Climbing Mount Jefferson in July 2004

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Climbing Mount Jefferson in July 2004

Mount Jefferson from Whitewater Trail

Crossing Whitewater Creek

Mount Jefferson from Whitewater Trail

Early morning view of Jefferson Park Glacier

Mount Hood and Olallie and Park Buttes

Jefferson Park Glacier at sunrise

Jefferson Park Glacier bergschrund, with Mohler Tooth (left) and Smith Rock (right)

Garry Stephenson

East Face and North Ridge, Mount Jefferson

Crossing the Whitewater Glacier

Looking directly up at the summit from Whitewater Glacier

Above the Whitewater Glacier "ice fall"

South summit horn from near top of SE Ridge

Snow traverse from the Red Saddle

Ascending the snow traverse below the summit pinnacle

Haydar cleans the route

The last few feet to the summit

Telephoto view of summit

Descending the snow traverse

Haydar cleans the route while descending the snow traverse

South Summit horn from the snow traverse

East Face and Summit of Mount Jefferson

Jefferson Park Glacier and early evening clouds

Rick LaFollette

Haydar Kutuk

Garry Stephenson

Kirk Kraschel

Ken Durfee

Early evening clouds

Garry enjoying cold water after a long day

Mount Jefferson from Whitewater Road

Climbing Mount Jefferson in the July 2004
This trip was an early summer climb of Mount Jefferson with Paul McClelland and friends from Whitewater Road, via the Whitewater Glacier and the Red Saddle. This climb was timed to take advantage of the consolidated snow on the Class 4 traverse from the Red Saddle to the Class 3 scramble to summit of Mount Jefferson at 10,494'.

Webmeister's Note: Paul McClellan gave me permission to post his images of his recent climbs. Paul has his own website, GlassMountains. He states, "The purpose of this site is to share some of my recreational interests, trip reports, and plans with my family and friends, and to provide links to related resources on the web."

Paul is a very experienced mountaineer, having summitted the Eighteen Major Northwest Peaks. He states, "These eighteen peaks are considered by both the Chemeketans and the Mazamas as the "Major Northwest Peaks" and recognize their members with awards who successfully climb these peaks on club climbs. The Chemeketans include all eighteen peaks; the Mazamas include sixteen of them, excluding Broken Top and Mount Thielsen. Linda joined me on our quest to climb these peaks. We shared most of the climbs together, often leading the climbs in order to get them on the official Chemeketan climb schedule. She successfully completed her goal in 1994 on Mount Baker. I completed mine in 1993 on Mount Shuksan."

Paul McClellan lives in Bend and is a member of Chemeketans, Mazamas and Bend's Cascades Mountaineers Alpine Climbing Club. Visit his site GlassMountains for more great photos and advice from a traditional mountaineer. He can be reached at webmaster@glassmountains.com