Washington Pass AR outing

Activity Notes

Suresh Singh and Glenn Widener are hosting a Washington Pass weekend July 31-Aug 2, aimed primarily at AR grads and assistants.  Plan is to camp at the Cutthroat trailhead, near our Blue Lake trailhead, or in the basin below the Early Winter Spires group to make best use of time. We are putting 3 5.6 climbs on the Mazamas schedule for Friday: Liberty Bell Beckey Rt, North Face Concord (adjacent across the gully, same team, linked to this multi-part activity), and S Early Winter Spires South Arete (separate team, see https://mazamas.org/activity/instance/12472/). 

DO NOT APPLY to this "multi-part activity" unless you want to climb Liberty Bell and Concord on Friday - instead, email glennwidener@gmail to get on the email list for planning the whole weekend.

AR-level folks can arrange their own private climbs the Thursday before, and/or through the weekend, as the two of us are doing.  Suresh and Glenn will be climbing N. Early Winter Spire, Northwest Corner, 6p 5.9 on Thursday.

Recommended moderate and good climbs in the group: (Glenn has done):

S. Early Winter Spire, S. Arete, 4p 5.5  (the classic first alpine lead, crux right off the ground)

S. Early Winter Spire, SW Rib, 9p 5.7+   (excellent, 4 stars!)

Liberty Bell, Beckey Rt (Southwest Face), 4p 5.6 (the uber-classic) (done 2010)

Liberty Bell, Overexposure (S. Face): harder, better, the rap line rt right of Beckey, 4p 5.7+, finishes on last pitch of Beckey

Concord Tower, Tunnel Rt, 4p 5.7  (Yes, go through the tunnel)

Lexington Tower, N. Face, 2p 5.7<br>