Trip

Basic Rock Climb - Tamanos Mountain

[See trip report. Originally included a basic rock traverse of Main Cowlitz - Double Peak, but our warmer summer made negotiating the Sarvant Glacier problematical (along with an elevated air quality index the following day).] A beautiful and quite unique 3 day alpine traverse (mostly scrambling with several pitches of climbing). This traverse begins and ends at the Owyhigh Lakes Trailhead, yet manages to visit Tamanos on our first day, Main Cowlitz, Central Cowlitz, Banshee on our second day, and Double Peak on our 3rd day.

Fri, Aug 18, 2023 — Mon, Aug 21, 2023
Committee: Seattle Climbing
Activity Type: Climbing
Climbing Category: Basic Alpine
Audience: Adults

Difficulty: Basic Rock Climb, Strenuous 5, Technical 4
Leader Rating: Challenging
Mileage: 14.0 mi
Elevation Gain: 4,500 ft
High Point Elevation: 7,605 ft

Availability: FULL (4 capacity)
Cancellation & Refund Policy

Meeting place and time

Arranged via email.

Leader's notes

[Only open to folks I’ve been out with previously due to potential technical climbing with an overnight pack. Do not request permission unless this is the case for you.]

Only for folks with outstanding conditioning as most of the time we’ll be carrying overnight packs cross country. For people interested in attending this trip you should review my trip report for last year’s one day scramble to Double Peak on 9/3/2022 (the route used for this trip’s 3rd day exit). The crux on the 3rd day will be the negotiation of a potentially technical section at the fault/ridge intersection at 46.84365° N, 121.60786° W.

The first day will see us ascending Tamanos via its northern aspect before ascending the stagnant Sarvant Glacier to reach our campsite just SE of Banshee. Day two will see us using day packs to climb Main Cowlitz plus scramble Central Cowlitz and Banshee. The third day we will negotiate the fault/ridge intersection obstacle before traversing to Double Peak and our route home.

More details to follow, but our itinerary is summarized in this map: