Traverses & Loops (Alpine)

Trip reports for notable alpine climbing traverses and loops.

looking up steep rock slabs towards the rocky summit horns of Tenpeak Mountain in the Glacier Peak Wilderness

Thunder–Boulder Loop: Thunder Basin to Boulder Basin + Tenpeak Mtn attempt (DaKobed–White Range, WA)

Jim Brisbine·September 19, 1980

Trip Date: September 16-19, 1980 Tenpeak Mountain Climbing Attempt & Thunder–Boulder Loop: Thunder Basin to Boulder Basin White...

DaKobed-White Range North-Central WA Cascades Tenpeak Mountain (8281 ft)The DaKobed Four The Early Years Traverses & Loops (Alpine)

Climbers stand atop Fortress Mountain in the Glacier Peak Wilderness

Chiwawa Mtn via Southeast Ramp—East Ridge + Fortress Mtn via Southeast Face + Summit Loop (Chiwawa Range, WA)

Jim Brisbine·June 29, 1980

Trip Date: June 28-29, 1980 Chiwawa Mountain & Fortress Mountain Summit Loop Chiwawa River ValleyRed Mountain ProspectsChiwawa Mountain...

Chiwawa Mountain (8459/8453 ft)Chiwawa Range Fortress Mountain (8760+/8679 ft)North-Central WA Cascades The Chiwawa Four The Early Years Traverses & Loops (Alpine)

Looking across ice-covered Pea Soup Lake at Mt Daniel from Dip Top Gap in the Alpine Lakes Wilderness

Dip Top Loop: Marmot Lake to Pea Soup Lake to Peggys Pond (Miller–Foss Mountains & Snoqualmie Range, WA)

Jim Brisbine·August 20, 1978

Trip Date: August 18-20, 1978 Dip Top Loop: Deception Pass to Dip Top Gap to Cathedral Pass Hyas...

Central WA Cascades Miller-Foss Mountains Snoqualmie Range Traverses & Loops (Alpine)

Sunset creates a pastel colored sky over the Cascade Range seen from Mt David in the Glacier Peak Wilderness

Mt David—Mt Jonathan Summit Loop + Summit Camp (Upper Wenatchee Mountains, WA)

Jim Brisbine·July 7, 1978

Trip Date: July 6-7, 1978 Mt. David & Mt. Jonathan Summit Loop: Southeast Ridge to Ibex Creek White...

David, Mt (7420 ft)Lookout Sites North-Central WA Cascades Summit Camps The Early Years The Outlier Twelve Traverses & Loops (Alpine)Upper Wenatchee Mountains Mt Jonathan

The undulating summit ridge of Rock Mountain is plastered by snow on one side and has dark rock on the other side

Nason Ridge Summit Traverse: Mt Mastiff to Mt Howard to Rock Mtn (Upper Wenatchee Mountains, WA)

Jim Brisbine·June 23, 1976

Trip Date: June 22-23, 1976 Nason Ridge Summit Traverse: Mt. Mastiff to Rock Mountain Merritt LakeMount Mastiff (6741...

Lookout Sites North-Central WA Cascades The Early Years Traverses & Loops (Alpine)Upper Wenatchee Mountains mt howard Mt Mastiff rock mtn (Nason)

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