Mt. Ellinor, SE Chute

Activity Notes

Mount Ellinor is the southern-most prominence on the eastern front of the Olympics. This makes its peak easy to point out to your friends when you say,” I was up there.” 

First priority for this climb will go to BCEP Team 4 members and then recent BCEP graduates. 

The route is approximately 6.5 miles round trip with 3500 feet of elevation gain. Mt Ellinor is a peak in the Olympic Mountains of Washington. It is located in an area designated as the Mt Skokomish Wilderness. Mt Ellinor is 5,952 feet and was named in 1853 by surveyor, George Davidson, after his fiancé Ellinor Fauntleroy. Mt Ellinor offers a variety of views of all the major Cascade peaks, as well as close-range views of neighboring Mt. Washington, Stone, and Pershing. Mt Ellinor is an easier, lower elevation peak with moderate elevation gain. It is a good beginner climb, with snow climbing and maybe some rock scrambling. There are two trailheads, both of which are accessed from National Forest Road 24 north of Lake Cushman. The lower trailhead lies at an elevation of 2,666 feet, and the upper trailhead at about 3,400 feet.  Climbers can either leave Portland very early (3+ hour drive) (NOT recommended) or come up the night before. A climb team member will drive up early May 29h to grab a couple of campsites (first come first serve) at Big Creek Campground if anyone is interested in camping the night before.   As we climb, the route will cross a junction where the route splits with two options: the Summer Route or the Winter (chute) Route. When we reach the junction where the two routes split, it is possible based on snow conditions that the team will climb via the summer route.

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