Trip
Alpine Scramble - Echo Rock & Observation Rock
Strenuous double scramble (1 snow + 1 rock) on the north side of Mt Rainier.
Contacts
Brian Booth
Primary Leader
- Sat, Jul 21, 2018
- Everett Alpine Scrambling Committee
- Scrambling
- Adults
- Strenuous 4, Technical 4
- Challenging
- Mileage: 13.0 mi
- Elevation Gain: 3,800 ft
- FULL, 5 on waitlist (7 capacity)
- 1 (2 capacity)
- Cancellation & Refund Policy
Wilburton Park & Ride (Bellevue), 5:45am. (Or Mowich Lake parking area in Mt Rainier NP, 7:45am.)
Strenuous double scramble of 2 volcanic cones on the N side of Mt Rainier.
Participants should have excellent physical conditioning and endurance, and comfort with steep exposure.
Trip is dependent on Mowich Lake Road being open.
Observation Rock will be a snow scramble; Echo Rock will be a rock scramble.
Echo Rock has very loose rock - helmets required.
Leader may pre-select up to 3 Everett Scrambling students prior to opening.
Route/Place
Echo Rock, Observation Rock & Tillicum Point
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USGS Mowich Lake
Green Trails Mount Rainier Wonderland No. 269SX - See full route/place details.
Roster
Required Equipment
Required Equipment
- The Ten Essentials
- Helmet
- Mountaineering Boots
- Ice Axe
Trip Reports