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75 Scrambles in Washington: Classic Routes to the Summits Guide Book

by Peggy Goldman (The Mountaineers Books)
75 Scrambles in Washington: Classic Routes to the Summits

272pp/photos/topo maps
ISBN: 0898867614

Washington offers a variety of outstanding destinations for a broad range of mountaineering activities, all within close proximity to civilization. This is the first guidebook for Washington to target the realm of nontechnical mountain ascents, otherwise known as scrambles. Involving off-trail travel over snow and rock with a summit as the destination, scrambling is a challenging and rewarding way to explore the backcountry. Expert author Peggy Goldman presents the knowledge and skills required for safe and efficient travel. Routes vary in level of difficulty, giving the experienced scrambler or climber, as well as those less familiar with off-trail travel, a number of worthwhile destinations to choose from. You'll find everything here from one-day jaunts to five-day adventures. Each description is accompanied by a detailed map with contour lines and marked with GPS waypoints, easy-to-read elevation charts, difficulty rating, distance, number of days, & best season to go.

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... Preview: Abernathy Peak is situated just east of the North Cascades Scenic Highway at the head of the Twisp River. Although it borders the often soggy and rain scoured North Cascades National Park, the peak ha ... From the guidebook "75 Scrambles in Washington: Classic Routes to the Summits"
Twisp, WA - Climbing - Trail Length: 10 miles
... Preview: Alta Mountain is the extended and amiable crest between Box Ridge and Gold Creek. The access to Alta is through the Rampart Ridge district, famous for sublime alpine roaming. Rachel Lake is the site o ... From the guidebook "75 Scrambles in Washington: Classic Routes to the Summits"
Easton, WA - Climbing - Trail Length: 12 miles
... Preview: Named for William E. Bailey, proprietor of the Seattle Press, the Bailey Range is a spiraling chain of peaks paralleling the upper Hoh River at the perimeter of Mount Olympus. The Bailey Range contain ... From the guidebook "75 Scrambles in Washington: Classic Routes to the Summits"
Quinault, WA - Climbing - Trail Length: 64 miles
... Preview: Baring Mountain is best known for its striking vertical north face that appears suddenly when you are driving toward Stevens Pass. In contrast, the southern slope of Baring is a relatively benign fore ... From the guidebook "75 Scrambles in Washington: Classic Routes to the Summits"
Index, WA - Climbing - Trail Length: 9 miles
... Preview: The Craggys are a lofty and jagged twosome standing as watchdogs at the southern border of the Pasayten Wilderness. The higher of the two, Big Craggy, sports a heterogeneous northern face mixed with s ... From the guidebook "75 Scrambles in Washington: Classic Routes to the Summits"
Winthrop, WA - Climbing - Trail Length: 9 miles
... Preview: Bucolic and picturesque, the approach to the Teanaway region is rolling farmland in the shadow of 9415-foot Mount Stuart, the second-highest non-volcanic mountain in the state. These Teanaway peaks ar ... From the guidebook "75 Scrambles in Washington: Classic Routes to the Summits"
Cle Elum, WA - Climbing - Trail Length: 11 miles
... Preview: Boulder Peak, Everett Peak, and Mount Appleton are modest peaks that form the high ridge from Boulder Lake on the north to Appleton Pass on the south. One of the most popular trails in the Olympic Nat ... From the guidebook "75 Scrambles in Washington: Classic Routes to the Summits"
Port Angeles, WA - Climbing - Trail Length: 19 miles
... Preview: A mild, wide crest in the Entiat Mountains, Carne Mountain stands high above the Chiwawa River. In times past, the summit had a lookout cabin reached from the main trail by a path from the south. Carn ... From the guidebook "75 Scrambles in Washington: Classic Routes to the Summits"
Plain, WA - Climbing - Trail Length: 8 miles
... Preview: The tallest and huskiest in the Wenatchee Mountains except for the major Stuart Range peaks, Cashmere Mountain is a lonely giant just north of the Enchantment Lakes. Cashmere is situated in the Alpine ... From the guidebook "75 Scrambles in Washington: Classic Routes to the Summits"
Leavenworth, WA - Climbing - Trail Length: 17 miles
... Preview: The approach to Chiwawa Mountain along the Chiwawa River has been touched and some would even say ravaged by the tradition of mining in the district. Early in the century, a wagon road to the head of ... From the guidebook "75 Scrambles in Washington: Classic Routes to the Summits"
Plain, WA - Climbing - Trail Length: 18 miles
... Preview: Positioned between Canyon Creek to the north and North Fork Nooksack River to the south, Church Mountain rises from an elevation of 1200 feet at the river to its highest point in less than 2 miles. Th ... From the guidebook "75 Scrambles in Washington: Classic Routes to the Summits"
Glacier, WA - Climbing - Trail Length: 9.2 miles
... Preview: Colchuck Peak is one of the stately granite czars constituting the rim of the Enchantment Lakes. At its base, the Colchuck Glacier fills the cirque between Colchuck and Dragontail Peaks. The glacial i ... From the guidebook "75 Scrambles in Washington: Classic Routes to the Summits"
Leavenworth, WA - Climbing - Trail Length: 13 miles
... Preview: Del Campo Peak is situated in the Monte Cristo area—the region that exemplifies the tug of war between nature and civilization. In the early 1900s, the Northwest Mining Company poured a fortune into t ... From the guidebook "75 Scrambles in Washington: Classic Routes to the Summits"
Darrington, WA - Climbing - Trail Length: 12 miles
... Preview: Dirtyface is a colorful name that is reminiscent of the countenance of the wayward scrambler who attempts this dry, arduous journey in full summer without enough water. It also could describe the appe ... From the guidebook "75 Scrambles in Washington: Classic Routes to the Summits"
Leavenworth, WA - Climbing - Trail Length: 13 miles
... Preview: Dragontail’s name originated from the miniature rock needles on the thin “tail” of the crest southwest of the summit. The second-highest peak in the Stuart Range, its Serpentine Arete is one of the mo ... From the guidebook "75 Scrambles in Washington: Classic Routes to the Summits"
Leavenworth, WA - Climbing - Trail Length: 14 miles
... Preview: Echo and Observation Rocks are conspicuous pyramids that punctuate the terrain on the northeastern fringe of lower Ptarmigan Ridge. Directly ahead and in view are Liberty Ridge, the Willis Wall, and L ... From the guidebook "75 Scrambles in Washington: Classic Routes to the Summits"
Buckley, WA - Climbing - Trail Length: 11 miles
... Preview: The Enchantments are a renowned group of rock basin lakes nestled amid the Cashmere Crags of the Stuart Range, and they are one of the most celebrated domains in the Cascade mountains. Dazzling ponds ... From the guidebook "75 Scrambles in Washington: Classic Routes to the Summits"
Leavenworth, WA - Climbing - Trail Length: 24 miles
... Preview: Situated in the Entiat region between Lake Chelan and the Entiat River, the peaks of Cardinal, Emerald, Saska, and Pinnacle form the crest and crown of the Chelan Mountains. This sector can be entered ... From the guidebook "75 Scrambles in Washington: Classic Routes to the Summits"
Entiat, WA - Climbing - Trail Length: 42 miles
... Preview: Located east of Hawkins Mountain in the angle between DeRoux Creek and the upper North Fork Teanaway River, Esmeralda Peaks has four high points with two principal summits, the highest of which is the ... From the guidebook "75 Scrambles in Washington: Classic Routes to the Summits"
Cle Elum, WA - Climbing - Trail Length: 8 miles
... Preview: Fay Peak is named for Fay Fuller, the first woman to ascend Mount Rainier. Mount Pleasant is undoubtedly named for the sensation it evokes. Hessong Rock was summited early in the exploration of Mount ... From the guidebook "75 Scrambles in Washington: Classic Routes to the Summits"
Buckley, WA - Climbing - Trail Length: 6 miles

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