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The difficult ridge and easy red ridge.
The infamous moraines. We probably should have stayed in the
trees.
The ice top of the red ridge.
There's the trail along the lake!
I think we can get down there- We are at 7,724', the lake is at
6,500', that's a 1,200' scramble.
With out the threat of lighting, we could have strolled up here
and down the climber's way to the sloping flats.
Copyright© 2004-2012 by Robert Speik. All Rights Reserved.
The two stunning photos above, taken from his PPC, Copyright© 2006 by Q. All Rights Reserved.
Our proposed and actual routes
A description of our actual route in August 2004:
The blue line represents our proposed route. The
red line is part of our actual route.
We found it un-appealing to climb up to
the proposed ridge-crossing at GPS point BTRIDG as the snow pack had melted and
it was a steep loose scree and rock climb. We headed directly for a red colored
ridge that gently met the main North-West Ridge further down from the proposed
crossing point. We had a miserable trip up and down and across loose talus
moraines on the direct line. In retrospect we would have been better advised to
have read our maps and stayed low and contoured in the flats and then gone up
the easy red ridge. Just at the top of the red ridge we found serious ice under
light snow and scree. We geared up again with crampons and ice axes and we
deployed the rope to use as a fixed hand line.
When we reached the easy sandy
top of the main ridge we heard thunder and made the decision to go straight down
a steep loose dirt and rock slope to the trail among the trees along the largest Green Lake.
We had planned to go (up
the easy ridge for fifteen minutes and) down the traditional climber's trail on easier ground,
crossing the (lightening exposed) sloping sandy soil to GPS points BT3 and BT4. This was
a fortunate decision "to go straight down" as we were assaulted by a fearsome
thunder, lightening, hail and rain storm just as we hit the trees along the
Green Lakes Trail and headed for the rigs. The total distance was about 10.5
miles, the gain and loss was 2,730 feet and the adventure took us about eight and a half
hours of work and play. Compare this description to the
Prospectus and check the
photos above.
--Bob Speik
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Photos of a South Sister snow-climb in June 2006
A cross country circumnavigation of South Sister in September
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Atta Boy 300 dog sled race start and finish from Mt. Bachelor
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Mt. Bachelor from Tumalo Ridge
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Tumalo Mountain across from Mt. Bachelor
A spring climb of Tumalo Mountain near Mt. Bachelor
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