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Winter Scramble - Marmot Pass & Buckhorn Mountain

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Winter Scramble - Marmot Pass & Buckhorn Mountain

Read Notes before requesting permission! Long and strenuous trip (~5500’, ~12 miles) with commanding views of the NE Olympics and the San Juan Islands.

Contacts

Dave Morgan
Dave Morgan
Primary Leader
  • Sun, Nov 18, 2018
  • Seattle Alpine Scrambling Subcommittee - Winter Scrambling
  • Scrambling
  • Adults
  • Very Strenuous
  • Challenging
  • Mileage: 12.6 mi
  • Elevation Gain: 5,500 ft
  • High Point Elevation: 6,988 ft

Various P&Rs to accommodate attendees to make the 7:10am Edmonds-Kinston ferry sailing, then ~9am at the Upper Big Quilcene trailhead #833.1

Long and strenuous trip (~5,500’, ~12 miles) with commanding views of the NE Olympics and the San Juan Islands.  Out and back trip (non-traverse) with fresh snow expected on the ridge between Marmot Pass and Buckhorn Mountain.  Participants should expect a long day, and have similarly strenuous trips in their recent past.

Route/Place

Marmot Pass & Buckhorn Mountain


  • Custom Correct Buckhorn Wilderness
    Green Trails Tyler Peak No. 136
    Green Trails Olympic Mountains East No. 168S
    Trails Illustrated Olympic National Park
  • See full route/place details.
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Required Equipment

Required Equipment

Check with leader for any additional group gear or required equipment specific to trip location

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