and last […]
- Chimney Rock, new East face routes? July 10, 2020I'm looking for current route info on the East side of Chimney Rock proper, post rock fall. Joe Lind wrote up a good description on his and Jesse's new section of crack climbing here a while back. Anything since then? Saw that the 2nd pitch of the C-H is still climbable at the original grade […]
- [TR] Mt. Daniel - Daniel and Lynch Glaciers 07/06/2020 July 9, 2020Trip: Mt. Daniel - Daniel and Lynch Glaciers Trip Date: 07/06/2020 Trip Report: I had a great couple of days out in the Alpine Lakes Wilderness with my skis, getting about 3800' skiing, a new summit, blue skies, and lots of peace and quiet. Scatter Creek was still flowing enough that I didn't want to […]
- [TR] Corax Peak - North Face 07/05/2020 July 8, 2020Trip: Corax Peak - North Face Trip Date: 07/05/2020 Trip Report: Not a single TR for this route to be found anywhere; does everyone just do the scramble to tick off their Bulger lists? Rolf and I climbed the NF of Corax Peak this weekend, 6 pitches of 5.7 starting from the left side of […]