Trip
Basic Alpine Climb - Mount Pershing: North Peak
Climb to the summit of the North Peak of Mt. Pershing.
- Wed, Oct 17, 2018 — Fri, Oct 19, 2018
- Tacoma Alpine Scrambling Program
- Climbing
- Basic Alpine
- Adults
- Very Strenuous
- Challenging
- Mileage: 4.5 mi
- Elevation Gain: 3,800 ft
- High Point Elevation: 5,600 ft
- Pace: Moderate
- 4 (4 capacity)
- FULL (2 capacity)
- Cancellation & Refund Policy
6-Ave Park and Ride, Tacoma. On the corner of 6th Ave and MacArthur. 6:00 am. Alternatively, meet at TH about 8:15 am (at the end of the Hamma Hamma River road #25).
This trip is long brushwhack of a scramble through dense brush and steep slopes. The summit approach is up loose scree and talus. The final summit bid is fifth class and requires full rock climbing gear.
Mount Pershing
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Green Trails Olympic Mountains East No. 168S
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Required Equipment
- The Ten Essentials
- Helmet
- Mountaineering Boots
- Rope and plenty of slings