A moderate and interesting climb with short steps of 5th and 5.7 (YDS) class climbing interspersed with 3rd class scrambling. The North Face is an appealing route on good rock. Early season can have snow on the approach - might want to bring an ice axe. This route is a L O N G way from Portland, and it's kinda silly to drive all that way to climb a few pitches of rock. Make a weekend of it and combine this other classics in the area like Liberty Bell.

Activity Notes

This is part of a two-climb pair with Liberty Bell Beckey Rt.  Both start from the same notch between Liberty Bell and Concord, and both will be done in one day, from camp in the basin.  If we have lots of participants, John Sterbis and I (Glenn) will both lead both climbs, and swap - we can harass each other across the gap!  These two are in turn part of a larger outing aimed at Advanced Rock-level folks.  The minimum is to drive up on Thursday, back on on Saturday Aug 3, but most folks will stay longer to do other climbs.  Outing info: https://mazamas.org/multi-activity/866/
Other Information
Driving Distance from Portland 310 miles
Driving Time from Portland 7 hours
Expected Duration Car to car in one day
Relevant Books Cascade Alpine Guide: Rainy Pass to Fraser River by Fred Beckey
Relevant Maps (Maps not really needed - climb is very close to highway) USGS 7 minute series, Washington Pass, USGS North Cascades National Park, Green Trails Washington Pass <href="https: @48.5111248,-120.6574563,1110m="" data="!3m1!1e3?hl=en"" lexington+tower="" maps="" search="" www.google.com="">Google map</href="https:>
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